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Quick facts for kids Deputy Prime Minister of theNetherlands |
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Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
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Formation | 25 June 1945 |
First holder | Willem Drees |
Salary | €144,000 annually (including €7,887.24 expenses) |
The deputy prime minister of the Netherlands (Dutch: Viceminister-president van Nederland) is the official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the prime minister of the Netherlands the deputy prime minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. Conventionally, all of the junior partners in the coalition get one deputy, and the deputies are ranked according to the size of their respective parties. The incumbent deputy prime ministers are Rob Jetten of the Democrats 66 serving as Minister for Climate and Energy, Karien van Gennip of the Christian Democratic Appeal serving as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and Carola Schouten of the Christian Union serving as Minister for Welfare and Civic Engagement.
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List of unofficial deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister | Position | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
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Dr. Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) |
Minister of the Interior | 1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 |
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) |
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) |
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Cornelis Fock (1828–1910) |
Minister of the Interior | 4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) |
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Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) |
Minister of Colonial Affairs | 4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) |
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Ad interim Minister of the Interior |
4 June 1872 – 6 July 1872 |
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Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) |
Minister of Colonial Affairs | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 |
Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) |
Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) |
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Ad interim Minister of the Navy |
18 December 1873 – 16 May 1874 |
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Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885) |
Minister of Justice | 27 August 1873 – 3 November 1877 |
Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) |
Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) |
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Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904) |
Minister of the Interior | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 |
Liberal Union | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) |
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Samuel van Houten (1837–1930) |
Minister of the Interior | 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Joan Röell (Röell) |
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Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917) |
Minister of the Interior | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) |
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Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) |
Minister of Justice | 9 September 1918 – 4 August 1925 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II) |
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Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
Minister of Finance | 4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926 |
Christian Historical Union | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) |
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Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
Minister of Finance | 10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933 |
Christian Historical Union | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) |
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Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) |
Minister of Justice | 26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 |
Roman Catholic State Party |
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) |
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Carel Goseling (1891–1941) |
Minister of Justice | 24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939 |
Roman Catholic State Party |
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) |
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Hendrik van Boeijen (1889–1947) |
Minister of the Interior | 10 August 1939 – 3 September 1940 |
Christian Historical Union | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) |
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Minister of the Interior | 3 September 1940 – 27 July 1941 |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) |
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Minister of General Affairs | ||||||
Minister of Defence | 12 June 1941 – 27 July 1941 |
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Minister of General Affairs | 27 July 1941 – 23 February 1945 |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) |
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Minister of the Interior | 27 July 1941 – 31 May 1944 Ad interim 27 January 1945 – 23 February 1945 |
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Minister of War | 27 July 1941 – 15 September 1942 |
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Source: Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek |
List of deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister | Position | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
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Willem Drees (1886–1988) |
Minister of Social Affairs | 25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946 |
Social Democratic Workers' Party |
Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) |
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3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948 |
Labour Party | Louis Beel (Beel I) |
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Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) |
Minister without Portfolio for the Interior |
7 August 1948 – 15 March 1951 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik) |
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Frans Teulings (1891–1966) |
Minister without Portfolio for the Interior |
15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees I) |
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Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977) |
