Dutch Voters Will Go to the Polls on Nov. 22 After the Fall of Mark Rutte’s Coalition

Dutch Voters Will Go to the Polls on Nov. 22 After the Fall of Mark Rutte’s Coalition
Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte announces he is leaving politics during a debate in the House of Representatives following the fall of the cabinet, in The Hague, Netherlands, on July 10, 2023. Remko de Waal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Dutch voters will go to the polls on in an early general election on Nov. 22, the caretaker government announced Friday, a week after Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s four-party coalition quit over its failure to agree a package of measures to rein in migration.

The vote for the 150 seats in the lower chamber of parliament will usher in a new generation of leaders after key members of Mr. Rutte’s fourth governing coalition announced they would leave politics.

Mr. Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest-serving premier, signaled the end of an era when he said Monday he would leave politics once a new coalition has been installed after the elections. That is a process that can take months of negotiations between potential coalition members.

Mr. Rutte was followed by Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra and Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag, once tipped as a potential first ever female prime minister of the Netherlands.

Ms. Kaag said this week she was leaving politics because of the impact on her family of repeated threats she has received during her time in office.