List of prime ministers of the Netherlands

File:Kok VanAgt DeJong Rutte Lubbers Balkenende.jpg

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

The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands. The Prime Minister is also chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of General Affairs. Although the office of Prime Minister has only existed since 1945, the term has been retroactively applied to chairmen of the Council of Ministers since 1848.

List of prime ministers

Name (born and died)	Portrait	Term of office			Political affiliation		Cabinet	Monarch (reign)
		Took office	Left office	Tenure
Template:Sortname (1794–1863)	Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	Template:Small 1848	Template:Small 1848	Template:Ayd	rowspan="19" style="background:Template:Party color" |	Independent Liberal	Schimmelpenninck Template:Small	Willem II File:Koning Willem II portret.jpg (1840–1849)
Template:Sortname (1793–1870)	Jacob de Kempenaer	Template:Small 1848	Template:Small 1849	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1798–1872)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Template:Small 1849	Template:Small 1853	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Thorbecke I Template:Small	Willem III File:Portret koning Willem III door Maria Hille HGA001008802 (uitsnede).jpg (1849–1890)
Template:Sortname (1791–1866)	Floris Adriaan van Hall	Template:Small 1853	Template:Small 1856	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Van Hall— Donker Curtius Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1804–1863)	Justinus van der Brugghen	Template:Small 1856	Template:Small 1858	Template:Ayd	Independent Antirevolutionary	Van der Brugghen Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1797–1871)	Jan Jacob Rochussen	Template:Small 1858	Template:Small 1860	Template:Ayd	Independent Conservative	Rochussen Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1791–1866)	Floris Adriaan van Hall	Template:Small 1860	Template:Small 1861	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Van Hall—Van Heemstra Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1816–1890)	Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Template:Small 1861	Template:Small 1861	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt—Van Heemstra Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1807–1864)	Schelto van Heemstra	Template:Small 1861	Template:Small 1862	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal
Template:Sortname (1798–1872)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Template:Small 1862	Template:Small 1866	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Thorbecke II Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1822–1902)	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	Template:Small 1866	Template:Small 1866	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Fransen van de Putte Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1819–1894)	Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Template:Small 1866	Template:Small 1868	Template:Ayd	Independent Conservative	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1809–1879)	Pieter Philip van Bosse	Template:Small 1868	Template:Small 1871	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Van Bosse-Fock cabinet Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1798–1872)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Template:Small 1871	Template:Small 1872	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Thorbecke III Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1818–1900)	Gerrit de Vries	Template:Small 1872	Template:Small 1874	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	De Vries-Fransen van de Putte Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1818–1897)	Jan Heemskerk	Template:Small 1874	Template:Small 1877	Template:Ayd	Independent Conservative	Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1822–1895)	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	Template:Small 1877	Template:Small 1879	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Kappeyne van de Coppello Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1826–1885)	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	Template:Small 1879	Template:Small 1883	Template:Ayd	Independent Antirevolutionary	Van Lynden van Sandenburg Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1818–1897)	Jan Heemskerk	Template:Small 1883	Template:Small 1888	Template:Ayd	Independent Conservative	J. Heemskerk Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1838–1909)	Aeneas Mackay Jr.	Template:Small 1888	Template:Small 1891	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party		Mackay Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1841–1914)	Gijsbert van Tienhoven	Template:Small 1891	Template:Small 1894	Template:Ayd	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" |	Independent Liberal	Van Tienhoven Template:Small	Wilhelmina File:Jacob Merkelbach, Afb 010164033120 (cropped).jpg (1890–1948)
Template:Sortname Template:Small	Joan Röell	Template:Small 1894	Template:Small 1897	Template:Ayd	Independent Liberal	Röell Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1839–1909)	Nicolaas Pierson	Template:Small 1897	Template:Small 1901	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Liberal Union	Pierson Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1837–1920)	Abraham Kuyper	Template:Small 1901	Template:Small 1905	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Kuyper Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1851–1919)	Theo de Meester	Template:Small 1905	Template:Small 1908	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Liberal Union	De Meester Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1852–1932)	Theo Heemskerk	Template:Small 1908	Template:Small 1913	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party	T. Heemskerk Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1846–1935)	Pieter Cort van der Linden	Template:Small 1913	Template:Small 1918	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent Liberal	Cort van der Linden Template:Small
