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prime ministers of the Netherlands 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. The prime minister is the chairman of the Council of Ministers; since 1945 ...
since the inception of that office as a result of a revision of the
Constitution of the Netherlands The Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( nl, Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as the fundamental law of the European territory of the ...
in 1848. The prime minister is the chairman of the
Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nati ...
; since 1945 he has held the Dutch title of ''minister-president van Nederland'', also referred to as ''premier''.
Mark Rutte Mark Rutte (; born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician who has served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010 and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2006. After a business career working for Unileve ...
is currently serving as the 42nd and current prime minister of the Netherlands, having been appointed to the office for the first time on 14 October 2010.


List of prime ministers (1848−present)

Political parties: ;'' Christian democratic'' ;''
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'': ;'' Social democratic''


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Jacob de Kempenaer Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (6 July 1793 – 12 February 1870) was a Dutch politician and lawyer who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from November 1848 to November 1849. He served as a member of the House of Representatives, c ...
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Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (14 January 1798 – 4 June 1872) was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. Thorbecke is best known for heading the commission that drafted the revision of the Const ...
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Floris Adriaan van Hall Floris Adriaan van Hall, Baron of Hall (15 May 1791 – 29 March 1866) was a prominent Dutch nobleman and statesman in the 19th century. He played an important role as representative of the Amsterdam trade and banking sector, and later as po ...
" bar:Brugghen from: 01/07/1856 till: 18/03/1858 color:chrdem text:" Justinus van der Brugghen" bar:Rochussen from: 18/03/1858 till: 23/02/1860 color:chrdem text:"
Jan Jacob Rochussen Jan Jacob Rochussen (; 23 October 1797 – 21 January 1871) was a Dutch politician. He served as Finance Minister from 1840 to 1843 and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1845 to 1851. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers ...
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Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt Jacob Pieter Pompejus, Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt (29 June 1816 – 4 November 1890) was a Dutch politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands from 1852 to 1853, and again in 1861. During his second term as minister ...
" bar:Heemstra from: 10/11/1861 till: 01/02/1862 color:liberal text:" Schelto van Heemstra" bar:Fransen from: 10/02/1866 till: 01/06/1866 color:liberal text:" Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte" bar:JuZuylen from: 01/06/1866 till: 04/06/1868 color:chrdem text:"
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (19 August 1819 – 1 July 1894) was a conservative Dutch politician. From 1855 till 1860 he served as Minister Resident in Istanbul, during which time he offered The Union Church of Ist ...
" bar:Bosse from: 04/06/1868 till: 04/01/1871 color:liberal text:"
Pieter Philip van Bosse Pieter Philip van Bosse (16 December 1809 – 21 February 1879) was a Dutch liberal politician. Serving as minister of Finance in six cabinets throughout the middle of the 19th century, Van Bosse led many reforms that liberalised the Dutch ...
" bar:Vries from: 04/06/1872 till: 27/08/1874 color:liberal text:" Gerrit de Vries" bar:JHeemskerk from: 27/08/1874 till: 03/11/1877 color:chrdem from: 22/04/1883 till: 20/04/1888 color:chrdem text:"
Jan Heemskerk Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (; 30 July 1818 – 9 October 1897) was a Dutch politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1874 to 1877, and again from 1883 to 1888. His son, Theo Heemskerk also served as Chairman of the Coun ...
" bar:Kappeyne from: 03/11/1877 till: 20/08/1879 color:liberal text:"
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello Joannes "Jan" Kappeyne van de Coppello (2 October 1822 – 28 July 1895) was a Dutch liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1877 to 1879. Career Career before politics After attending the public primary schoo ...
" bar:Lynden from: 20/08/1879 till: 22/04/1883 color:chrdem text:"
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (19 August 1819 – 1 July 1894) was a conservative Dutch politician. From 1855 till 1860 he served as Minister Resident in Istanbul, during which time he offered The Union Church of Ist ...
" bar:Mackay from: 20/04/1888 till: 21/08/1891 color:chrdem text:"
Aeneas Mackay Jr. Aeneas, Baron Mackay (29 November 1838 – 13 November 1909) was a Dutch Anti-Revolutionary politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1888 to 1891. Born into a noble family from Gelderland, he studied law in Utrecht and wor ...
" bar:Tienhoven from: 21/08/1891 till: 09/05/1894 color:liberal text:"
Gijsbert van Tienhoven Gijsbert van Tienhoven (12 February 1841 – 10 October 1914) was a liberal Dutch politician. He started his political career in the municipal council and executive of Amsterdam, and served as mayor of Amsterdam from 1880 to 1891. He spent o ...
" bar:Röell from: 09/05/1894 till: 27/06/1897 color:liberal text:"
Joan Röell Joan Röell (21 July 1844 – 13 July 1914) was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer and statesman. He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators, and politicians. From 1894 to 1897 Röell headed the Dutch gove ...
" bar:Pierson from: 27/06/1897 till: 01/08/1901 color:liberal text:"
Nicolaas Pierson Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (7 February 1839 – 24 December 1909) was a Dutch economist and Liberal statesman who served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the Netherlands from 1897 until 1901. Pierson was a professor ...