Minister of the Interior | 2 September 1952 – 7 July 1956 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees II) |
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Teun Struycken (1906–1977) |
Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations |
29 October 1956 – 22 December 1958 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees III) |
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Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations |
22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 |
Louis Beel (Beel II) |
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Minister of Justice | |||||||
Henk Korthals (1911–1976) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan de Quay (De Quay) |
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Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
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Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) |
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Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
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Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) |
Minister of Finance | 14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966 |
Labour Party | Jo Cals (Cals) |
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Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
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Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
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Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 |
Catholic People's Party |
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) |
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Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
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Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
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Dr. Johan Witteveen (1921–2019) |
Minister of Finance | 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Piet de Jong (De Jong) |
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Joop Bakker (1921–2003) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
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Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
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Roelof Nelissen (1931–2019) |
Minister of Finance | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 |
Catholic People's Party |
Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) |
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Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
6 July 1971 – 28 January 1972 |
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Molly Geertsema (1918–1991) |
Minister of the Interior | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
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Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973 |
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Dries van Agt (1931–2024) |
Minister of Justice | 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 |
Catholic People's Party |
Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
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Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997) |
8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
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Minister of the Interior | |||||||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
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Hans Wiegel (born 1941) |
Minister of the Interior | 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
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Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) |
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Labour Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) |
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Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
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Dr. Jan Terlouw (born 1931) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | Democrats 66 | |||||
29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt III) |
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Gijs van Aardenne (1930–1995) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) |
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Dr. Rudolf de Korte (1936–2020) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) |
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Wim Kok (1938–2018) |
Minister of Finance | 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 |
Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) |
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Hans Dijkstal (1943–2010) |
Minister of the Interior | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok I) |
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Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Democrats 66 | |||||
Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok II) |
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Dr. Els Borst (1932–2014) |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
Democrats 66 | |||||
Dr. Eduard Bomhoff (born 1944) |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 |
Pim Fortuyn List | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) |
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Johan Remkes (born 1951) |
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
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16 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
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Roelf de Boer (born 1949) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
18 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
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Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) |
Minister of Finance | 27 May 2003 – 7 July 2006 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) |
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Minister of Economic Affairs |
3 July 2006 – 7 July 2006 |
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Thom de Graaf (born 1957) |
Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations |
27 May 2003 – 23 March 2005 |
Democrats 66 | ||||
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006 |
Democrats 66 | ||||
Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) |
Minister of Finance | 7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) |
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Wouter Bos (born 1963) |
Minister of Finance | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 |
Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) |
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André Rouvoet (born 1962) |
Minister of Youth and Family Policy |
Christian Union | |||||
Minister of Education, Culture and Science |
