Minister of State (Netherlands)

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The Minister of State (Dutch : Minister van Staat) is an honorary title in the Netherlands. The title is formally granted together with the style Excellency, by the Monarch, but on the initiative of the cabinet of the Netherlands. It is given on a personal basis, for life rather than for a specified period. The title is granted for exceptional merits, generally to senior politicians at the end of their party career. Ministers of state are often former cabinet members or party leaders. Ministers of State advise the Sovereign in delicate situations, with moral authority but without formal competence. A Minister of State is not part of a cabinet, but may be asked to represent the government for certain events. The Ministers of State have a diplomatic passport. Before World War II it was common for Ministers of State to still have a public function, some notable as Pieter Cort van der Linden and Hendrikus Colijn, were Minister of State while they served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands. After World War II, Louis Beel was the only person who still sat in the cabinet while he was Minister of State.

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Current ministers of state

Minister of StateAppointedState/Local
Government
Function(s)		Legislature
Function(s)		Civil/
Diplomatic/
Judiciary
Function(s)		Party
Frits Korthals Altes.jpg Frits
Korthals Altes
(born 1931)		26 October 2001
(23 years, 71 days)		 Minister of Justice
(1982–1989)
Minister of the Interior
(1986) (1987)		 Member of the Senate
(1981–1982) (1991–2001)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1989–1991)
President of the Senate
(1997–2001)		 People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Jaime Saleh (cropped).jpg Jaime Saleh
(born 1941)		10 October 2004
(20 years, 87 days)		 Governor of the
Netherlands Antilles
(1990–2002)		 Judge of the Joint Court
of Justice of the
Netherlands Antilles
(1974–1979)
President of the Joint
Court of Justice of the
Netherlands Antilles
(1979–1990)		 Independent
Hans van den Broek 1983.jpg Hans van
den Broek
(born 1936)		25 February 2005
(19 years, 315 days)		 State Secretary for
Foreign Affairs
(1981–1982)
Minister of
Foreign Affairs
(1982–1993)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1976–1981) (1982)
(1986) (1989)
 Christian
Democratic Appeal
(Catholic
People's Party)
Tjeenkwillinkgr-jpg.jpeg Herman
Tjeenk Willink
(born 1942)		21 December 2012
(12 years, 15 days)		 Member of the Senate
(1987–1997)
President of the Senate
(1991–1997)		 Vice-President of
the Council of State
(1997–2012)		 Labour Party
Winnie Sorgdrager 2009 (1).jpg Winnie Sorgdrager
(born 1948)		22 June 2018
(6 years, 197 days)		 Minister of Justice
(1994–1998)		 Member of the Senate
(1999)		 Member of the
Council of State
(2006–2018)		 Democrats 66
Hoop Scheffer I (crop).jpg Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer
(born 1948)		22 June 2018
(6 years, 197 days)		 Minister of
Foreign Affairs
(2002–2003)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1986–2002)		 Christian
Democratic Appeal
SDekker.jpg Sybilla Dekker
(born 1942)		22 June 2018
(6 years, 197 days)		 Minister of Housing,
Spatial Planning and
the Environment
(2003–2006)		 People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Piet-hein-donner-portret.jpg Piet Hein Donner
(born 1948)		21 December 2018
(6 years, 15 days)		 Minister of Justice
(2002–2006)
Minister of Social Affairs
and Employment
(2007–2010)
Minister of the Interior
and Kingdom Relations
(2010–2012)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(2006–2007)		 Member of the
Scientific Council
for Government
Policy
(1990–1993)
Director of the
Scientific Council
for Government
Policy
(1993–1997)
Member of the
Council of State
(1997–1992)
Vice-President of
the Council of State
(2012–2018)		 Christian
Democratic Appeal
Jan Peter Balkenende 2006.jpg Jan Peter
Balkenende
(born 1956)		14 October 2022
(2 years, 83 days)		 Prime Minister
(2002–2010)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1998–2002) (2003)
(2006–2007)		 Christian
Democratic Appeal

