Jurgen Norbert Jeroen Nobel (Dutch: [ˈjʏrɣə ˈnoːbəl];^[1] born 7 December 1988) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He has served as State Secretary for Participation and Integration in the Schoof cabinet since July 2024.

Nobel studied public administration, and he founded a brand of fair trade coffee.^[2]

He became a member of the Haarlemmermeer Municipal Council in 2014, and he served twice as the VVD's lead candidate in municipal elections. In 2019, he was appointed alderman, responsible for finances, housing, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which is located in Haarlemmermeer. In the discussion about noise and environmental pollution, Nobel highlighted the airport's economic benefits, and he argued that reducing flights should not be an end in itself. Besides, he successfully opposed the construction of a new runway in Rijsenhout.^[2]

After the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB formed the Schoof cabinet, Nobel was sworn in as State Secretary for Participation and Integration on 2 July 2024.^[2][3] His portfolio includes labor participation, poverty, disability pension, sheltered workshops, reintegration into the labor market, social cohesion, labor conditions, ESF, social affairs in the Caribbean Netherlands, and childcare.^[4] He continued efforts by his predecessor to reimburse working parents for 96% of childcare costs starting in 2027. The simplification and expansion of childcare benefits had been triggered by the childcare benefits scandal during the previous Rutte cabinets.^[5]

In response to the November 2024 Amsterdam attacks, in which supporters of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. were targeted, Nobel said that the Netherlands had a major integration problem and that a significant portion of Islamic youth did not endorse Dutch norms and values. Prime Minister Dick Schoof held a specific group of young people with a migration background responsible for the attacks.^[6][7] An alliance of mosques filed a criminal complaint against Nobel for group insult, inciting hate, and discrimination in the performance of a duty, arguing that the religious beliefs of the perpetrators were unknown.^[8] When State Secretary Nora Achahbar resigned as a result of "polarizing interactions", she cited Nobel's remarks. Nobel later clarified that he did not intend to make generalizations about population groups.^[9]