List of 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 he has held the Dutch title of minister-president van Nederland, also referred to as premier.

Mark Rutte has been Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 14 October 2010.

Five former officeholders (Wim Kok, Dries van Agt, Piet de Jong, Ruud Lubbers and Jan Peter Balkenende) with Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in July 2011

Mark Rutte is currently serving as the 50th 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 (since 1848)

Political parties:

  Independent

Christian democratic

  ARP   RKSP/KVP   CHU   CDA

Liberal

  LU/VVD   VDB

Social democratic

  PvdA

Portrait		Name (born and died)	Term of office			Political party	Election	Cabinet		Monarch (reign)
			Took office	Left office	Days			Name	Composition
		Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863)	25 March 1848	17 May 1848	53	Independent (Liberal)	—	Schimmelpenninck	Conservative	Willem II (1840–1849)
		Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870)	21 November 1848	1 November 1849	345	Independent (Liberal)	1848	De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius	Liberal
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 November 1849	19 April 1853	1265	Independent (Liberal)	1850 1852	Thorbecke I	Liberal	Willem III (1849–1890)
		Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866)	19 April 1853	1 July 1856	1169	Independent (Liberal)	1853	Van Hall— Donker Curtius	Conservative
		Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863)	1 July 1856	18 March 1858	625	Independent (Christian)	1856	Van der Brugghen	Conservative
		Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871)	18 March 1858	23 February 1860	707	Independent (Conservative)	1858	Rochussen	Liberal– Conservative
		Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866)	23 February 1860	14 March 1861	385	Independent (Liberal)	1860	Van Hall— Van Heemstra	Liberal– Conservative
		Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890)	14 March 1861	10 November 1861	241	Independent (Liberal)	—	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt— Van Heemstra	Liberal– Conservative
		Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864)	10 November 1861	1 February 1862	83	Independent (Liberal)
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 February 1862	10 February 1866	1470	Independent (Liberal)	1862	Thorbecke II	Liberal
		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	10 February 1866	1 June 1866	111	Independent (Liberal)	—	Fransen van de Putte	Liberal
		Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894)	1 June 1866	4 June 1868	734	Independent (Conservative)	1866 1866	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Conservative
		Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 June 1868	4 January 1871	944	Independent (Liberal)	1868 1869	Van Bosse— Fock	Liberal
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	4 January 1871	4 June 1872 (died)	517	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1871	Thorbecke III	Liberal
		Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900)	4 June 1872	27 August 1874	814	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1873	De Vries— Fransen van de Putte	Liberal
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	27 August 1874	3 November 1877	1164	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	1875	Heemskerk— Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Conservative
		Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895)	3 November 1877	20 August 1879	655	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1877	Kappeyne van de Coppello	Liberal
		Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885)	20 August 1879	23 April 1883	1342	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)	1879	Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Liberal
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	23 April 1883	21 April 1888	1824	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	1883 1884 1886 1887	J. Heemskerk	Liberal
		Aeneas Mackay (1838–1909)	21 April 1888	21 August 1891	1218	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1888	Mackay	Christian
		Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914)	21 August 1891	9 May 1894	992	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1891	Van Tienhoven	Liberal	Wilhelmina (1890–1948)
		Joan Röell (1844–1914)	9 May 1894	27 July 1897	1175	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	1894	Röell	Liberal
		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	27 July 1897	1 August 1901	1465	Liberal Union	1897	Pierson	Liberal
		Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920)	1 August 1901	17 August 1905	1477	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1901	Kuyper	Christian
		Theo de Meester (1851–1919)	17 August 1905	12 February 1908	909	Liberal Union	1905	De Meester	Liberal
		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	12 February 1908	29 August 1913	2025	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1909	T. Heemskerk	Christian
		Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	29 August 1913	9 September 1918	1837	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1913 1917	Cort van der Linden	Liberal
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	9 September 1918	18 September 1922	2521	Roman Catholic (RKSP)	1918	Ruijs de B. I	RKSP – ARP – CHU
			18 September 1922	4 August 1925			1922	Ruijs de B. II
		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	4 August 1925	8 March 1926	216	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1925	Colijn I	RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	8 March 1926	10 August 1929	1251	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer I	RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	10 August 1929	26 May 1933	1385	Roman Catholic (RKSP)	1929	Ruijs de B. III	RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	26 May 1933	31 July 1935	2267	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
		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	10 August 1939	3 September 1940	390	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer II	RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB
		Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961)	3 September 1940	28 July 1941	1756	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Gerbrandy I	RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB
			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
		Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977)	25 June 1945	3 July 1946	373	Free-thinking Democratic (VDB) until 1946	—	Schermerhorn— Drees	VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP
						Labour (PvdA) from 1946
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	3 July 1946	7 August 1948	766	Catholic People's (KVP)	1946	Beel I	KVP – PvdA
		Willem Drees (1886–1988)	7 August 1948	15 March 1951	3789	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)
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	22 December 1958	19 May 1959	148	Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Beel II	KVP – ARP – CHU
		Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	19 May 1959	24 July 1963	1527	Catholic People's (KVP)	1959	De Quay	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	24 July 1963	14 April 1965	630	Catholic People's (KVP)	1963	Marijnen	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Jo Cals (1914–1971)	14 April 1965	22 November 1966	587	Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Cals	KVP – ARP – PvdA
		Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	22 November 1966	5 April 1967	134	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Zijlstra	ARP – KVP
		Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	5 April 1967	6 July 1971	1553	Catholic People's (KVP)	1967	De Jong	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	6 July 1971	9 August 1972	675	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1971	Biesheuvel I	ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD – DS70
			9 August 1972	11 May 1973			—	Biesheuvel II	ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD
		Joop den Uyl (1919–1987)	11 May 1973	19 December 1977	1683	Labour (PvdA)	1972	Den Uyl	PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR
		Dries van Agt (born 1931)	19 December 1977	11 September 1981	1781	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
		Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018)	4 November 1982	14 July 1986	4309	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
		Wim Kok (1938–2018)	22 August 1994	3 August 1998	2891	Labour (PvdA)	1994	Kok I	PvdA – VVD – D66
			3 August 1998	22 July 2002			1998	Kok II
		Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956)	22 July 2002	27 May 2003	3006	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
		Mark Rutte (born 1967)	14 October 2010	5 November 2012	3748	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	Incumbent			2017	Rutte III	VVD – CDA – D66 – CU

Graphical timeline

See also

• Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands
• List of prime ministers of the Netherlands by age
• List of prime ministers of the Netherlands by education
• Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands