National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism

The National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (Dutch Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid), abbreviated as NCTV, is the principal Dutch counterterrorism unit.

[1] The NCTV is under the responsibility of the Minister of Justice and Security, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, who succeeded Ferdinand Grapperhaus in 2022.

[2] In charge of civil aviation and cybersecurity safety, it also analyses terrorism threats to determine the threat level (minimal, limited, substantial, or critical) in the Netherlands.

[3][4] There has been an involvement of the unit in the investigation of Northwest Airlines Flight 253, which was an attempted in-flight bomb attack that occurred on 25 December 2009 and originated at Lagos Airport.

The following people have served as head of the Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid unit: