List of prime ministers of the Netherlands

• Top left: Gerrit Schimmelpenninck was the first prime minister of the Netherlands.
• Top right: Willem Drees is often regarded in rankings as one of the best prime ministers.
• Bottom left: Mark Rutte is the longest-serving prime minister.
• Bottom right: Dick Schoof is the incumbent prime minister.

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.

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

Portrait		Name (born and died)	Term of office			Political party	Election	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)[ citation needed ]	21 November 1848	1 November 1849	345 days	Independent Liberal	1848	De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius Liberal
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 November 1849	19 April 1853	3 years, 169 days	Independent Liberal	1850 1852	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	1853	Van Hall— Donker Curtius Conservative
		Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863)	1 July 1856	18 March 1858	1 year, 260 days	Independent Antirevolutionary	1856	Van der Brugghen Conservative
		Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871)	18 March 1858	23 February 1860	1 year, 342 days	Independent Conservative	1858	Rochussen Liberal–Conservative
		Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866)	23 February 1860	14 March 1861	1 year, 19 days	Independent Liberal	1860	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	1862	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	Jun.1866 Oct.1866	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Conservative
		Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 June 1868	4 January 1871	2 years, 214 days	Independent Liberal	1868 1869	Van Bosse—Fock Liberal
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	4 January 1871	4 June 1872 (died)	1 year, 152 days	Independent Liberal	1871	Thorbecke III Liberal
		Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900)	4 June 1872	27 August 1874	2 years, 84 days	Independent Liberal	1873	De Vries— Fransen van de Putte Liberal
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	27 August 1874	3 November 1877	3 years, 68 days	Independent Conservative	1875	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	1877	Kappeyne van de Coppello Liberal
		Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885)	20 August 1879	23 April 1883	3 years, 246 days	Independent Antirevolutionary	1879	Van Lynden van Sandenburg Liberal–Conservative
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	23 April 1883	21 April 1888	4 years, 363 days	Independent Conservative	1883 1884 1886 1887	J. Heemskerk Liberal–Conservative
		Aeneas Mackay Jr. (1838–1909)	21 April 1888	21 August 1891	3 years, 123 days	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1888	Mackay Coalition
		Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914)	21 August 1891	9 May 1894	2 years, 261 days	Independent Liberal	1891	Van Tienhoven Liberal	Wilhelmina (1890–1948)
		Joan Röell (1844–1914)	9 May 1894	27 July 1897	3 years, 79 days	Independent Liberal	1894	Röell Liberal
		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	27 July 1897	1 August 1901	4 years, 5 days	Liberal Union	1897	Pierson Liberal
		Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920)	1 August 1901	17 August 1905	4 years, 16 days	Anti-Revolutionary	1901	Kuyper Coalition
		Theo de Meester (1851–1919)	17 August 1905	12 February 1908	2 years, 179 days	Liberal Union	1905	De Meester Liberal
		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	12 February 1908	29 August 1913	5 years, 198 days	Anti-Revolutionary	1909	T. Heemskerk Coalition
		Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	29 August 1913	9 September 1918	5 years, 11 days	Independent Liberal	1913 1917	Cort van der Linden Liberal
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	9 September 1918	4 August 1925	6 years, 329 days	General League	1918	Ruijs de B. I RKSP – ARP – CHU
							1922	Ruijs de B. II RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	4 August 1925	8 March 1926	216 days	Anti-Revolutionary	1925	Colijn I RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	8 March 1926	10 August 1929	3 years, 155 days	Christian Historical	—	De Geer I RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	10 August 1929	26 May 1933	3 years, 289 days	Roman Catholic	1929	Ruijs de B. III RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	26 May 1933	10 August 1939	6 years, 76 days	Anti-Revolutionary	1933	Colijn II, III RKSP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB
							1937	Colijn IV, V RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	10 August 1939	3 September 1940	1 year, 24 days	Christian Historical	—	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	—	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 until 1946	—	Schermerhorn—Drees VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP
						Labour from 1946
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	3 July 1946	7 August 1948	2 years, 35 days	Catholic People's	1946	Beel I KVP – PvdA
		Willem Drees (1886–1988)	7 August 1948	22 December 1958	10 years, 137 days	Labour	1948	Drees—Van Schaik PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD	Juliana (1948–1980)
							—	Drees I (II) PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD
							1952	Drees II (III) PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU
							1956	Drees III (IV) PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	22 December 1958	19 May 1959	148 days	Catholic People's	—	Beel II KVP – ARP – CHU
		Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	19 May 1959	24 July 1963	4 years, 66 days	Catholic People's	1959	De Quay KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	24 July 1963	14 April 1965	1 year, 264 days	Catholic People's	1963	Marijnen KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Jo Cals (1914–1971)	14 April 1965	22 November 1966	1 year, 222 days	Catholic People's	—	Cals KVP – ARP – PvdA
		Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	22 November 1966	5 April 1967	134 days	Anti-Revolutionary	—	Zijlstra ARP – KVP
		Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	5 April 1967	6 July 1971	4 years, 92 days	Catholic People's	1967	De Jong KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	6 July 1971	11 May 1973	1 year, 309 days	Anti-Revolutionary	1971	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	1972	Den Uyl PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR
		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 CDA – VVD
							1981	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	1982	Lubbers I CDA – VVD
							1986	Lubbers II CDA – VVD
							1989	Lubbers III CDA – PvdA
		Wim Kok (1938–2018)	22 August 1994	22 July 2002	7 years, 334 days	Labour	1994	Kok I PvdA – VVD – D66
							1998	Kok II PvdA – VVD – D66
		Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956)	22 July 2002	14 October 2010	8 years, 84 days	Christian Democratic	2002	Balkenende I CDA – LPF – VVD
							2003	Balkenende II CDA – VVD – D66
							—	Balkenende III CDA – VVD
							2006	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	2010	Rutte I VVD – CDA
							2012	Rutte II VVD – PvdA
									Willem-Alexander (2013–present)
							2017	Rutte III VVD – CDA – D66 – CU
							2021	Rutte IV VVD – CDA – D66 – CU
		Dick Schoof (born 1957)	2 July 2024	Incumbent	243 days	Independent	2023	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