Koen Becking
Koen Martijn Becking is a Dutch academic administrator and politician of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, who is serving as the state secretary for primary and secondary education and equal opportunities.
Early life and career
Becking was born in 1969 in Alphen aan den Rijn, and he attended the secondary school. He studied political science at the University of Amsterdam between 1988 and 1992 and public administration at the between 1997 and 1999. In 2001, he obtained his doctorate at Utrecht University with a specialisation in employment conditions and co-determination in Dutch and European governments. He served as president of the executive board of Tilburg University from October 2012 until October 2020, when Becking became rector of Nyenrode Business University. He left the latter role at the end of this term in September 2024.On 5 September 2025, he joined the demissionary Schoof cabinet as state secretary for primary and secondary education and equal opportunities, succeeding Mariëlle Paul who became social affairs minister.