" bar:Kuyper from: 01/08/1901 till: 17/08/1905 color:chrdem text:" Abraham Kuyper" bar:Meester from: 17/08/1905 till: 12/02/1908 color:liberal text:"
Theo de Meester Theodoor Herman "Theo" de Meester (16 December 1851 – 27 December 1919) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Liberal Union (LU) now merged into the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist. He served as Prime Minister of ...
" bar:THeemskerk from: 12/02/1908 till: 29/08/1913 color:chrdem text:" Theo Heemskerk" bar:Cort from: 29/08/1913 till: 09/09/1918 color:liberal text:"
Pieter Cort van der Linden Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 29 August 1913 to 9 September 1918. Biography He was the last prime minister to lead a libe ...
" bar:Ruijs from: 09/09/1918 till: 04/08/1925 color:chrdem from: 10/08/1929 till: 26/05/1933 color:chrdem text:"
Charles de Ruijs Beerenbrouck Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
" bar:Colijn from: 04/08/1925 till: 08/03/1926 color:chrdem from: 26/05/1933 till: 10/08/1939 color:chrdem text:"
Hendrikus Colijn Hendrikus "Hendrik" Colijn (22 June 1869 – 18 September 1944) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP; now defunct and merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from ...
" bar:Geer from: 08/03/1926 till: 10/08/1929 color:chrdem from: 10/08/1939 till: 03/09/1940 color:chrdem text:"
Dirk Jan de Geer Dirk Jan de Geer (14 December 1870 – 28 November 1960) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 8 March 1 ...
" bar:Gerbrandy from: 03/09/1940 till: 25/06/1945 color:chrdem text:"
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (born Pieter Gerbrandij; 13 April 1885 – 7 September 1961) was a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 September 1940 until 25 June 1945. He oversaw the government-in-exile ...
" bar:Schermerhorn from: 25/06/1945 till: 09/02/1946 color:liberal from: 09/02/1946 till: 03/06/1946 color:socdem text:"
Willem Schermerhorn Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn (17 December 1894 – 10 March 1977) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 25 June 1945 until 3 July 1946. He was a member of the now-defunct Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) a ...
" bar:Beel from: 03/06/1946 till: 07/08/1948 color:chrdem from: 22/12/1958 till: 19/05/1959 color:chrdem text:"
Louis Beel Louis Joseph Maria Beel (12 April 1902 – 11 February 1977) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and j ...
" bar:Drees from: 07/08/1948 till: 22/12/1958 color:socdem text:"
Willem Drees Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, G ...
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Jan de Quay Jan Eduard de Quay (26 August 1901 – 4 July 1985) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and psychologist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 Ma ...
" bar:Marijnen from: 24/07/1963 till: 14/04/1965 color:chrdem text:"
Victor Marijnen Victor Gerard Marie Marijnen (21 February 1917 – 5 April 1975) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2 ...
" bar:Cals from: 14/04/1965 till: 22/11/1966 color:chrdem text:"
Jo Cals Jozef Maria Laurens Theo "Jo" Cals (18 July 1914 – 30 December 1971) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherland ...
" bar:Zijlstra from: 22/11/1966 till: 05/04/1967 color:chrdem text:"
Jelle Zijlstra Jelle Zijlstra (; 27 August 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 N ...
" bar:Jong from: 05/04/1967 till: 06/07/1971 color:chrdem text:"
Piet de Jong Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong (; 3 April 1915 – 27 July 2016) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and naval officer who served as Prime Minister of the Neth ...
" bar:Biesheuvel from: 06/07/1971 till: 11/05/1973 color:chrdem text:"
Barend Biesheuvel Barend Willem Biesheuvel (; 5 April 1920 – 29 April 2001) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 6 J ...
" bar:Uyl from: 11/05/1973 till: 19/12/1977 color:socdem text:"
Joop den Uyl Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl (; 9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). ...
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Dries van Agt Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (; born 2 February 1931) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of t ...
" bar:Lubbers from: 04/11/1982 till: 22/08/1994 color:chrdem text:"
Ruud Lubbers Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Re ...
" bar:Kok from: 22/08/1994 till: 22/07/2002 color:socdem text:"
Wim Kok Willem "Wim" Kok (; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.Jan Peter Balkenende Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (; born 7 May 1956) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 2010. Balkenende studied H ...
" bar:Rutte from: 14/10/2010 till: 16/08/2022 color:liberal text:"
Mark Rutte Mark Rutte (; born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician who has served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010 and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2006. After a business career working for Unileve ...
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See also

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Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands States General of the Netherlands (2002) An opinion poll conducted by the States General of the Netherlands in 2002 had the following results for the best and the worst prime minister of the twentieth century. Of the 225 MPs, 200 responded. Of th ...
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List of prime ministers of the Netherlands by education This is a list of Prime Minister of the Netherlands, prime ministers of the Netherlands by higher education since 20th century. Of the twenty-three prime ministers since 1901 eight had a doctorate and ten served either as a full professor or a Vi ...
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Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands by religious affiliations. Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands See also * Prime Minister of the Netherlands * List of prime ministers of the Netherlands * His ...
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