Historical Ministers of State

Minister of StateAppointedState/Local
Government
Function(s)		Legislature
Function(s)		Civil/
Diplomatic/
Judiciary
Function(s)		Party
Jos van Kemenade 1975 (1).jpg Dr.
Jos van Kemenade
(1937–2020)
(aged 82)		5 April 2002 Minister of Education
and Sciences
(1973–1977, 1981–1982)
Mayor of Eindhoven
(1988–1992)
Queen's Commissioner
of North Holland
(1992–2002)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1977, 1978–1981,
1982–1984)
 Labour Party
Wim Kok 1983 (1).jpg Wim Kok
(1938–2018)
(aged 80)		11 April 2003 Minister of Finance
Deputy Prime Minister
(1989–1994)
Prime Minister
(1994–2002)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1986–1989, 1994,
1998)		 Member of the Social and
Economic Council
(1972–1986)
Chairman of the
Trade Union
Federation
(1976–1986)		 Labour Party
Ruud Lubbers 1985 (1).jpg Ruud Lubbers
(1939–2018)
(aged 78)		31 January 1995 Minister of
Economic Affairs
(1973–1977)
Prime Minister
(1982–1994)
Minister for Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba Affairs
(1989, 1994)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1977, 1977–1982,
1986, 1989)		 Catholic
People's Party
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Els Borst februari 2002.jpg Dr.
Els Borst
(1932–2014)
(aged 81)		21 December 2012 Minister of Health,
Welfare and Sport
(1994–2002)
Deputy Prime Minister
(1998–2002)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1998)		 Member of the
Health Council
(1986–1994)		 Democrats 66
Peter Kooijmans.jpg Dr.
Pieter Kooijmans
(1933–2013)
(aged 79)		13 July 2007 State Secretary for
Foreign Affairs
(1973–1977)
Minister of
Foreign Affairs
(1993–1994)		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Max van der Stoel (1981).jpg Max van der Stoel
(1924–2011)
(aged 86)		17 May 1991 State Secretary for
Foreign Affairs
(1965–1966)
Minister of
Foreign Affairs
(1973–1977, 1981–1982)		 Member of the Senate
(1960–1963)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1963–1965, 1967–1973,
1977, 1978–1981)
Member of the
European Parliament
(1971–1973)		 Ambassador to the
United Nations
(1983–1986)
Member of the
Council of State
(1986–1993)		 Labour Party
Hans van Mierlo 1981 (2).jpg Hans van Mierlo
(1931–2010)
(aged 78)		24 October 1998 Minister of Defence
(1981–1982)
Minister of
Foreign Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister
(1994–1998)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1967–1977, 1986–1994,
1998)
Member of the Senate
(1983–1986)		 Democrats 66
Toxopeus, E.H. - SFA008007403.jpg Edzo Toxopeus
(1918–2009)
(aged 91)		22 January 1985 Minister of the Interior
(1959–1965)
Queen's Commissioner
of Groningen
(1970–1980)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1956–1959, 1963,
1965–1969)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1980–1988)		 People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Willem Scholten 1982 (1).jpg Willem Scholten
(1927–2005)
(aged 77)		1 July 1997 State Secretary for
Finance
(1971–1973)
Minister of Defence
(1978–1980)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1963–1971, 1972–1976)
Member of the
European Parliament
(1973–1976)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1976–1978)
Vice-President of
the Council of State
(1980–1997)		 Christian
Historical Union
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Jelle Zijlstra 1966 (cropped).jpg Dr.
Jelle Zijlstra
(1918–2001)
(aged 83)		30 April 1983 Minister of
Economic Affairs
(1952–1959)
Minister of Finance
(1958–1963, 1966–1967)
Prime Minister
(1966–1967)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1956, 1959)
Member of the Senate
(1963–1966)		 Member of the Social and
Economic Council
(1967–1982)
President of
the Central Bank
(1967–1982)		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Emiel van Lennep (1979).jpg Jonkheer
Emiel van Lennep
(1915–1996)
(aged 81)		29 April 1986 Treasurer-General of
the Ministry of Finance
(1951–1969)
Member of the Social and
Economic Council
(1984–1986)		 Christian
Historical Union
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Ivo Samkalden 1966 (1).jpg Dr.
Ivo Samkalden
(1912–1995)
(aged 82)		22 January 1985 Minister of Justice
(1956–1958, 1965–1966)
Mayor of Amsterdam
(1967–1977)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1959–1960)
Member of the Senate
(1960–1965)		 Chairman of the
Association of
Municipalities
(1971–1977)		 Labour Party
Marinus Ruppert 1972 (1).jpg Marinus Ruppert
(1911–1992)
(aged 80)		29 November 1980 Member of the Senate
(1956–1959)		 Member of the Social and
Economic Council
(1950–1959)
Member of the
Council of State
(1959–1973)
Vice-President of
the Council of State
(1973–1980)		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Willem Drees 1958.jpg Willem Drees
(1886–1988)
(aged 101)		22 December 1958 Minister of
Social Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister
(1945–1948)
Prime Minister
(1948–1958)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1933–1945, 1946,
1948, 1952,
1956)		 Social Democratic
Workers' Party
Labour Party
Klompe, dr. Marga A. M. - SFA002001927.jpg Dr.
Marga Klompé
(1912–1986)
(aged 74)		17 July 1971 Minister of Social Work
(1956–1963)
Minister of Education,
Arts and Sciences
(1961–1962, 1963)
Minister of Culture,
Recreation and
Social Work
(1966–1971)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1948–1956, 1959,
1963–1966, 1967)
Member of the European
Coal and Steel
Community Parliament
(1952–1956)		 Catholic
People's Party
Jaap Burger 1944 (1).jpg Jaap Burger
(1904–1986)
(aged 81)		4 January 1975 Minister for Government
Restoration
(1943–1944)
Minister of the Interior
(1944–1945)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1945–1962)
Member of the Senate
(1963–1970)
Member of the
European Parliament
(1966–1970)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1970–1979)		 Social Democratic
Workers' Party
Labour Party
Eelco van Kleffens 1945.jpg Dr.
Eelco van Kleffens
(1894–1983)
(aged 88)		4 July 1950 Minister of
Foreign Affairs
(1939–1946)
Minister for
Foreign Policy
(1946–1947)		 Ambassador to
the United States
(1947–1949)
Ambassador to
the United Nations
(1947–1949, 1954–1955)
Ambassador to Portugal
(1950–1956)
Permanent Representative
to NATO and the OECD
(1956–1958)
Permanent Representative
to the European
Coal and
Steel Community
(1958–1967)		 Independent
(Liberal)
Jan Donner.jpg Dr.
Jan Donner
(1891–1981)
(aged 89)		16 December 1971 Minister of Justice
(1926–1933)		 Judge of the
Supreme Court
(1933–1944, 1945–1947)
President of
the Supreme Court
(1947–1961)		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Romme, Carl - SFA007000408.jpg Carl Romme
(1896–1980)
(aged 83)		16 December 1971 Minister of
Social Affairs
(1937–1939)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1933, 1946–1961)
Member of the Senate
(1937)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1962–1972)		 Roman Catholic
State Party
Catholic
People's Party
Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1935).jpg Dr.
Jonkheer
Alidius Tjarda
van Starkenborgh
Stachouwer
(1888–1978)
(aged 90)		28 June 1956 Queen's Commissioner
of Groningen
(1925–1933)
Governor-General of
the Dutch East Indies
(1937–1945)		 Ambassador to Belgium
(1933–1937)
Ambassador to France
(1950–1956)
Permanent Representative
to the OECD
(1950–1956)		 Independent
(Liberal)
Louis Beel 1945 (1).jpg Dr.
Louis Beel
(1902–1977)
(aged 74)		21 November 1956 Minister of the Interior
(1945–1947, 1951–1956)
Prime Minister
(1946–1948, 1958–1959)
Governor-General of
the Dutch East Indies
(1948–1949)
Deputy Prime Minister
(1952–1956)
Minister of Social Affairs
and Health
(1958–1959)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1946, 1948)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1958, 1959)
Vice-President of
the Council of State
(1959–1972)		 Catholic
People's Party
Jo Cals 1966.jpg Jo Cals
(1914–1971)
(aged 57)		5 December 1966 State Secretary for
Education, Arts
and Sciences
(1950–1952)
Minister of Education,
Arts and Sciences
(1952–1961, 1962–1963)
Prime Minister
(1965–1966)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1948–1950, 1952,
1956, 1959, 1963–1965)		 Catholic
People's Party
Pieter Oud 1956 (1).jpg Pieter Oud
(1886–1968)
(aged 81)		9 November 1963 Minister of Finance
(1933–1937)
Mayor of Rotterdam
(1938–1941, 1945–1952)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1917–1933, 1937–1938)
(1948–1963)		 Chairman of the
Association of
Municipalities
(1946–1952)		 Free-thinking
Democratic League
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Johan Furstner (1941-45).jpg Lieutenant Admiral
Johan Furstner
(1887–1970)
(aged 83)		25 August 1945 Minister of the Navy
(1941–1945)		 Board member of the
Nationaal Comité
Handhaving Rijkseenheid
(post-
World War II)		 Alliance for
National Reconstruction;
Independent
Liberal Conservative
Josef van Schaik 1951 (1).jpg Josef van Schaik
(1882–1962)
(aged 80)		15 March 1951 Minister of Justice
(1933–1937)
Deputy Prime Minister
(1948–1951)
Minister for
Constitutional Reform
(1948–1951)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1917–1933, 1937–1948)
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
(1929–1933, 1937–1948)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1951–1957)		 Roman Catholic
State Party
Catholic
People's Party
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy 1941 (1).jpg Dr.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
(1885–1961)
(aged 76)		5 April 1955 Minister of Justice
(1939–1942, 1945)
Prime Minister
(1940–1945)
Minister of
Colonial Affairs
