Minister of Water Management , Commerce and Industry Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904) 3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879 Independent Classical Liberal Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello ) [ 1] Jonkheer Guillaume Klerck (1825–1884) 20 August 1879 – 23 April 1883 Independent Conservative Liberal Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg ) [ 2] Johannes van den Bergh (1824–1890) 23 April 1883 – 10 June 1887 [Res] Independent Christian Democratic Conservative Catholic Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk ) [ 3] Frederik Cornelis Tromp (Minister of the Navy ) (1828–1900) 10 June 1887 – 11 July 1887 [Ad Interim ] Independent Conservative Liberal Jacob Bastert (1826–1902) 11 July 1887 – 21 April 1888 Independent Conservative Liberal Jacob Havelaar (1840–1918) 21 April 1888 – 21 August 1891 Anti-Revolutionary Party Aeneas Mackay (Mackay ) [ 4] Cornelis Lely (1854–1929) 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 Liberal Union Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven ) [ 5] Philippe van der Sleijden (1842–1923) 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 Independent Classical Liberal Joan Röell (Röell ) [ 6] Cornelis Lely (1854–1929) 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 Liberal Union Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson ) [ 7] Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens (1845–1911) 1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905 Anti-Revolutionary Party Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper ) [ 8] Jacob Kraus (1861–1951) 17 August 1905 – 1 July 1906 [App] Liberal Union Theo de Meester (De Meester ) [ 9] Minister of Agriculture , Commerce and Industry Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Jacob Veegens (1845–1910) 1 July 1906 – 12 February 1908 Free-thinking Democratic League Theo de Meester (De Meester ) [ 9] Syb Talma (1864–1916) 12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913 Anti-Revolutionary Party Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk ) [ 10] Willem Treub (also Minister of Finance 1914) (1858–1931) 29 August 1913 – 19 November 1914 [App] Free-thinking Democratic League Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden ) [ 11] Folkert Posthuma (1874–1943) 19 November 1914 – 9 September 1918 Independent Conservative Liberal Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (1874–1942) 9 September 1918 – 13 September 1922 [Res] Independent Christian Democratic Protestant Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I ) [ 12] Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister ) (1873–1936) 13 September 1922 – 1 January 1923 [Acting] Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II ) [ 13] Minister of Labour , Commerce and Industry Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Piet Aalberse (also Minister of Labour 1918–1923) (1871–1948) 1 January 1923 – 4 August 1925 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II ) [ 13] Dr. Dionysius Koolen (1871–1945) 4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I ) [ 14] Dr. Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (1869–1941) 8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929 Christian Historical Union Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I ) [ 15] Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) 10 August 1929 – 1 May 1932 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III ) [ 16] Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) 1 May 1932 – 8 June 1933 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III ) [ 16] Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II ) [ 17] Minister of Economic Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) 8 June 1933 – 17 April 1934 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II ) [ 17] Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister ) (1869–1944) 17 April 1934 – 25 June 1934 [Ad interim ] Anti-Revolutionary Party Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ) (1899–1972) 25 June 1934 – 6 June 1935 Roman Catholic State Party Dr. Henri Gelissen (1895–1982) 6 June 1935 – 2 September 1935 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn III ) [ 18] Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Dr. Henri Gelissen (1895–1982) 2 September 1935 – 24 June 1937 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn III ) [ 18] Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ) (1899–1972) 24 June 1937 – 15 July 1937 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV ) [ 19] Minister of Economic Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Max Steenberghe (1899–1972) 15 July 1937 – 25 July 1939 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV ) [ 19] Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister ) (1869–1944) 25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939 Anti-Revolutionary Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V ) [ 20] Max Steenberghe (1899–1972) 10 August 1939 – 10 May 1940 Roman Catholic State Party Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II ) [ 21] Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 1941) (1899–1972) 10 May 1940 – 17 November 1941 [Res] Roman Catholic State Party Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II ) [ 21] Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I ) [ 22] Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II ) [ 22] Dr. Jan van den Tempel (also Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ) (1877–1955) 17 November 1941 – 8 January 1942 [Ad interim ] Social Democratic Workers' Party Piet Kerstens (also Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ) (1896–1958) 8 January 1942 – 31 May 1944 [Dismissed] Roman Catholic State Party Minister of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Johannes van den Broek (1882–1946) 31 May 1944 – 23 February 1945 [1] Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal ) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II ) [ 22] Hans Gispen (1905–1968) 23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945 Anti-Revolutionary Party Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III ) [ 23]