<page_title> List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands </page_title> <section_title> List of Ministers of Defence (since 1948) </section_title> <table> <cell> Minister of Defence <col_header> Minister of War and the Navy </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ank Bijleveld <col_header> Minister of War and the Navy </col_header> <col_header> Minister of Defence </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ank Bijleveld (born 1962) <col_header> Minister of War and the Navy </col_header> <col_header> Minister of Defence </col_header> </cell> <cell> 26 October 2017 – Incumbent <col_header> Term of office </col_header> <col_header> Term of office </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 2017 Ank Bijleveld was appointed to be Minister of Defence.