List of prime ministers of the Netherlands
Appearance
- Top left: Gerrit Schimmelpenninck was the first prime minister of the Netherlands.
- Top right: Wim Schermerhorn was prime minister after World War II.
- Bottom left: Mark Rutte is the longest-serving prime minister.
- Bottom right: Dick Schoof is the incumbent prime minister.
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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 prime minister of the Netherlands, having been appointed to the office for the first time on 2 July 2024.
List of prime ministers
[edit]Political parties:
Portrait | Name (born and died) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | Cabinet | Monarch (reign) | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Tenure | Name | Composition | ||||||
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Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863) |
25 March 1848 | 17 May 1848 | 53 days | Independent Liberal |
— | Schimmelpenninck | Conservative | Willem II![]() (1840–1849) | |
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Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870) |
21 November 1848 | 1 November 1849 | 345 days | 1848 | De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius |
Liberal | |||
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Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) |
1 November 1849 | 19 April 1853 | 3 years, 169 days | 1850 1852 |
Thorbecke I | Willem III![]() (1849–1890) | |||
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Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) |
19 April 1853 | 1 July 1856 | 3 years, 73 days | 1853 | Van Hall— Donker Curtius |
Conservative | |||
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Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863) |
1 July 1856 | 18 March 1858 | 1 year, 260 days | Independent Antirevolutionary |
1856 | Van der Brugghen | |||
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Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871) |
18 March 1858 | 23 February 1860 | 1 year, 342 days | Independent Conservative |
1858 | Rochussen | Liberal– Conservative | ||
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Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) |
23 February 1860 | 14 March 1861 | 1 year, 19 days | Independent Liberal |
1860 | Van Hall— Van Heemstra | |||
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Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890) |
14 March 1861 | 10 November 1861 | 241 days | — | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt— Van Heemstra | ||||
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Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864) |
10 November 1861 | 1 February 1862 | 83 days | ||||||
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Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) |
1 February 1862 | 10 February 1866 | 4 years, 9 days | 1862 | Thorbecke II | Liberal | |||
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Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) |
10 February 1866 | 1 June 1866 | 111 days | — | Fransen van de Putte | ||||
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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 | ||
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Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) |
4 June 1868 | 4 January 1871 | 2 years, 214 days | Independent Liberal |
1868 1869 |
Van Bosse— Fock |
Liberal | ||
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Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) |
4 January 1871 | 4 June 1872 (died) | 1 year, 152 days | 1871 | Thorbecke III | ||||
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Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900) |
4 June 1872 | 27 August 1874 | 2 years, 84 days | 1873 | De Vries— Fransen van de Putte | ||||
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Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) |
27 August 1874 | 3 November 1877 | 3 years, 68 days | Independent Conservative |
1875 | Heemskerk— Van Lynden van Sandenburg |
Conservative | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) |
23 April 1883 | 21 April 1888 | 4 years, 363 days | Independent Conservative |
1883 1884 1886 1887 |
J. Heemskerk | |||
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Aeneas Mackay (1838–1909) |
21 April 1888 | 21 August 1891 | 3 years, 123 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1888 | Mackay | Coalition | ||
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Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914) |
21 August 1891 | 9 May 1894 | 2 years, 261 days | Independent Liberal |
1891 | Van Tienhoven | Liberal | Wilhelmina![]() (1890–1948) | |
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Joan Röell (1844–1914) |
9 May 1894 | 27 July 1897 | 3 years, 79 days | 1894 | Röell | ||||
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Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909) |
27 July 1897 | 1 August 1901 | 4 years, 5 days | Liberal Union | 1897 | Pierson | Liberal | ||
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Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) |
1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | 4 years, 16 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1901 | Kuyper | Coalition | ||
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Theo de Meester (1851–1919) |
17 August 1905 | 12 February 1908 | 2 years, 179 days | Liberal Union | 1905 | De Meester | Liberal | ||
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Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) |
12 February 1908 | 29 August 1913 | 5 years, 198 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1909 | T. Heemskerk | Coalition | ||
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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 | ||
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Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) |
9 September 1918 | 18 September 1922 | 6 years, 329 days | Roman Catholic (RKSP) | 1918 | Ruijs de B. I | RKSP – ARP – CHU | ||
18 September 1922 | 4 August 1925 | 1922 | Ruijs de B. II | |||||||
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Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) |
4 August 1925 | 8 March 1926 | 216 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1925 | Colijn I | |||
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Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