Template:Sortname Template:Small	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Template:Small 1918	Template:Small 1925	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations	Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I Template:Small
					Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1869–1944)	Hendrikus Colijn	Template:Small 1925	Template:Small 1926	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Colijn I Template:Small
Template:Sortname Template:Small	Dirk Jan de Geer	Template:Small 1926	Template:Small 1929	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Christian Historical Union	De Geer I Template:Small
Template:Sortname Template:Small	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Template:Small 1929	Template:Small 1933	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Roman Catholic State Party	Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1869–1944)	Hendrikus Colijn	Template:Small 1933	Template:Small 1939	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Colijn II, III Template:Small
					Colijn IV, V Template:Small
Template:Sortname Template:Small	Dirk Jan de Geer	Template:Small 1939	Template:Small 1940	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Christian Historical Union	De Geer II Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1885–1961)	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small 1945	Template:Ayd	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Gerbrandy I Template:Small
					Gerbrandy II Template:Small
					Gerbrandy III Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1894–1977)	Willem Schermerhorn	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small 1946	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Free-thinking Democratic League until 1946	Schermerhorn—Drees Template:Small
					style="background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party from 1946
Template:Sortname (1902–1977)	Louis Beel	Template:Small 1946	Template:Small 1948	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Catholic People's Party	Beel I Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1886–1988)	Willem Drees	Template:Small 1948	Template:Small 1958	Template:Ayd	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party	Drees—Van Schaik Template:Small	Juliana File:Portrait of Queen Juliana, 1973.jpg (1948–1980)
					Drees I Template:Small
					Drees II Template:Small
					Drees III Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1902–1977)	Louis Beel	Template:Small 1958	Template:Small 1959	Template:Ayd	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color" |	Catholic People's Party	Beel II Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1901–1985)	Jan de Quay	Template:Small 1959	Template:Small 1963	Template:Ayd	Catholic People's Party	De Quay Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1917–1975)	Victor Marijnen	Template:Small 1963	Template:Small 1965	Template:Ayd	Catholic People's Party	Marijnen Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1914–1971)	Jo Cals	Template:Small 1965	Template:Small 1966	Template:Ayd	Catholic People's Party	Cals Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1918–2001)	Jelle Zijlstra	Template:Small 1966	Template:Small 1967	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Zijlstra Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1915–2016)	Piet de Jong	Template:Small 1967	Template:Small 1971	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Catholic People's Party	De Jong Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1920–2001)	Barend Biesheuvel	Template:Small 1971	Template:Small 1973	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color"|	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Biesheuvel I Template:Small
					Biesheuvel II Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1919–1987)	Joop den Uyl	Template:Small 1973	Template:Small 1977	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party	Den Uyl Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1931–2024)	Dries van Agt	Template:Small 1977	Template:Small 1982	Template:Ayd	rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color" |	Christian Democratic Appeal	Van Agt I Template:Small
					Van Agt II Template:Small		Beatrix File:Prinses Beatrix.jpg (1980–2013)
					Van Agt III Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1939–2018)	Ruud Lubbers	Template:Small 1982	Template:Small 1994	Template:Ayd	Christian Democratic Appeal	Lubbers I Template:Small
						Lubbers II Template:Small
						Lubbers III Template:Small
Template:Sortname (1938–2018)	Wim Kok	Template:Small 1994	Template:Small 2002	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party		Kok I Template:Small
					Kok II Template:Small
Template:Sortname (born 1956)	Jan Peter Balkenende	Template:Small 2002	Template:Small 2010	Template:Ayd	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color"|	Christian Democratic Appeal		Balkenende I Template:Small
					Balkenende II Template:Small
					Balkenende III Template:Small
					Balkenende IV Template:Small
Template:Sortname (born 1967)	Mark Rutte	Template:Small 2010	Template:Small 2024	Template:Ayd	rowspan=5 style="background:Template:Party color"|	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy		Rutte I Template:Small
					Rutte II Template:Small
							Willem-Alexander File:Zijne Majesteit Koning Willem-Alexander met koningsmantel april 2013 (cropped).jpeg (2013–present)
					Rutte III Template:Small
					Rutte IV Template:Small
Template:Sortname (born 1957)	Dick Schoof	Template:Small 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent		Schoof Template:Small

Graphical timeline

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bar:Schimmelpenninck
 from: 25/03/1848 till: 17/05/1848 color:liberal text:"Gerrit Schimmelpenninck"
bar:Kempenaer
 from: 21/11/1848 till: 01/11/1849 color:liberal text:"Jacob de Kempenaer"
bar:Thorbecke
 from: 01/11/1849 till: 19/04/1853 color:liberal
 from: 01/02/1862 till: 10/02/1866 color:liberal
 from: 04/01/1871 till: 04/06/1872 color:liberal text:"Johan Rudolph Thorbecke"
bar:Hall
 from: 19/04/1853 till: 01/07/1856 color:liberal
 from: 23/02/1860 till: 14/03/1861 color:liberal text:"Floris Adriaan van Hall"
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"
bar:JaZuylen
 from: 14/03/1861 till: 10/11/1861 color:liberal text:"Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt"
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"
bar:Bosse
 from: 04/06/1868 till: 04/01/1871 color:liberal text:"Pieter Philip van Bosse"
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"
bar:Kappeyne
 from: 03/11/1877 till: 20/08/1879 color:liberal text:"Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello"
bar:Lynden
 from: 20/08/1879 till: 22/04/1883 color:chrdem text:"Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg"
bar:Mackay
 from: 20/04/1888 till: 21/08/1891 color:chrdem text:"Aeneas Mackay Jr."
bar:Tienhoven
 from: 21/08/1891 till: 09/05/1894 color:liberal text:"Gijsbert van Tienhoven"
bar:Röell
 from: 09/05/1894 till: 27/06/1897 color:liberal text:"Joan Röell"
bar:Pierson
 from: 27/06/1897 till: 01/08/1901 color:liberal text:"Nicolaas Pierson"
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"
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"
bar:Ruijs
 from: 09/09/1918 till: 04/08/1925 color:chrdem
 from: 10/08/1929 till: 26/05/1933 color:chrdem text:"Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck"
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"
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"
bar:Gerbrandy
 from: 03/09/1940 till: 25/06/1945 color:chrdem text:"Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy"
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"
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"
bar:Drees
 from: 07/08/1948 till: 22/12/1958 color:socdem text:"Willem Drees"
bar:Quay
 from: 19/05/1959 till: 24/07/1963 color:chrdem text:"Jan de Quay"
bar:Marijnen
 from: 24/07/1963 till: 14/04/1965 color:chrdem text:"Victor Marijnen"
bar:Cals
 from: 14/04/1965 till: 22/11/1966 color:chrdem text:"Jo Cals"
bar:Zijlstra
 from: 22/11/1966 till: 05/04/1967 color:chrdem text:"Jelle Zijlstra"
bar:Jong
 from: 05/04/1967 till: 06/07/1971 color:chrdem text:"Piet de Jong"
bar:Biesheuvel
 from: 06/07/1971 till: 11/05/1973 color:chrdem text:"Barend Biesheuvel"
bar:Uyl
 from: 11/05/1973 till: 19/12/1977 color:socdem text:"Joop den Uyl"
bar:Agt
 from: 19/12/1977 till: 04/11/1982 color:chrdem text:"Dries van Agt"
bar:Lubbers
 from: 04/11/1982 till: 22/08/1994 color:chrdem text:"Ruud Lubbers"
bar:Kok
 from: 22/08/1994 till: 22/07/2002 color:socdem text:"Wim Kok"
bar:Balkenende
 from: 22/07/2002 till: 14/10/2010 color:chrdem text:"Jan Peter Balkenende"
bar:Rutte
 from: 14/10/2010 till: 02/07/2024 color:liberal text:"Mark Rutte"
bar:Schoof
 from: 02/07/2024 till: 27/05/2025 color:independent text:"Dick Schoof"

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See also

• Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands
• Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands