List of prime ministers of the Netherlands

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Willem Drees 1958.jpg
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Five former officeholders (Wim Kok, Dries van Agt, Piet de Jong, Ruud Lubbers and Jan Peter Balkenende) with then Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in July 2011 Kok VanAgt DeJong Rutte Lubbers Balkenende.jpg
Five former officeholders (Wim Kok, Dries van Agt, Piet de Jong, Ruud Lubbers and Jan Peter Balkenende) with then Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in July 2011

The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands since the inception of that office as a result of a revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands in 1848.[ citation needed ] The prime minister is the chairman of the Council of Ministers; since 1945 he has held the Dutch title of minister-president van Nederland, also referred to as premier.

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Dick Schoof is currently serving as the 43rd prime minister, having been appointed to the office on 2 July 2024, succeeding Mark Rutte, the longest-serving prime minister who is currently the secretary-general of NATO.

List of prime ministers

Political parties:

   Independent

Christian democratic

   ARP    RKSP/KVP    CHU    CDA

Liberal

   LU    VDB    VVD

Social democratic

   PvdA

PortraitName
(born and died)
Term of officePolitical partyElectionCabinetMonarch
(reign)
Took officeLeft officeTenure
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck.jpg Gerrit Schimmelpenninck
(1794–1863)
25 March
1848
17 May
1848
53 daysIndependent
Liberal
Schimmelpenninck
Conservative
Willem II
Koning Willem II portret.jpg
(1840–1849)
JMdeKempenaer.jpg Jacob de Kempenaer
(1793–1870)[ citation needed ]
21 November
1848
1 November
1849
345 daysIndependent
Liberal
1848 De Kempenaer—
Donker Curtius

Liberal
Johan Heinrich Neuman - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (cropped).jpg Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(1798–1872)
1 November
1849
19 April
1853
3 years, 169 daysIndependent
Liberal
1850
1852
Thorbecke I
Liberal
Willem III
Willem III der Nederlanden door Pieneman crop 1849.jpg
(1849–1890)
VanHall.jpg Floris Adriaan van Hall
(1791–1866)
19 April
1853
1 July
1856
3 years, 73 daysIndependent
Liberal
1853 Van Hall—
Donker Curtius

Conservative
JJLvdBrugghen.jpg Justinus van der Brugghen
(1804–1863)
1 July
1856
18 March
1858
1 year, 260 daysIndependent
Antirevolutionary
1856 Van der Brugghen
Conservative
Rochussen crop.jpg Jan Jacob Rochussen
(1797–1871)
18 March
1858
23 February
1860
1 year, 342 daysIndependent
Conservative
1858 Rochussen
Liberal–Conservative
VanHall.jpg Floris Adriaan van Hall
(1791–1866)
23 February
1860
14 March
1861
1 year, 19 daysIndependent
Liberal
1860 Van Hall—
Van Heemstra

Liberal–Conservative
JPPZuylen.jpg Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt
(1816–1890)
14 March
1861
10 November
1861
241 daysIndependent
Liberal
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt
—Van Heemstra

Liberal–Conservative
Schelto van Heemstra.jpg Schelto van Heemstra
(1807–1864)
10 November
1861
1 February
1862
83 daysIndependent
Liberal
Johan Heinrich Neuman - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (cropped).jpg Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(1798–1872)
1 February
1862
10 February
1866
4 years, 9 daysIndependent
Liberal
1862 Thorbecke II
Liberal
Van der Putte.jpg Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
(1822–1902)
10 February
1866
1 June
1866
111 daysIndependent
Liberal
Fransen van de Putte
Liberal
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (cropped).jpg Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt
(1819–1894)
1 June
1866
4 June
1868
2 years, 3 daysIndependent
Conservative
Jun.1866
Oct.1866
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Conservative
VanBosse.jpg Pieter Philip van Bosse
(1809–1879)
4 June
1868
4 January
1871
2 years, 214 daysIndependent
Liberal
1868
1869
Van Bosse—Fock
Liberal
Johan Heinrich Neuman - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (cropped).jpg Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(1798–1872)
4 January
1871
4 June
1872 (died)
1 year, 152 daysIndependent
Liberal
1871 Thorbecke III
Liberal
Gerrit de Vries.jpg Gerrit de Vries
(1818–1900)
4 June
1872
27 August
1874
2 years, 84 daysIndependent
Liberal
1873 De Vries—
Fransen van de Putte

Liberal
Jan Heemskerk Azn (1818-1897), after Heinrich Wilhelm Wollrabe.jpg Jan Heemskerk
(1818–1897)
27 August
1874
3 November
1877
3 years, 68 daysIndependent
Conservative
1875 Heemskerk—
Van Lynden van Sandenburg