8 March 1926 | 10 August 1929 | 3 years, 155 days | Christian Historical (CHU) | — | De Geer I | |||
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Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) |
10 August 1929 | 26 May 1933 | 3 years, 289 days | Roman Catholic (RKSP) | 1929 | Ruijs de B. III | |||
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Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) |
26 May 1933 | 31 July 1935 | 6 years, 76 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1933 | Colijn II | RKSP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB | ||
31 July 1935 | 24 June 1937 | — | Colijn III | |||||||
24 June 1937 | 25 July 1939 | 1937 | Colijn IV | RKSP – ARP – CHU | ||||||
25 July 1939 | 10 August 1939 | — | Colijn V | ARP – CHU – LSP | ||||||
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Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
10 August 1939 | 3 September 1940 | 1 year, 24 days | Christian Historical (CHU) | — | De Geer II | RKSP – SDAP – ARP –CHU – VDB | ||
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Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961) |
3 September 1940 | 28 July 1941 | 4 years, 295 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | — | Gerbrandy I | |||
28 July 1941 | 23 February 1945 | — | Gerbrandy II | RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB | ||||||
23 February 1945 | 25 June 1945 | — | Gerbrandy III | RKSP – ARP – VDB | ||||||
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Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977) |
25 June 1945 | 3 July 1946 | 1 year, 8 days | Free-thinking Democratic (VDB) until 1946 |
— | Schermerhorn— Drees |
VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP | ||
Labour (PvdA) from 1946 | ||||||||||
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Louis Beel (1902–1977) |
3 July 1946 | 7 August 1948 | 2 years, 35 days | Catholic People's (KVP) | 1946 | Beel I | KVP – PvdA | ||
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Willem Drees (1886–1988) |
7 August 1948 | 15 March 1951 | 10 years, 137 days | Labour (PvdA) | 1948 | Drees— Van Schaik |
PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD | Juliana![]() (1948–1980) | |
15 March 1951 | 2 September 1952 | — | Drees I (II) | |||||||
2 September 1952 | 13 October 1956 | 1952 | Drees II (III) | PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU | ||||||
13 October 1956 | 22 December 1958 | 1956 | Drees III (IV) | |||||||
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Louis Beel (1902–1977) |
22 December 1958 | 19 May 1959 | 148 days | Catholic People's (KVP) | — | Beel II | KVP – ARP – CHU | ||
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Jan de Quay (1901–1985) |
19 May 1959 | 24 July 1963 | 4 years, 66 days | 1959 | De Quay | KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | |||
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Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) |
24 July 1963 | 14 April 1965 | 1 year, 264 days | 1963 | Marijnen | ||||
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Jo Cals (1914–1971) |
14 April 1965 | 22 November 1966 | 1 year, 222 days | — | Cals | KVP – ARP – PvdA | |||
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Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) |
22 November 1966 | 5 April 1967 | 134 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | — | Zijlstra | ARP – KVP | ||
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Piet de Jong (1915–2016) |
5 April 1967 | 6 July 1971 | 4 years, 92 days | Catholic People's (KVP) | 1967 | De Jong | KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | ||
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Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
6 July 1971 | 9 August 1972 | 1 year, 309 days | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1971 | Biesheuvel I | ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD – DS70 | ||
9 August 1972 | 11 May 1973 | — | Biesheuvel II | ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD | ||||||
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Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) |
11 May 1973 | 19 December 1977 | 4 years, 222 days | Labour (PvdA) | 1972 | Den Uyl | PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR | ||
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Dries van Agt (1931–2024) |
19 December 1977 | 11 September 1981 | 4 years, 320 days | Catholic People's (KVP) until 1980; Christian Democratic (CDA) |
1977 | Van Agt I | CDA – VVD | ||
11 September 1981 | 29 May 1982 | 1981 | Van Agt II | CDA – PvdA – D66 | Beatrix![]() (1980–2013) | |||||
29 May 1982 | 4 November 1982 | — | Van Agt III | CDA – D66 | ||||||
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Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) |
4 November 1982 | 14 July 1986 | 11 years, 291 days | Christian Democratic (CDA) | 1982 | Lubbers I | CDA – VVD | ||
14 July 1986 | 7 November 1989 | 1986 | Lubbers II | |||||||
7 November 1989 | 22 August 1994 | 1989 | Lubbers III | CDA – PvdA | ||||||
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Wim Kok (1938–2018) |
22 August 1994 | 3 August 1998 | 7 years, 334 days | Labour (PvdA) | 1994 | Kok I | PvdA – VVD – D66 | ||
3 August 1998 | 22 July 2002 | 1998 | Kok II | |||||||
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Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) |
22 July 2002 | 27 May 2003 | 8 years, 84 days | Christian Democratic (CDA) | 2002 | Balkenende I | CDA – LPF – VVD | ||
27 May 2003 | 7 July 2006 | 2003 | Balkenende II | CDA – VVD – D66 | ||||||
7 July 2006 | 22 February 2007 | — | Balkenende III | CDA – VVD | ||||||
22 February 2007 | 14 October 2010 | 2006 | Balkenende IV | CDA – PvdA – CU | ||||||
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Mark Rutte (born 1967) |
14 October 2010 | 5 November 2012 | 13 years, 262 days | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) |
2010 | Rutte I | VVD – CDA | ||
5 November 2012 | 26 October 2017 | 2012 | Rutte II | VVD – PvdA | ||||||
Willem-Alexander![]() (2013–present) | ||||||||||
26 October 2017 | 10 January 2022 | 2017 | Rutte III | VVD – CDA – D66 – CU | ||||||
10 January 2022 | 2 July 2024 | 2021 | Rutte IV | |||||||
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Dick Schoof (born 1957) |
2 July 2024 | Incumbent | 52 days | Independent | 2023 | Schoof | PVV – VVD – NSC – BBB |
Graphical timeline
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