Marnix van Rij

Marnix Leonard Alexander van Rij (; born 25 October 1960) is a Dutch politician.

Life Van Rij grew up in Wassenaar, and he started his career in 1983 as a tax assistant at a tax firm. He also served as a Senator, a part-time position in the Netherlands, from 2015 to 2019. As a senator, his portfolio consisted of tax affairs, among other themes. On 15 February 2020, Van Rij was appointed as the Island Governor of Sint-Eustatius, and he left EY. After this, Van Rij was interim party chairman of the CDA from 3 April until 11 December 2021.

On 10 January 2022, Van Rij became State Secretary for Finance in the fourth Rutte cabinet. In an interview with newspaper Trouw, Van Rij told that he had declined to succeed Ronald Plasterk as informateur during the 2023–2024 cabinet formation, partly due to the CDA not being part of the talks. After the new right-wing governing coalitionconsisting of the Party for Freedom (PVV), the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), New Social Contract (NSC), and the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB)had agreed that their party leaders would remain in parliament, Van Rij was one of the candidates identified to serve as prime minister in the resulting cabinet. He pulled out after his first interview, and Dick Schoof was eventually chosen. Van Rij's term as state secretary ended on 2 July 2024, when the Schoof cabinet was sworn in.

He started serving as deputy Executive Director of the Dutch-Belgian constituency at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. on 1 November 2024.

Personal life Van Rij is in his second marriage with his American-born wife Courtney. The couple kept their house on Sint Eustatius after moving back to the Dutch mainland. Van Rij has six children.