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Incumbent Leader Joop den Uyl and future Leader Wim Kok in the House of Representatives on 3 June 1986.
Former Leaders Wouter Bos, Wim Kok and incumbent Leader Job Cohen at a party conference on 1 May 2011.
Newly elected Leader Diederik Samsom and former Leader Job Cohen at a party conference on 21 March 2012.
The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party (Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) in the Netherlands. The post is currently held by Lodewijk Asscher, who succeeded Diederik Samsom after the leadership election of 2012.[1]
History
The Leaders outwardly act as the 'figurehead' and the main representative of the party. Within the party, they must ensure political consensus. At election time the Leader is always the lijsttrekker (top candidate) of the party list. Outside election time the Leader can serve as the Leader of the Opposition. In the Labour Party the Leader is often the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives. Some Labour Party leaders became a Minister in a Cabinet.
Leaders
Leader
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Term of office
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Age as Leader
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Position(s) as Leader
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Further position(s)
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Lijsttrekker
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Dr. Willem Drees (1886–1988)
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9 February 1946 – 22 December 1958 (12 years, 316 days) [1]
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59–72
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Minister of Social Affairs (1945–1948) Deputy Prime Minister (1945–1948) Member of the House of Representatives (1946) (1948) (1952) (1956) Minister of General Affairs (1948–1958) Prime Minister (1948–1958) Minister of Colonial Affairs (1951) Minister of Finance (1952)
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Member of the House of Representatives (SDAP) (1933–1945) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (SDAP) (1939–1945) Leader of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (1940–1946) Chairman of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (1943–1945) Minister of State (1958–1988)
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1946
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1948
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1952
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1956
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Jaap Burger (1904–1986)
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22 December 1958 – 16 September 1962 (3 years, 268 days) [1]
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54–58
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Member of the House of Representatives (1945–1962) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1952–1962)
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Minister for Return Policy (SDAP) (1943–1944) Minister of the Interior (SDAP) (1944–1945) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1951) Member of the Senate (1963–1970) Member of the European Parliament (1966–1970) Member of the Council of State (1970–1979) Minister of State (1975–1986)
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1959
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Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979)
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16 September 1962 – 13 September 1966 (3 years, 362 days) [1]
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46–50
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Member of the House of Representatives (1959–1965) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1962–1965) Minister of Finance (1965–1966) Deputy Prime Minister (1965–1966)
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Member of the House of Representatives (1946–1958) (1967–1979) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies (1958) Chairman of the Labour Party (1969–1971) Speaker of the House of Representatives (1972–1979) Member of the European Parliament (1979)
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1963
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Joop den Uyl (1919–1987)
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13 September 1966 – 21 July 1986 (19 years, 311 days) [1]
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47–66
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Member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973) (1977) (1978–1981) (1982–1987) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1967–1973) (1977) (1978–1981) (1982–1986) Minister of General Affairs (1973–1977) Prime Minister (1973–1977) President of the European Council (1976) President of the Party of European Socialists (1980–1987) Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (1981–1982) Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs (1981–1982) Deputy Prime Minister (1981–1982)
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Member of the House of Representatives (1956–1963) Minister of Economic Affairs (1965–1966)
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1967
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1971
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1972
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1977
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1981
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1982
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1986
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Wim Kok (1938–2018)
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21 July 1986 – 15 December 2001 (15 years, 147 days) [1]
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47–63
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Member of the House of Representatives (1986–1989) (1994) (1998) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1986–1989) (1994) (1998) Minister of Finance (1989–1994) Deputy Prime Minister (1989–1994) Minister of General Affairs (1994–2002) Prime Minister (1994–2002) President of the European Council (1997)
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Minister of State (2003–2018) President of the Club of Madrid (2009–2014)
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1989
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1994
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1998
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Ad Melkert (born 1956)
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15 December 2001 – 16 May 2002 (155 days) [1]
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45–46
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Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1998–2002)
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Member of the House of Representatives (1986–1994) Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (1994–1998) Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2006–2009) Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (2009–2011) Member of the Council of State (since 2016)
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2002
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Vacant (16 May 2002 – 12 November 2002)
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Wouter Bos (born 1963)
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12 November 2002 – 25 April 2010 (7 years, 164 days) [1]
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39–46
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Member of the House of Representatives (2002–2007) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2002–2007) Minister of Finance (2007–2010) Deputy Prime Minister (2007–2010)
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Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2000) State Secretary for Finance (2000–2002)
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2003
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2006
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Dr. Job Cohen (born 1947)
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25 April 2010 – 20 February 2012 (1 year, 301 days) [1]
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62–64
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Member of the House of Representatives (2010–2012) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2010–2012)
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State Secretary for Education and Sciences (1993–1994) Member of the Senate (1995–1998) Parliamentary leader in the Senate (1996–1998) State Secretary for Justice (1998–2001) Mayor of Amsterdam (2001–2010)
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2010
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Vacant (20 February 2012 – 16 March 2012)
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Diederik Samsom (born 1971)
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16 March 2012 – 10 December 2016 (4 years, 269 days) [1]
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40–45
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Member of the House of Representatives (2003–2016) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2012–2016)
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2012
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Dr. Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974)
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10 December 2016 – Incumbent (7 years, 229 days) [1]
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42–
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Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (2012–2017) Deputy Prime Minister (2012–2017) Member of the House of Representatives (since 2017) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (since 2017)
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Mayor of Amsterdam (2010)
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2017
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See also
References
External links
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