David van Weel

David Martijn van Weel (born 4 August 1976) is a Dutch civil servant and diplomat who has served as Minister of Justice and Security since February 2026 in the Jetten cabinet, a role he previously held from July 2024 to September 2025 in the Schoof cabinet. Van Weel also served Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Asylum and Migration in the Schoof cabinet from September and June 2025, respectively, to February 2026.

Career Starting in 2016, Van Weel served as advisor on foreign affairs and defence to Prime Minister Mark Rutte. In 2020, he became Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Cyber defence and Hybrid threats of NATO, under Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Broadcaster NOS noted that Van Weel had more frequent public appearances following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Van Weel told that his priorities were to increase society's resilience in light of increased geopolitical tensions, to continue tackling subversive organized crime, and to increase trust in the rule of law. Responding to a clause in the coalition agreement, he said that he wanted to set limits on protests within the right to protest, citing highway blockades by the environmentalist movement Extinction Rebellion. The strategy contained €4.5 million in yearly funding and a new task force to increase the safety of Jewish citizens. In addition, the cabinet reiterated its commitment to impose limits on demonstrations, to criminalize the glorification of terrorism, and to broaden the grounds for revoking the Dutch nationality from dual citizens.

On 3 June 2025, Van Weel also became Minister of Asylum and Migration upon the resignation of Marjolein Faber. When foreign affairs minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned, he took over the post on 5 September 2025, and he gave up his role as Minister of Justice and Security.

In September 2025, Van Weel said that the Netherlands would not support the UN report that described the situation in the Gaza Strip as genocide and would instead wait for the ICJ's decision.

Personal life Van Weel and his family moved back to Rotterdam when he became a minister.