List of prime ministers of the Netherlands by age

This is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands by longevity, age at ascension and age at leaving office.

Longest serving Prime Ministers

Nr.	Prime Minister		Term of office		Terms	Time in office
1		Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018)	4 November 1982	22 August 1994		11 years, 291 days
2		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	9 September 1918	4 August 1925	6 years, 339 days	10 years, 253 days
			10 August 1929	26 May 1933	3 years, 289 days
3		Willem Drees (1886–1988)	7 August 1948	22 December 1958		10 years, 137 days
4		Mark Rutte (born 1967)	14 October 2010	Incumbent		10 years, 98 days
5		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 November 1849	19 April 1853	3 years, 169 days	9 years, 143 days
			1 February 1862	10 February 1866	4 years, 9 days
			4 January 1871	4 June 1872	1 year, 152 days
6		Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956)	22 July 2002	14 October 2010		8 years, 84 days
7		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	27 August 1874	3 November 1877	3 years, 68 days	8 years, 67 days
			23 April 1883	20 April 1888	4 years, 363 days
8		Wim Kok (1938–2018)	22 August 1994	22 July 2002		7 years, 334 days
9		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	4 August 1925	8 March 1926	216 days	6 years, 292 days
			26 May 1933	10 August 1939	6 years, 76 days
10		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	12 February 1908	29 August 1913		5 years, 198 days
11		Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	29 August 1913	9 September 1918		5 years, 13 days
12		Dries van Agt (born 1931)	19 December 1977	4 November 1982		4 years, 320 days
13		Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961)	3 September 1940	25 June 1945		4 years, 285 days
14		Joop den Uyl (1919–1987)	11 May 1973	19 December 1977		4 years, 222 days
15		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	8 March 1926	10 August 1929	3 years, 155 days	4 years, 189 days
			10 August 1939	13 September 1940	1 year, 34 days
16		Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	5 April 1967	6 July 1971		4 years, 92 days
17		Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	19 May 1959	24 July 1963		4 years, 66 days

Longevity

Yellow indicates a living (former) Prime Minister.

Prime Minister	Born	Died	Longevity	Known reason of death
Willem Drees	5 July 1886	14 May 1988	101 years, 314 days	Natural causes
Piet de Jong	3 April 1915	27 July 2016	101 years, 115 days	Natural causes
Dries van Agt	2 February 1931	Alive	89 years, 353 days
Dirk Jan de Geer	14 December 1870	28 November 1960	89 years, 350 days	Natural causes
Pieter Cort van der Linden	14 May 1846	15 July 1935	89 years, 62 days	Natural causes
Jan de Quay	26 August 1901	4 July 1985	83 years, 312 days	Natural causes
Jelle Zijlstra	27 August 1918	23 December 2001	83 years, 118 days	Neurological disorder
Abraham Kuyper	29 October 1837	8 November 1920	83 years, 10 days	Disease-related
Willem Schermerhorn	17 December 1894	10 March 1977	82 years, 83 days
Gerrit de Vries	22 February 1818	4 March 1900	82 years, 10 days
Barend Biesheuvel	5 April 1920	29 April 2001	81 years, 24 days	Cardiovascular disease
Wim Kok	29 September 1938	20 October 2018	80 years, 21 days	Heart failure
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	22 March 1822	3 March 1902	79 years, 346 days
Theo Heemskerk	20 July 1852	12 June 1932	79 years, 328 days
Jan Heemskerk	30 July 1818	9 October 1897	79 years, 71 days
Ruud Lubbers	7 May 1939	14 February 2018	78 years, 283 days	Disease-related
Jacob de Kempenaer	6 July 1793	12 February 1870	76 years, 221 days
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	13 April 1885	7 September 1961	76 years, 147 days
Hendrikus Colijn	22 June 1869	18 September 1944	75 years, 88 days	Heart failure
Floris Adriaan van Hall	15 May 1791	29 March 1866	74 years, 318 days
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	19 August 1819	1 July 1894	74 years, 316 days
Louis Beel	12 April 1902	11 February 1977	74 years, 305 days	Leukemia
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	14 January 1798	4 June 1872	74 years, 142 days	Pneumonia
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	29 June 1816	4 November 1890	74 years, 128 days
Gijsbert van Tienhoven	12 February 1841	10 October 1914	73 years, 240 days
Jan Jacob Rochussen	23 October 1797	21 January 1871	73 years, 90 days
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	2 October 1822	28 July 1895	72 years, 299 days
Aeneas Mackay	29 November 1838	13 November 1909	70 years, 349 days
Nicolaas Pierson	7 February 1839	24 December 1909	70 years, 320 days
Joan Röell	21 July 1844	13 July 1914	69 years, 357 days
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	25 February 1794	6 October 1863	69 years, 223 days
Pieter Philip van Bosse	16 December 1809	21 February 1879	69 years, 67 days
Joop den Uyl	9 August 1919	24 December 1987	68 years, 137 days	Brain tumor
Theo de Meester	16 December 1851	27 December 1919	68 years, 11 days
Jan Peter Balkenende	7 May 1956	Alive	64 years, 258 days
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	1 December 1873	17 April 1936	62 years, 138 days	Disease-related
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	24 February 1826	18 November 1885	59 years, 267 days
Justinus van der Brugghen	6 August 1804	2 October 1863	59 years, 57 days	Disease-related
Victor Marijnen	21 February 1917	5 April 1975	58 years, 43 days	Myocardial infarction
Jo Cals	18 July 1914	30 December 1971	57 years, 165 days	Brain tumor
Schelto van Heemstra	14 November 1807	20 December 1864	57 years, 36 days	Disease-related
Mark Rutte	14 February 1967	Alive	53 years, 341 days