(1941–1942)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1948–1956, 1956–1959)		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Frans Beelaerts van Blokland 1942 (1).jpg Jonkheer
Frans Beelaerts
van Blokland
(1872–1956)
(aged 84)		22 December 1936 Minister of
Foreign Affairs
(1927–1933)		 Ambassador to China
(1923–1927)
Vice-President of
the Council of State
(1933–1956)
Chairman of the
Council of Nobility
(1947–1956)		 Christian
Historical Union
PietAalberse1871-1948.jpg Piet Aalberse
(1871–1948)
(aged 77)		31 December 1934 Minister of Labour
(1918–1923)
Minister of Labour,
Commerce and Industry
(1923–1925)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1903–1916, 1925–1937)
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
(1936–1937)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1937–1946)		 General League of
Roman Catholic
Electoral Associations,
Roman Catholic
State Party
Dirk Jan de Geer.jpg Jonkheer
Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1960)
(aged 89)		31 August 1933 –
12 November 1947
[Removed] 		Mayor of Arnhem
(1920–1921)
Minister of Finance
(1921–1923, 1923–1933,
1939–1940)
Minister of the Interior
and Agriculture
(1925–1926)
Prime Minister
(1923–1933, 1939–1940)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1907–1921, 1922,
1933–1939)		 Christian Historical
Union
WLdeVosvanSteenwijk.jpg Baron
Willem Lodewijk de
Vos van Steenwijk
(1859–1947)
(aged 87)		11 July 1946 Member of the Senate
(1913–1946)
President of the Senate
(1929–1946)		 Christian Historical
Union
Hendrik Colijn (1925).jpg Hendrikus Colijn
(1869–1944)
(aged 75)		31 August 1929 Minister of War
(1911–1913)
Minister of the Navy
(1912–1913)
Minister of Finance
(1923–1926, 1939)
Minister of
Colonial Affairs
(1925, 1933–1937)
Prime Minister
(1925–1926, 1933–1939)
Minister of
Economic Affairs
(1934, 1939)
Minister of Defence
(1935–1937)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1909–1911, 1922–1923,
1929–1933, 1937)
Member of the Senate
(1914–1920, 1926–1929,
1939–1944)		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Rambonnet, JJ.jpg Vice Admiral
Jean Jacques
Rambonnet
(1864–1943)
(aged 79)		13 January 1920 Minister of the Navy
(1913–1918)		 Independent
(Liberal)
H.A. van Karnebeek.jpg Dr.
Jonkheer
Herman van
Karnebeek
(1874–1942)
(aged 67)		25 July 1927 Mayor of The Hague
(1911–1918)
Minister of
Foreign Affairs
(1918–1927)
Queen's Commissioner
of South Holland
(1928–1942)		 Ambassador to the
League of Nations
(1927–1928)		 Independent
(Liberal)
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Studioportret van Gouverneur-Generaal Mr. D. Fock TMnr 10018708.jpg Dr.
Dirk Fock
(1858–1941)
(aged 83)		24 August 1928 Minister of
Colonial Affairs
(1905–1908)
Governor-General
of Suriname
(1908–1911)
Governor-General of
the Dutch East Indies
(1921–1926)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1901–1905, 1913–1920)
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
(1917–1920)
Member of the Senate
(1929–1935)
 Liberal Union
Pieter Cort van der Linden.jpg Dr.
Pieter Cort van
der Linden
(1846–1935)
(aged 89)		28 January 1915 Minister of Justice
(1897–1901)
Minister of the Interior
(1913–1918)
Prime Minister
(1913–1918)		 Member of the
Council of State
(1902–1913, 1918–1935)		 Independent
(Liberal)
Johannes Theodoor de Visser 1918 (1).jpg Dr.
Johannes
Theodoor de Visser
(1857–1932)
(aged 75)		31 August 1931 Minister of Education,
Arts and Sciences
(1918–1925)		 Member of the House
of Representatives
(1897–1905, 1906–1913,
1914–1918, 1922,
1925–1929)		 Christian Historical
Union
NOTE 1: Hans van den Broek was European Commissioner for External Relations and Enlargement (1993–1995) European Commissioner for External Relations, Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy (1995–1999).
NOTE 2: Johan Furstner retired from the Council of State on 1 January 1963.
NOTE 3: Dirk Jan de Geer′s title of Minister of State was removed by a post-war court on 12 November 1947 after he was tried and found guilty of treason and betrayal for his actions during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.

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The second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet, was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 2012. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives. VVD Leader Mark Rutte served as Prime Minister; prominent PvdA politician Lodewijk Asscher, a former alderman of Amsterdam, served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Third Rutte cabinet</span> Cabinet of the Netherlands, 2017 to 2022

The third Rutte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022. It was formed by a coalition government of the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), Democrats 66 (D66) and Christian Union (CU) after the general election of 2017.

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