This is a list of
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
visiting professor
In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor ...
. Four
Cort van der Linden,
Gerbrandy,
Beel and
Van Agt were
legal scholars.
File:Hoofdbestuur PvdA. Prof. Ir. W. Schermerhorn. Minister voor Algemene Oorlogsvoe…, Bestanddeelnr 901-4794.jpg, 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 ...
( Doctor of Engineering
in Civil Engineering)
File:Louis Beel 1945 (1).jpg, 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 ...
(Doctor of Law
A Doctor of Law is a degree in law. The application of the term varies from country to country and includes degrees such as the Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D. or S.J.D), Juris Doctor (J.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Legum Doctor (LL ...
in Administrative Law)
File:Jan de Quay 1962 (1).jpg, 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 ...
(Doctor of Philosophy
in Applied Psychology)
File:Jelle Zijlstra 1966 (cropped).jpg, 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 ...
(Doctor of Philosophy
in Public Economics)
File:Jan Peter Balkenende 2006.jpg, 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 ...
(Doctor of Philosophy
in Governmental Studies)
Prime ministers by higher education
See also
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Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...
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List of prime ministers of the Netherlands
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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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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 ...
References
{{Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
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