23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 |
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Minister of Youth and Family Policy |
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Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) |
Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation |
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) |
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Dr. Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974) |
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment |
5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 |
Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) |
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Hugo de Jonge (born 1977) |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
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Jonkvrouw Kajsa Ollongren (born 1967) |
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
26 October 2017 – 1 November 2019 |
Democrats 66 | ||||
14 May 2020 – 10 January 2022 |
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Carola Schouten (born 1977) |
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality |
26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 |
Christian Union | ||||
Wouter Koolmees (born 1977) |
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment |
1 November 2019 – 14 May 2020 |
Democrats 66 | ||||
Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) |
Minister of Finance | 10 January 2022 – 8 January 2024 |
Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) |
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Wopke Hoekstra (born 1975) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | 10 January 2022 – 1 September 2023 |
Christian Democratic Appeal |
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Carola Schouten (born 1977) |
Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions |
10 January 2022 – Incumbent |
Christian Union | ||||
Karien van Gennip (born 1968) |
Minister for Social Affairs and Employment |
5 September 2023 – Incumbent |
Christian Democratic Appeal |
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Rob Jetten (born 1987) |
Minister of Finance | 8 January 2024 – Incumbent |
Democrats 66 | ||||
Source: Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek |
Living deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister | Term | Age |
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Hans Wiegel | 1977–1981 | 16 July 1941 |
Jan Terlouw | 1981–1982 | 15 November 1931 |
Annemarie Jorritsma | 1998–2002 | 1 June 1950 |
Eduard Bomhoff | 2002 | 30 September 1944 |
Johan Remkes | 2002–2003 | 15 June 1951 |
Roelf de Boer | 2002–2003 | 9 October 1949 |
Gerrit Zalm | 2003–2007 | 6 May 1952 |
Thom de Graaf | 2003–2005 | 11 June 1957 |
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | 2005–2006 | 18 March 1937 |
Wouter Bos | 2007–2010 | 14 July 1963 |
André Rouvoet | 2007–2010 | 4 January 1962 |
Maxime Verhagen | 2010–2012 | 14 September 1956 |
Lodewijk Asscher | 2012–2017 | 27 September 1974 |
Wouter Koolmees | 2019–2020 | 20 March 1977 |
Hugo de Jonge | 2017–2022 | 26 September 1977 |
Kajsa Ollongren | 2017–2019 2020–2022 |
28 May 1967 |
Wopke Hoekstra | 2022–2023 | 30 September 1975 |
Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands by term length
Political party | Ranking | Deputy Prime Minister | Term | Duration |
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Christian Union | 1 | Carola Schouten | 2017–present | 7 years, 59 days |
Labour Party | 2 | Lodewijk Asscher | 2012–2017 | 4 years, 355 days |
Labour Party | 3 | Wim Kok | 1989–1994 | 4 years, 288 days |
Catholic People's Party | 4 | Dries van Agt | 1973–1977 | 4 years, 120 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 5 | Johan Witteveen | 1967–1971 | 4 years, 92 days |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | Joop Bakker | |||
Christian Democratic Appeal | 6 | Hugo de Jonge | 2017–2022 | 4 years, 76 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 7 | Henk Korthals | 1959–1963 | 4 years, 66 days |
Catholic People's Party | 8 | Louis Beel | 1952–1956 | 4 years, 41 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 9 | Annemarie Jorritsma | 1998–2002 | 3 years, 353 days |
Democrats 66 | Els Borst | |||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 10 | Hans Dijkstal | 1994–1998 | 3 years, 346 days |
Democrats 66 | Hans van Mierlo | |||
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 11 | Gerrit Zalm | 2003–2007 | 3 years, 271 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 12 | Hans Wiegel | 1977–1981 | 3 years, 266 days |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | 13 | Barend Biesheuvel | 1963–1967 | 3 years, 255 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 14 | Gijs van Aardenne | 1982–1986 | 3 years, 252 days |
Democrats 66 | 15 | Kajsa Ollongren | 2017–2019 | 3 years, 247 days |
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Christian Union | 16 | André Rouvoet | 2007–2010 | 3 years, 234 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 17 | Rudolf de Korte | 1986–1989 | 3 years, 116 days |
Social Democratic Workers' Party (1945–1946) Labour Party (1946–1948) |
18 | Willem Drees | 1945–1948 | 3 years, 44 days |
Labour Party | 19 | Wouter Bos | 2007–2010 | 3 years, 1 day |
Catholic People's Party | 20 | Josef van Schaik | 1948–1951 | 2 years, 220 days |
Catholic People's Party | 21 | Teun Struycken | 1956–1959 | 2 years, 218 days |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 22 | Maxime Verhagen | 2010–2012 | 2 years, 22 days |
Democrats 66 | 23 | Sigrid Kaag | 2022–2024 | 1 year, 363 days |
Catholic People's Party | 24 | Roelof Nelissen | 1971–1973 | 1 year, 309 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Molly Geertsema | |||
Democrats 66 | 25 | Thom de Graaf | 2003–2005 | 1 year, 302 days |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 26 | Wopke Hoekstra | 2022–2023 | 1 year, 234 days |
Labour Party | 27 | Anne Vondeling | 1965–1966 | 1 year, 222 days |
Catholic People's Party | 28 | Frans Teulings | 1951–1952 | 1 year, 171 days |
Democrats 66 | 29 | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | 2005–2006 | 1 year, 94 days |
Democrats 66 | 30 | Jan Terlouw | 1981–1982 | 1 year, 54 days |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 31 | Johan Remkes | 2002–2003 | 309 days |
Labour Party | 32 | Joop den Uyl | 1981–1982 | 260 days |
Pim Fortuyn List | 33 | Roelf de Boer | 2002–2003 | 221 days |
Democrats 66 | 34 | Wouter Koolmees | 2019–2020 | 195 days |
Catholic People's Party | 35 | Jan de Quay | 1966–1967 | 134 days |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | 36 | Gaius de Gaay Fortman | 1977 | 102 days |
Pim Fortuyn List | 37 | Eduard Bomhoff | 2002 | 86 days |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 38 | Karien van Gennip | 2023–present | 1 year, 110 days |
Democrats 66 | 39 | Rob Jetten | 2024–present | 351 days |