European Commissioner for Climate Action
The Commissioner for Climate Action is a post in the European Commission. It was created in 2010, being split from the environmental portfolio to focus on fighting climate change.
European Commissioner for Climate Action
Image: Connie Hedegaard, Danmarks miljominister och nordisk samarbetsminister
Image: 2018 12 09 SPD Europadelegiertenkonferenz Frans Timmermans IMG 2814 b
Image: Informal meeting of Energy and Transport Ministers (TTE). Energy Ministers press conference (36950060020) (cropped)
Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra is a Dutch politician. He served as second Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth Rutte cabinet between 10 January 2022 and 1 September 2023. Hoekstra previously served as Minister of Finance in the third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2020 to 2023. In 2023, he was nominated to take on the role of Frans Timmermans as EU Commissioner, being responsible for climate action; a petition was started against Hoekstra's nomination due to his past work for Shell and his decisions that backed oil explorations in the Netherlands.
Hoekstra in 2022
Hoekstra with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in April 2022
Hoekstra with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in May 2022
