Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands

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The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands by religious affiliations.

Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands

Prime ministerReligionBranchDenominationChurchFormer affiliationsIrreligion/fraternity
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Jacob de Kempenaer Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Christian Protestant Lutheran Lutheran Church
Floris Adriaan van Hall Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Justinus van der Brugghen Christian Protestant Calvinist Walloon Church
Jan Jacob Rochussen Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Schelto van Heemstra Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church Freemason
Pieter Philip van Bosse Christian Protestant Calvinist Walloon Church Dutch Reformed Church
Gerrit de Vries Christian Protestant Anabaptist Mennonite Church
Jan Heemskerk Christian Protestant Arminian Remonstrant Church
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Æneas Mackay Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Gijsbert van Tienhoven Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Joan Röell Christian Protestant Calvinist Reformed Church
Nicolaas Pierson Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Abraham Kuyper Christian Protestant Calvinist Reformed Churches Dutch Reformed Church
Theo de Meester Dutch Reformed Church Atheist
Theo Heemskerk Christian Protestant Calvinist Reformed Churches Remonstrant Church
Pieter Cort van der Linden Christian Protestant Arminian Remonstrant Church
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Hendrikus Colijn Christian Protestant Calvinist Reformed Churches Christian Reformed Churches
Dirk Jan de Geer Christian Protestant Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Christian Protestant Calvinist Reformed Churches
Willem Schermerhorn Christian Protestant Arminian Remonstrant Church Dutch Reformed Church
Louis Beel Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Willem Drees Dutch Reformed Church Agnostic
Humanist
Jan de Quay Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Victor Marijnen Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Jo Cals Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Jelle Zijlstra Christian Protestant Calvinist Reformed Churches
Piet de Jong Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Barend Biesheuvel Christian Protestant Calvinist Reformed Churches
Joop den Uyl Reformed Churches Agnostic
Dries van Agt Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Ruud Lubbers Christian Catholicism Catholicism Catholic Church
Wim Kok Agnostic
Jan Peter Balkenende Christian Protestant Protestant Church Reformed Churches
Mark Rutte Christian Protestant Protestant Church Dutch Reformed Church

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