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This is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands by longevity, age at ascension and age at leaving office.
Nr. | Prime Minister | Term of office | Terms | Time in office | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) | 4 November 1982 | 22 August 1994 | 11 years, 291 days | ||
2 | Mark Rutte (born 1967) | 14 October 2010 | Incumbent | 11 years, 28 days | ||
3 | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) | 9 September 1918 | 4 August 1925 | 6 years, 339 days | 10 years, 253 days | |
10 August 1929 | 26 May 1933 | 3 years, 289 days | ||||
4 | Willem Drees (1886–1988) | 7 August 1948 | 22 December 1958 | 10 years, 137 days | ||
5 | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | 1 November 1849 | 19 April 1853 | 3 years, 169 days | 9 years, 143 days | |
1 February 1862 | 10 February 1866 | 4 years, 9 days | ||||
4 January 1871 | 4 June 1872 | 1 year, 152 days | ||||
6 | Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) | 22 July 2002 | 14 October 2010 | 8 years, 84 days | ||
7 | Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) | 27 August 1874 | 3 November 1877 | 3 years, 68 days | 8 years, 67 days | |
23 April 1883 | 20 April 1888 | 4 years, 363 days | ||||
8 | Wim Kok (1938–2018) | 22 August 1994 | 22 July 2002 | 7 years, 334 days | ||
9 | Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) | 4 August 1925 | 8 March 1926 | 216 days | 6 years, 292 days | |
26 May 1933 | 10 August 1939 | 6 years, 76 days | ||||
10 | Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) | 12 February 1908 | 29 August 1913 | 5 years, 198 days | ||
11 | Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935) | 29 August 1913 | 9 September 1918 | 5 years, 13 days | ||
12 | Dries van Agt (born 1931) | 19 December 1977 | 4 November 1982 | 4 years, 320 days | ||
13 | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961) | 3 September 1940 | 25 June 1945 | 4 years, 285 days | ||
14 | Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) | 11 May 1973 | 19 December 1977 | 4 years, 222 days | ||
15 | Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) | 8 March 1926 | 10 August 1929 | 3 years, 155 days | 4 years, 189 days | |
10 August 1939 | 13 September 1940 | 1 year, 34 days | ||||
16 | Piet de Jong (1915–2016) | 5 April 1967 | 6 July 1971 | 4 years, 92 days | ||
17 | Jan de Quay (1901–1985) | 19 May 1959 | 24 July 1963 | 4 years, 66 days | ||
Yellow indicates a living (former) prime minister.
Prime Minister | Born | Died | Longevity | Known reason of death |
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Willem Drees | 5 July 1886 | 14 May 1988 | 101 years, 314 days | Natural causes |
Piet de Jong | 3 April 1915 | 27 July 2016 | 101 years, 115 days | Natural causes |
Dries van Agt | 2 February 1931 | Alive | 90 years, 282 days | |
Dirk Jan de Geer | 14 December 1870 | 28 November 1960 | 89 years, 350 days | Natural causes |
Pieter Cort van der Linden | 14 May 1846 | 15 July 1935 | 89 years, 62 days | Natural causes |
Jan de Quay | 26 August 1901 | 4 July 1985 | 83 years, 312 days | Natural causes |
Jelle Zijlstra | 27 August 1918 | 23 December 2001 | 83 years, 118 days | Neurological disorder |
Abraham Kuyper | 29 October 1837 | 8 November 1920 | 83 years, 10 days | Disease-related |
