Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius is a Dutch politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Defence since 2026. She has been Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2023. She also served as Minister of Justice and Security in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024 and previously served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021 and as State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy from 2021 until 2022.