Gerardus Mattheus Johannes "Gerard" Veldkamp (27 June 1921 – 15 September 1990) was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and economist.

After the election of 1956 Veldkamp continued as State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Cabinet Drees III, taking office on 13 October 1956.

Veldkamp was appointed as Minister of Social Affairs and Health following the resignation of Charles van Rooy, taking office on 17 July 1961.

Veldkamp semi-retired from active politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Society for Statistics and Operations Research, World Press Photo, Leiden University Medical Center and the Society for the Advancement of Science, Medicine and Surgery) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Biesheuvel Commission, Netherlands Cadastre Agency, Public Pension Funds APB, Toxopeus Commission, Statistics Netherlands and the Scientific Council for Government Policy).

Gerardus Mattheus Johannes Veldkamp was born on 27 June 1921 in Breda in the Province of North Brabant in a Roman Catholic family.

In 1961 after an intervention of Prime-minister Marijnen, he succeeded the weak Van Rooy as minister, and directly guided the Law on Child support through the parliament.