Sander Dekker (born 9 February 1975) is a Dutch politician who served as Minister for Legal Protection in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022.

[1] A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he previously served as State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science under the Second Rutte cabinet from 2012 to 2017.

[2] After his studies, Dekker worked as a researcher and teacher at Leiden University, most notably on matters of police and justice.

In July 2015, Dekker submitted to the States General a proposal to change two aspects of the freedom of education law:[5] On 26 October 2017, he was appointed Minister for Legal Protection, a ministership without portfolio at the Ministry of Justice and Security, in charge of Privacy Policy, Youth Justice, Copyright Law and Prevention, under Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus.

Dekker was injured in a bicycle accident in June 2022 that resulted in a three–day coma, a concussion, and fractures to his ribs, clavicle, and pelvis.