Minister of Colonial Affairs Term of office Party Cabinet Pieter Mijer (1812–1881) 1 June 1866 – 17 September 1866 [Res] Independent (Conservative) Van Zuylen van Nijevelt [ 2] Nicolaas Trakranen (1819–1890) 17 September 1866 – 20 July 1867 [Res] Independent (Conservative) Johannes Hasselman (1815–1895) 20 July 1867 – 4 June 1868 Independent (Conservative) Engelbertus de Waal (1821–1905) 4 June 1868 – 16 November 1870 [Res] Independent (Liberal ) Van Bosse–Fock [ 3] Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (Minister of the Navy ) (1819–1880) 16 November 1870 – 4 January 1871 [Ad interim ] Independent (Liberal ) Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) 4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872 Independent (Liberal ) Thorbecke III [ 4] Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 Independent (Liberal ) De Vries–Fransen van de Putte [ 5] Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901) 27 August 1873 – 11 September 1876 [Res] Independent (Conservative) Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg [ 6] Fokko Alting Mees (1819–1900) 11 September 1876 – 3 November 1877 Independent (Conservative liberal ) Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) 3 November 1877 – 21 February 1879 [Died] Independent (Liberal ) Kappeyne van de Coppello [ 7] Jonkheer Captain Hendrikus Wichers (Minister of the Navy ) (1831–1889) 21 February 1879 – 12 March 1879 [Ad interim ] Independent (Liberal ) Otto van Rees (1823–1892) 12 March 1879 – 20 August 1879 Independent (Liberal ) Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901) 20 August 1879 – 1 September 1882 [Res] Independent (Conservative) Van Lynden van Sandenburg [ 8] Jonkheer Willem Maurits de Brauw (1838–1898) 1 September 1882 – 23 February 1883 [Res] Independent (Conservative liberal ) Willem van Erp Taalman Kip (Minister of the Navy ) (1824–1905) 23 February 1883 – 23 April 1883 [Ad interim ] Independent (Technocrat) Gerard van Bloemen Waanders (1825–1892) 23 April 1883 – 25 November 1883 [Res] Independent (Conservative) J. Heemskerk [ 9] Major general August Willem Philip Weitzel (Minister of War ) (1816–1896) 25 November 1883 – 27 February 1884 [Ad interim ] Independent (Conservative liberal ) Jacobus Sprenger van Eyk (1842–1907) 27 February 1884 – 21 April 1888 Independent (Conservative liberal ) Levinus Keuchenius (1822–1893) 21 April 1888 – 24 February 1890 [Res] Anti-Revolutionary Party Mackay [ 10] Baron Aeneas Mackay (Prime Minister ) (1838–1909) 24 February 1890 – 21 August 1891 Anti-Revolutionary Party Baron Willem van Dedem (1839–1895) 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 Liberal Union Van Tienhoven [ 11] Jacob Bergsma (1838–1915) 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 Independent (Old liberal ) Röell [ 12] Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1847–1923) 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 Liberal Union Pierson [ 13] Jonkheer Titus van Asch van Wijck (1849–1902) 1 August 1901 – 9 September 1902 [Died] Anti-Revolutionary Party Kuyper [ 14] Lieutenant general Johannes Bergansius (Minister of War ) (1836–1913) 9 September 1902 – 25 September 1902 [Ad interim ] Independent (Catholic ) Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935) 25 September 1902 – 17 August 1905 Anti-Revolutionary Party Dr. Dirk Fock (1858–1941) 17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908 Liberal Union De Meester [ 15] Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister ) (1852–1932) 12 February 1908 – 20 May 1908 [Ad interim ] Anti-Revolutionary Party T. Heemskerk [ 16] Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935) 20 May 1908 – 16 August 1909 [Res] Anti-Revolutionary Party Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt (1852–1931) 16 August 1909 – 29 August 1913 Anti-Revolutionary Party Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926) 29 August 1913 – 8 December 1915 [Note] Free-thinking Democratic League Cort van der Linden [ 17] Rear admiral Jean Jacques Rambonnet (Minister of the Navy ) (1864–1942) 8 December 1915 – 17 January 1916 [Ad interim ] Independent (Liberal ) Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926) 17 January 1916 – 9 September 1918 Free-thinking Democratic League Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935) 9 September 1918 – 13 August 1919 [Res] Anti-Revolutionary Party Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I [ 18] Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister ) (1873–1936) 13 August 1919 – 13 November 1919 [Ad interim ] Roman Catholic State Party Simon de Graaff (1861–1953) 13 November 1919 – 4 August 1925 Independent (Conservative Protestant ) Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II [ 19] Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister ) (1869–1944) 4 August 1925 – 1 October 1925 [Ad interim ] Anti-Revolutionary Party Colijn I [ 20] Charles Welter (1880–1972) 1 October 1925 – 8 March 1926 Roman Catholic State Party Dr. Jacob Koningsberger (1867–1951) 8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929 Independent De Geer I [ 21] Simon de Graaff (1861–1953) 10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933 Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant ) Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III [ 22] Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister ) (1869–1944) 26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 Anti-Revolutionary Party Colijn II • III [ 23] [ 24] Charles Welter (1880–1972) 24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939 Roman Catholic State Party Colijn IV [ 25] Cornelis van den Bussche (1884–1941) 25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939 Independent (Liberal ) Colijn V [ 26] Charles Welter (also Minister of Finance 1940–1941) (1880–1972) 10 August 1939 – 17 November 1941 [Res] Roman Catholic State Party De Geer II [ 27] Gerbrandy I [ 28] Gerbrandy II [ 28] Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister ) (1885–1961) 17 November 1941 – 21 May 1942 Anti-Revolutionary Party Dr. Huib van Mook (1894–1965) 21 May 1942 – 23 February 1945 Independent