The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands. The Prime Minister is also chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of General Affairs. Although the office of Prime Minister has only existed since 1945, the term has been retroactively applied to chairmen of the Council of Ministers since 1848.
List of prime ministers
| Name (born and died) | Portrait | Term of office | Political affiliation | Cabinet | Monarch (reign) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Tenure | ||||||
| Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863) | 25 March 1848 | 17 May 1848 | 53 days | Independent Liberal | Schimmelpenninck Conservative | Willem II (1840–1849) | ||
| Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870) | 21 November 1848 | 1 November 1849 | 345 days | Independent Liberal | De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius Liberal | |||
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | 1 November 1849 | 19 April 1853 | 3 years, 169 days | Independent Liberal | Thorbecke I Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) | ||
| Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) | 19 April 1853 | 1 July 1856 | 3 years, 73 days | Independent Liberal | Van Hall— Donker Curtius Conservative | |||
| Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863) | 1 July 1856 | 18 March 1858 | 1 year, 260 days | Independent Antirevolutionary | Van der Brugghen Conservative | |||
| Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871) | 18 March 1858 | 23 February 1860 | 1 year, 342 days | Independent Conservative | Rochussen Liberal–Conservative | |||
| Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) | 23 February 1860 | 14 March 1861 | 1 year, 19 days | Independent Liberal | Van Hall—Van Heemstra Liberal–Conservative | |||
| Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890) | 14 March 1861 | 10 November 1861 | 241 days | Independent Liberal | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt—Van Heemstra Liberal–Conservative | |||
| Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864) | 10 November 1861 | 1 February 1862 | 83 days | Independent Liberal | ||||
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | 1 February 1862 | 10 February 1866 | 4 years, 9 days | Independent Liberal | Thorbecke II Liberal | |||
| Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) | 10 February 1866 | 1 June 1866 | 111 days | Independent Liberal | Fransen van de Putte Liberal | |||
| Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894) | 1 June 1866 | 4 June 1868 | 2 years, 3 days | Independent Conservative | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Conservative | |||
| Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) | 4 June 1868 | 4 January 1871 | 2 years, 214 days | Independent Liberal | Van Bosse-Fock cabinet Liberal | |||
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | 4 January 1871 | 4 June 1872 | 1 year, 152 days | Independent Liberal | Thorbecke III Liberal | |||
| Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900) | 4 June 1872 | 27 August 1874 | 2 years, 84 days | Independent Liberal | De Vries-Fransen van de Putte Liberal | |||
| Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) | 27 August 1874 | 3 November 1877 | 3 years, 68 days | Independent Conservative | Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg Conservative | |||
| Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895) | 3 November 1877 | 20 August 1879 | 1 year, 290 days | Independent Liberal | Kappeyne van de Coppello Liberal | |||
| Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885) | 20 August 1879 | 23 April 1883 | 3 years, 246 days | Independent Antirevolutionary | Van Lynden van Sandenburg Liberal–Conservative | |||
| Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) | 23 April 1883 | 21 April 1888 | 4 years, 363 days | Independent Conservative | J. Heemskerk Liberal–Conservative | |||
| Aeneas Mackay Jr. (1838–1909) | 21 April 1888 | 21 August 1891 | 3 years, 123 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Mackay Coalition | |||
| Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914) | 21 August 1891 | 9 May 1894 | 2 years, 261 days | Independent Liberal | Van Tienhoven Liberal | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) | ||
| Joan Röell (1844–1914) | 9 May 1894 | 27 July 1897 | 3 years, 79 days | Independent Liberal | Röell Liberal | |||
| Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909) | 27 July 1897 | 1 August 1901 | 4 years, 5 days | Liberal Union | Pierson Liberal | |||
| Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | 4 years, 16 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Kuyper Coalition | |||
| Theo de Meester (1851–1919) | 17 August 1905 | 12 February 1908 | 2 years, 179 days | Liberal Union | De Meester Liberal | |||
| Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) | 12 February 1908 | 29 August 1913 | 5 years, 198 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | T. Heemskerk Coalition | |||
| Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935) | 29 August 1913 | 9 September 1918 | 5 years, 11 days | Independent Liberal | Cort van der Linden Liberal | |||
| Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) | 9 September 1918 | 4 August 1925 | 6 years, 329 days | General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I RKSP – ARP – CHU | |||
| Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II RKSP – ARP – CHU | ||||||||
| Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) | 4 August 1925 | 8 March 1926 | 216 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Colijn I RKSP – ARP – CHU | |||
| Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) | 8 March 1926 | 10 August 1929 | 3 years, 155 days | Christian Historical Union | De Geer I RKSP – ARP – CHU | |||
| Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) | 10 August 1929 | 26 May 1933 | 3 years, 289 days | Roman Catholic State Party | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III RKSP – ARP – CHU | |||
| Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) | 26 May 1933 | 10 August 1939 | 6 years, 76 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Colijn II, III RKSP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB | |||
| Colijn IV, V RKSP – ARP – CHU | ||||||||
| Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) | 10 August 1939 | 3 September 1940 | 1 year, 24 days | Christian Historical Union | De Geer II RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB | |||
| Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961) | 3 September 1940 | 25 June 1945 | 4 years, 295 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Gerbrandy I RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB | |||
| Gerbrandy II RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB | ||||||||
| Gerbrandy III RKSP – ARP – VDB | ||||||||
| Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977) | 25 June 1945 | 3 July 1946 | 1 year, 8 days | Free-thinking Democratic League until 1946 | Schermerhorn—Drees VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP | |||
| Labour Party from 1946 | ||||||||
| Louis Beel (1902–1977) | 3 July 1946 | 7 August 1948 | 2 years, 35 days | Catholic People's Party | Beel I KVP – PvdA | |||
| Willem Drees (1886–1988) | 7 August 1948 | 22 December 1958 | 10 years, 137 days | Labour Party | Drees—Van Schaik PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) | ||
| Drees I PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD | ||||||||
| Drees II PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU | ||||||||
| Drees III PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU | ||||||||
| Louis Beel (1902–1977) | 22 December 1958 | 19 May 1959 | 148 days | Catholic People's Party | Beel II KVP – ARP – CHU | |||
| Jan de Quay (1901–1985) | 19 May 1959 | 24 July 1963 | 4 years, 66 days | Catholic People's Party | De Quay KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | |||
| Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) | 24 July 1963 | 14 April 1965 | 1 year, 264 days | Catholic People's Party | Marijnen KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | |||
| Jo Cals (1914–1971) | 14 April 1965 | 22 November 1966 | 1 year, 222 days | Catholic People's Party | Cals KVP – ARP – PvdA | |||
| Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | 22 November 1966 | 5 April 1967 | 134 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Zijlstra ARP – KVP | |||
| Piet de Jong (1915–2016) | 5 April 1967 | 6 July 1971 | 4 years, 92 days | Catholic People's Party | De Jong KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | |||
| Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) | 6 July 1971 | 11 May 1973 | 1 year, 309 days | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Biesheuvel I ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD – DS70 | |||
| Biesheuvel II ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD | ||||||||
| Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) | 11 May 1973 | 19 December 1977 | 4 years, 222 days | Labour Party | Den Uyl PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR | |||
| Dries van Agt (1931–2024) | 19 December 1977 | 4 November 1982 | 4 years, 320 days | Christian Democratic Appeal | Van Agt I CDA – VVD | |||
| Van Agt II CDA – PvdA – D66 | Beatrix (1980–2013) | |||||||
| Van Agt III CDA – D66 | ||||||||
| Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) | 4 November 1982 | 22 August 1994 | 11 years, 291 days | Christian Democratic Appeal | Lubbers I CDA – VVD | |||
| Lubbers II CDA – VVD | ||||||||
| Lubbers III CDA – PvdA | ||||||||
| Wim Kok (1938–2018) | 22 August 1994 | 22 July 2002 | 7 years, 334 days | Labour Party | Kok I PvdA – VVD – D66 | |||
| Kok II PvdA – VVD – D66 | ||||||||
| Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) | 22 July 2002 | 14 October 2010 | 8 years, 84 days | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende I CDA – LPF – VVD | |||
| Balkenende II CDA – VVD – D66 | ||||||||
| Balkenende III CDA – VVD | ||||||||
| Balkenende IV CDA – PvdA – CU | ||||||||
| Mark Rutte (born 1967) | 14 October 2010 | 2 July 2024 | 13 years, 262 days | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte I VVD – CDA | |||
| Rutte II VVD – PvdA | ||||||||
| Willem-Alexander (2013–present) | ||||||||
| Rutte III VVD – CDA – D66 – CU | ||||||||
| Rutte IV VVD – CDA – D66 – CU | ||||||||
| Dick Schoof (born 1957) | 2 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 212 days | Independent | Schoof PVV – VVD – NSC – BBB | |||
Graphical timeline
See also
- Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands
- Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands
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