Christianne van der Wal

Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink (born 13 November 1973) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

Life
Van der Wal was born in 1973 in Oldenzaal, Overijssel, and she studied facility management. She was a municipal politician in Harderwijk, and she became chair of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy starting on 25 November 2017. Van der Wal joined the Provincial Executive of Gelderland in 2019.

She served as Minister for Nature and Nitrogen Policy in the fourth Rutte cabinet between 10 January 2022 and 2 July 2024. Van der Wal was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2023. After the Schoof cabinet was formed, she told that she had not been interested in another term as minister. She had endorsed the coalition agreement as a member of the VVD parliamentary group, but she said she would not feel comfortable executing it, citing its arrangements on nitrogen policy.