Raymond Knops
Raymond Willem Knops is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal party. He is the State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Rutte III since 26 October 2017
As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal he was an MP from 11 October 2005 to 29 November 2006, from 1 March 2007 to 17 June 2010 and has currently been an MP since 7 September 2010, succeeding Ab Klink. He focuses on matters of political asylum policy and the Dutch defence. Previously he was a member of the municipal council of Horst aan de Maas from 1998 to 2002 and also an alderman from 1999 to 2005.
from 1 November 2019 till 14 April 2020 he was the acting Minister of the Interior.