Age in office

The median age upon taking office as Prime Minister is 53 years. The youngest being Ruud Lubbers at 43 years and 181 days and the oldest being Johan Rudolph Thorbecke at 72 years and 355 days, when he started his third and last non-consecutive term. The oldest first-time Prime Minister was Pieter Cort van der Linden at age 67 and 107 days.

Prime Minister	Term	Age at ascension	Age at leaving office
Ruud Lubbers	1982–1994	43 years, 181 days	55 years, 107 days
Mark Rutte	2010–present	43 years, 242 days	53 years, 341 days
Isaäc van de Putte	1866	43 years, 325 days	44 years, 71 days
Louis Beel ^[1]	1946–1948	44 years, 82 days	46 years, 117 days
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	1861	44 years, 258 days	45 years, 134 days
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck ^[1]	1918–1925	44 years, 282 days	51 years, 246 days
Jan Peter Balkenende	2002–2010	46 years, 76 days	54 years, 160 days
Victor Marijnen	1963–1965	46 years, 153 days	48 years, 52 days
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	1866–1868	46 years, 286 days	48 years, 290 days
Dries van Agt	1977–1982	46 years, 320 days	51 years, 275 days
Jelle Zijlstra	1966–1967	48 years, 87 days	48 years, 221 days
Aeneas Mackay II	1888–1891	48 years, 143 days	51 years, 265 days
Joan Röell	1894–1897	49 years, 292 days	53 years, 6 days
Gijsbert van Tienhoven	1891–1894	50 years, 190 days	53 years, 86 days
Willem Schermerhorn	1945–1946	50 years, 190 days	51 years, 198 days
Jo Cals	1965–1966	50 years, 270 days	52 years, 127 days
Barend Biesheuvel	1971–1973	51 years, 92 days	53 years, 36 days
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke ^[1]	1849–1853	51 years, 291 days	55 years, 95 days
Justinus van der Brugghen	1856–1858	51 years, 300 days	53 years, 224 days
Piet de Jong	1967–1971	52 years, 2 days	56 years, 94 days
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	1879–1883	53 years, 177 days	57 years, 58 days
Theo de Meester	1905–1908	53 years, 244 days	56 years, 58 days
Joop den Uyl	1973–1977	53 years, 275 days	58 years, 132 days
Jan Heemskerk ^[1]	1874–1877	53 years, 342 days	56 years, 28 days
Schelto van Heemstra	1861–1862	53 years, 361 days	54 years, 79 days
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	1848	54 years, 29 days	54 years, 52 days
Gerrit de Vries	1872–1874	54 years, 103 days	56 years, 186 days
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	1877–1879	55 years, 32 days	56 years, 322 days
Dirk Jan de Geer ^[1]	1926–1929	55 years, 84 days	58 years, 239 days
Jacob de Kempenaer	1848–1849	55 years, 138 days	56 years, 117 days
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	1940–1945	55 years, 143 days	60 years, 73 days
Theo Heemskerk	1908–1913	55 years, 207 days	61 years, 40 days
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck ^[2]	1929–1933	55 years, 252 days	59 years, 176 days
Wim Kok	1994–2002	55 years, 327 days	63 years, 296 days
Hendrikus Colijn ^[1]	1925–1926	56 years, 43 days	56 years, 259 days
Louis Beel ^[2]	1958–1959	56 years, 254 days	57 years, 37 days
Jan de Quay	1959–1963	57 years, 266 days	61 years, 332 days
Nicolaas Pierson	1897–1901	58 years, 170 days	62 years, 174 days
Pieter Philip van Bosse	1868–1871	58 years, 171 days	61 years, 19 days
Jan Jacob Rochussen	1858–1860	60 years, 146 days	62 years, 123 days
Floris Adriaan van Hall ^[1]	1853–1856	61 years, 339 days	65 years, 47 days
Willem Drees	1948–1958	62 years, 33 days	72 years, 170 days
Abraham Kuyper	1901–1905	63 years, 276 days	67 years, 292 days
Hendrikus Colijn ^[2]	1933–1939	63 years, 338 days	70 years, 49 days
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke ^[2]	1862–1866	64 years, 18 days	68 years, 27 days
Jan Heemskerk ^[2]	1883–1888	64 years, 267 days	69 years, 265 days
Pieter Cort van der Linden	1913–1918	67 years, 107 days	72 years, 118 days
Dirk Jan de Geer ^[2]	1939–1940	68 years, 239 days	69 years, 264 days
Floris Adriaan van Hall ^[2]	1860–1861	68 years, 284 days	69 years, 303 days
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke ^[3]	1871–1872	72 years, 355 days	74 years, 142 days

^{First non-consecutive Term}

^{Second non-consecutive Term}

^{Third non-consecutive Term}

See also

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

References