Willem Schermerhorn | 17 December 1894 | 10 March 1977 | 82 years, 83 days | |
Gerrit de Vries | 22 February 1818 | 4 March 1900 | 82 years, 10 days | |
Barend Biesheuvel | 5 April 1920 | 29 April 2001 | 81 years, 24 days | Cardiovascular disease |
Wim Kok | 29 September 1938 | 20 October 2018 | 80 years, 21 days | Heart failure |
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte | 22 March 1822 | 3 March 1902 | 79 years, 346 days | |
Theo Heemskerk | 20 July 1852 | 12 June 1932 | 79 years, 328 days | |
Jan Heemskerk | 30 July 1818 | 9 October 1897 | 79 years, 71 days | |
Ruud Lubbers | 7 May 1939 | 14 February 2018 | 78 years, 283 days | Disease-related |
Jacob de Kempenaer | 6 July 1793 | 12 February 1870 | 76 years, 221 days | |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy | 13 April 1885 | 7 September 1961 | 76 years, 147 days | |
Hendrikus Colijn | 22 June 1869 | 18 September 1944 | 75 years, 88 days | Heart failure |
Floris Adriaan van Hall | 15 May 1791 | 29 March 1866 | 74 years, 318 days | |
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | 19 August 1819 | 1 July 1894 | 74 years, 316 days | |
Louis Beel | 12 April 1902 | 11 February 1977 | 74 years, 305 days | Leukemia |
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke | 14 January 1798 | 4 June 1872 | 74 years, 142 days | Pneumonia |
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | 29 June 1816 | 4 November 1890 | 74 years, 128 days | |
Gijsbert van Tienhoven | 12 February 1841 | 10 October 1914 | 73 years, 240 days | |
Jan Jacob Rochussen | 23 October 1797 | 21 January 1871 | 73 years, 90 days | |
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello | 2 October 1822 | 28 July 1895 | 72 years, 299 days | |
Aeneas Mackay | 29 November 1838 | 13 November 1909 | 70 years, 349 days | |
Nicolaas Pierson | 7 February 1839 | 24 December 1909 | 70 years, 320 days | |
Joan Röell | 21 July 1844 | 13 July 1914 | 69 years, 357 days | |
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck | 25 February 1794 | 6 October 1863 | 69 years, 223 days | |
Pieter Philip van Bosse | 16 December 1809 | 21 February 1879 | 69 years, 67 days | |
Joop den Uyl | 9 August 1919 | 24 December 1987 | 68 years, 137 days | Brain tumor |
Theo de Meester | 16 December 1851 | 27 December 1919 | 68 years, 11 days | |
Jan Peter Balkenende | 7 May 1956 | Alive | 65 years, 188 days | |
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | 1 December 1873 | 17 April 1936 | 62 years, 138 days | Disease-related |
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg | 24 February 1826 | 18 November 1885 | 59 years, 267 days | |
Justinus van der Brugghen | 6 August 1804 | 2 October 1863 | 59 years, 57 days | Disease-related |
Victor Marijnen | 21 February 1917 | 5 April 1975 | 58 years, 43 days | Myocardial infarction |
Jo Cals | 18 July 1914 | 30 December 1971 | 57 years, 165 days | Brain tumor |
Schelto van Heemstra | 14 November 1807 | 20 December 1864 | 57 years, 36 days | Disease-related |
Mark Rutte | 14 February 1967 | Alive | 54 years, 270 days | |
The median age upon taking office as prime minister is 53 years. The youngest being Ruud Lubbers at 43 years and 181 days and the oldest being Johan Rudolph Thorbecke at 72 years and 355 days, when he started his third and last non-consecutive term. The oldest first-time prime minister was Pieter Cort van der Linden at age 67 and 107 days.
Prime Minister | Term | Age at ascension | Age at leaving office |
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Ruud Lubbers | 1982–1994 | 43 years, 181 days | 55 years, 107 days |
Mark Rutte | 2010–present | 43 years, 242 days | 54 years, 270 days |
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte | 1866 | 43 years, 325 days | 44 years, 71 days |
Louis Beel [1] | 1946–1948 | 44 years, 82 days | 46 years, 117 days |
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | 1861 | 44 years, 258 days | 45 years, 134 days |
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck [1] | 1918–1925 | 44 years, 282 days | 51 years, 246 days |
Jan Peter Balkenende | 2002–2010 | 46 years, 76 days | 54 years, 160 days |
Victor Marijnen | 1963–1965 | 46 years, 153 days | 48 years, 52 days |
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | 1866–1868 | 46 years, 286 days | 48 years, 290 days |
Dries van Agt | 1977–1982 | 46 years, 320 days | 51 years, 275 days |
Jelle Zijlstra | 1966–1967 | 48 years, 87 days | 48 years, 221 days |
Aeneas Mackay II | 1888–1891 | 48 years, 143 days | 51 years, 265 days |
Joan Röell | 1894–1897 | 49 years, 292 days | 53 years, 6 days |
Gijsbert van Tienhoven | 1891–1894 | 50 years, 190 days | 53 years, 86 days |
Willem Schermerhorn | 1945–1946 | 50 years, 190 days | 51 years, 198 days |
Jo Cals | 1965–1966 | 50 years, 270 days | 52 years, 127 days |
Barend Biesheuvel | 1971–1973 | 51 years, 92 days | 53 years, 36 days |
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke [1] | 1849–1853 | 51 years, 291 days | 55 years, 95 days |
Justinus van der Brugghen | 1856–1858 | 51 years, 300 days | 53 years, 224 days |
Piet de Jong | 1967–1971 | 52 years, 2 days | 56 years, 94 days |
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg | 1879–1883 | 53 years, 177 days | 57 years, 58 days |
Theo de Meester | 1905–1908 | 53 years, 244 days | 56 years, 58 days |
Joop den Uyl | 1973–1977 | 53 years, 275 days | 58 years, 132 days |
Jan Heemskerk [1] | 1874–1877 | 53 years, 342 days | 56 years, 28 days |
Schelto van Heemstra | 1861–1862 | 53 years, 361 days | 54 years, 79 days |
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck | 1848 | 54 years, 29 days | 54 years, 52 days |
Gerrit de Vries | 1872–1874 | 54 years, 103 days | 56 years, 186 days |
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello | 1877–1879 | 55 years, 32 days | 56 years, 322 days |
Dirk Jan de Geer [1] | 1926–1929 | 55 years, 84 days | 58 years, 239 days |
Jacob de Kempenaer | 1848–1849 | 55 years, 138 days | 56 years, 117 days |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy | 1940–1945 | 55 years, 143 days | 60 years, 73 days |
Theo Heemskerk | 1908–1913 | 55 years, 207 days | 61 years, 40 days |
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck [2] | 1929–1933 | 55 years, 252 days | 59 years, 176 days |
Wim Kok | 1994–2002 | 55 years, 327 days | 63 years, 296 days |
Hendrikus Colijn [1] | 1925–1926 | 56 years, 43 days | 56 years, 259 days |
Louis Beel [2] | 1958–1959 | 56 years, 254 days | 57 years, 37 days |
Jan de Quay | 1959–1963 | 57 years, 266 days | 61 years, 332 days |
Nicolaas Pierson | 1897–1901 | 58 years, 170 days | 62 years, 174 days |
Pieter Philip van Bosse | 1868–1871 | 58 years, 171 days | 61 years, 19 days |
Jan Jacob Rochussen | 1858–1860 | 60 years, 146 days | 62 years, 123 days |
Floris Adriaan van Hall [1] | 1853–1856 | 61 years, 339 days | 65 years, 47 days |
Willem Drees | 1948–1958 | 62 years, 33 days | 72 years, 170 days |
Abraham Kuyper | 1901–1905 | 63 years, 276 days | 67 years, 292 days |
Hendrikus Colijn [2] | 1933–1939 | 63 years, 338 days | 70 years, 49 days |
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke [2] | 1862–1866 | 64 years, 18 days | 68 years, 27 days |
Jan Heemskerk [2] | 1883–1888 | 64 years, 267 days | 69 years, 265 days |
Pieter Cort van der Linden | 1913–1918 | 67 years, 107 days | 72 years, 118 days |
Dirk Jan de Geer [2] | 1939–1940 | 68 years, 239 days | 69 years, 264 days |
Floris Adriaan van Hall [2] | 1860–1861 | 68 years, 284 days | 69 years, 303 days |
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke [3] | 1871–1872 | 72 years, 355 days | 74 years, 142 days |
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