Conservative
JanKappeynevandeCoppello.jpg Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
(1822–1895)
3 November
1877
20 August
1879
1 year, 290 daysIndependent
Liberal
1877 Kappeyne van de Coppello
Liberal
C.Th. Lynden van Sandenburg.jpg Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg
(1826–1885)
20 August
1879
23 April
1883
3 years, 246 daysIndependent
Antirevolutionary
1879 Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Liberal–Conservative
Jan Heemskerk Azn (1818-1897), after Heinrich Wilhelm Wollrabe.jpg Jan Heemskerk
(1818–1897)
23 April
1883
21 April
1888
4 years, 363 daysIndependent
Conservative
1883
1884
1886
1887
J. Heemskerk
Liberal–Conservative
AEneas Mackay ca. 1901.jpg Aeneas Mackay Jr.
(1838–1909)
21 April
1888
21 August
1891
3 years, 123 days Anti-Revolutionary
(ARP)
1888 Mackay
Coalition
GijsbertvanTienhoven.jpg Gijsbert van Tienhoven
(1841–1914)
21 August
1891
9 May
1894
2 years, 261 daysIndependent
Liberal
1891 Van Tienhoven
Liberal
Wilhelmina
Jacob Merkelbach, Afb 010164033120 (cropped).jpg
(1890–1948)
JoanRoell.jpg Joan Röell
(1844–1914)
9 May
1894
27 July
1897
3 years, 79 daysIndependent
Liberal
1894 Röell
Liberal
NicolaasPierson.jpg Nicolaas Pierson
(1839–1909)
27 July
1897
1 August
1901
4 years, 5 days Liberal Union 1897 Pierson
Liberal
Abraham Kuyper 1905 (1).jpg Abraham Kuyper
(1837–1920)
1 August
1901
17 August
1905
4 years, 16 days Anti-Revolutionary 1901 Kuyper
Coalition
Theo de Meester-2.jpg Theo de Meester
(1851–1919)
17 August
1905
12 February
1908
2 years, 179 days Liberal Union 1905 De Meester
Liberal
TheoHeemskerk.jpg Theo Heemskerk
(1852–1932)
12 February
1908
29 August
1913
5 years, 198 days Anti-Revolutionary 1909 T. Heemskerk
Coalition
Pieter Willem Adriaan Cort van der Linden (1846-1935), politicus, In de periode 1897-1935, SFA002004237.jpg Pieter Cort van der Linden
(1846–1935)
29 August
1913
9 September
1918
5 years, 11 daysIndependent
Liberal
1913
1917
Cort van der Linden
Liberal
Beerenbrouck.jpg Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
(1873–1936)
9 September
1918
4 August
1925
6 years, 329 days General League 1918 Ruijs de B. I
RKSPARPCHU
1922 Ruijs de B. II
RKSPARPCHU
Hendrik Colijn (1925).jpg Hendrikus Colijn
(1869–1944)
4 August
1925
8 March
1926
216 days Anti-Revolutionary 1925 Colijn I
RKSPARPCHU
Dirk Jan de Geer.jpg Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1960)
8 March
1926
10 August
1929
3 years, 155 days Christian Historical De Geer I
RKSPARPCHU
Beerenbrouck.jpg Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
(1873–1936)
10 August
1929
26 May
1933
3 years, 289 days Roman Catholic 1929 Ruijs de B. III
RKSPARPCHU
Hendrik Colijn (1925).jpg Hendrikus Colijn
(1869–1944)
26 May
1933
10 August
1939
6 years, 76 days Anti-Revolutionary 1933 Colijn II, III
RKSPARPCHULSPVDB
1937 Colijn IV, V
RKSPARPCHU
Dirk Jan de Geer.jpg Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1960)
10 August
1939
3 September
1940
1 year, 24 days Christian Historical De Geer II
RKSPSDAPARPCHUVDB
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy 1941 (1).jpg Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
(1885–1961)
3 September
1940
25 June
1945
4 years, 295 days Anti-Revolutionary Gerbrandy I
RKSPSDAPARPCHUVDB
Gerbrandy II
RKSPSDAPARPCHULSPVDB
Gerbrandy III
RKSPARPVDB
Wim Schermerhorn 1946.jpg Willem Schermerhorn
(1894–1977)
25 June
1945
3 July
1946
1 year, 8 days Free-thinking Democratic
until 1946
Schermerhorn—Drees
VDBSDAPKVPARP
Labour
from 1946
Louis Beel 1945 (1).jpg Louis Beel
(1902–1977)
3 July
1946
7 August
1948
2 years, 35 days Catholic People's 1946 Beel I
KVPPvdA
Willem Drees 1958.jpg Willem Drees
(1886–1988)
7 August
1948
22 December
1958
10 years, 137 days Labour 1948 Drees—Van Schaik
PvdAKVPCHUVVD
Juliana
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1961 studio portrait (by Max Koot) - Nationaal Archief.jpg
(1948–1980)
Drees I (II)
PvdAKVPCHUVVD
1952 Drees II (III)
PvdAKVPARPCHU
1956 Drees III (IV)
PvdAKVPARPCHU
Louis Beel 1958.jpg Louis Beel
(1902–1977)
22 December
1958
19 May
1959
148 days Catholic People's Beel II
KVPARPCHU
Jan de Quay 1962 (1).jpg Jan de Quay
(1901–1985)
19 May
1959
24 July
1963
4 years, 66 days Catholic People's 1959 De Quay
KVPARPCHUVVD
Victor Marijnen 1963 (1).jpg Victor Marijnen
(1917–1975)
24 July
1963
14 April
1965
1 year, 264 days Catholic People's 1963 Marijnen
KVPARPCHUVVD
Jo Cals 1966.jpg Jo Cals
(1914–1971)
14 April
1965
22 November
1966
1 year, 222 days Catholic People's Cals
KVPARPPvdA
Jelle Zijlstra 1966.jpg Jelle Zijlstra
(1918–2001)
22 November
1966
5 April
1967
134 days Anti-Revolutionary Zijlstra
ARPKVP
Piet de Jong 1970.jpg Piet de Jong
(1915–2016)
5 April
1967
6 July
1971
4 years, 92 days Catholic People's 1967 De Jong
KVPARPCHUVVD
Barend Biesheuvel 1971.jpg Barend Biesheuvel
(1920–2001)
6 July
1971
11 May
1973
1 year, 309 days Anti-Revolutionary 1971 Biesheuvel I
ARPKVPCHUVVDDS70
Biesheuvel II
ARPKVPCHUVVD
Joop den Uyl 1975.jpg Joop den Uyl
(1919–1987)
11 May
1973
19 December
1977
4 years, 222 days Labour 1972 Den Uyl
PvdAKVPARPD66PPR
Dries van Agt 1980.jpg Dries van Agt
(1931–2024)
19 December
1977
4 November
1982
4 years, 320 days Catholic People's
until 1980;
Christian Democratic
1977 Van Agt I
CDAVVD
1981 Van Agt II
CDAPvdAD66
Beatrix
Prinses Beatrix.jpg
(1980–2013)
Van Agt III
CDAD66
Ruud Lubbers 1985.jpg Ruud Lubbers
(1939–2018)
4 November
1982
22 August
1994
11 years, 291 days Christian Democratic 1982 Lubbers I
CDAVVD
1986 Lubbers II
CDAVVD
1989 Lubbers III
CDAPvdA
Wim Kok 1994.jpg Wim Kok
(1938–2018)
22 August
1994
22 July
2002
7 years, 334 days Labour 1994 Kok I
PvdAVVDD66
1998 Kok II
PvdAVVDD66
Jan Peter Balkenende 2006.jpg Jan Peter Balkenende
(born 1956)
22 July
2002
14 October
2010
8 years, 84 days Christian Democratic 2002 Balkenende I
CDALPFVVD
2003 Balkenende II
CDAVVDD66
Balkenende III
CDAVVD
2006 Balkenende IV
CDAPvdACU
Mark Rutte, 23.03.23 (cropped).jpg Mark Rutte
(born 1967)
14 October
2010
2 July
2024
13 years, 262 days People's Party
for Freedom
and Democracy
2010 Rutte I
VVDCDA
2012 Rutte II
VVDPvdA
Willem-Alexander
Zijne Majesteit Koning Willem-Alexander met koningsmantel april 2013 (cropped).jpeg
(2013–present)
2017 Rutte III
VVDCDAD66CU
2021 Rutte IV
VVDCDAD66CU
Dick Schoof, November 2024.jpg Dick Schoof
(born 1957)
2 July
2024
Incumbent243 daysIndependent 2023 Schoof
PVVVVDNSCBBB

Graphical timeline

Dick SchoofMark RutteJan Peter BalkenendeWim KokRuud LubbersDries van AgtJoop den UylBarend BiesheuvelPiet de JongJelle ZijlstraJo CalsVictor MarijnenJan de QuayWillem DreesLouis BeelWillem SchermerhornPieter Sjoerds GerbrandyDirk Jan de GeerHendrikus ColijnCharles Ruijs de BeerenbrouckPieter Cort van der LindenTheo HeemskerkTheo de MeesterAbraham KuyperNicolaas PiersonJoan RöellGijsbert van TienhovenAeneas Mackay Jr.Theo van Lynden van SandenburgJan Kappeyne van de CoppelloJan HeemskerkGerrit de Vries (politician)Pieter Philip van BosseJulius van Zuylen van NijeveltIsaäc Dignus Fransen van de PutteSchelto van HeemstraJacob van Zuylen van NijeveltJan Jacob RochussenJustinus van der BrugghenFloris Adriaan van HallJohan Rudolph ThorbeckeJacob de KempenaerGerrit SchimmelpenninckList of prime ministers of the Netherlands

See also