List of prime ministers of the Netherlands

The incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte, appointed on October 14, 2010

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 in 1848. The Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands; since 1945 he has held the title of Minister-President.

List of Prime Ministers (since 1848)

Political Parties:

  Independent

Christian democratic

  ARP   RKSP/KVP   CHU   CDA

Liberal

  LU/VDB   VVD

Socialist

  PvdA

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Election	Cabinet		Monarch (Reign)
			Took Office	Left Office	Days			Name	Composition
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Gerrit, Count Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863)	25 March 1848	17 May 1848	53	Independent (Liberal)	—	Schimmelpenninck	Conservative	Willem II (1840–1849)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870)	21 November 1848	1 November 1849	345	Independent (Liberal)	1848	De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 November 1849	19 April 1853	1265	Independent (Liberal)	1850 1852	Thorbecke I	Liberal	Willem III (1849–1890)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (1791–1866)	19 April 1853	1 July 1856	1169	Independent (Liberal)	1853	Van Hall— Donker Curtius	Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863)	1 July 1856	18 March 1858	625	Independent (Christian)	1856	Van de Brugghen	Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871)	18 March 1858	23 February 1860	707	Independent (Conservative)	1858	Rochussen	Liberal– Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (1791–1866)	23 February 1860	14 March 1861	385	Independent (Liberal)	1860	Van Hall— Van Heemstra	Liberal– Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Jacob, Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890)	14 March 1861	10 November 1861	241	Independent (Liberal)	—	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt— Van Heemstra	Liberal– Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Schelto, Baron van Heemstra (1807–1864)	10 November 1861	1 February 1862	83	Independent (Liberal)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 February 1862	10 February 1866	1470	Independent (Liberal)	1862 1866	Thorbecke II	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	10 February 1866	1 June 1866	111	Independent (Liberal)	—	Fransen van de Putte	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Julius, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894)	1 June 1866	4 June 1868	734	Independent (Conservative)	1866 1866	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 June 1868	4 January 1871	944	Independent (Liberal)	1868 1869	Van Bosse— Fock	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	4 January 1871	4 June 1872 (died)	517	Independent (Liberal)	1871	Thorbecke III	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900)	4 June 1872	27 August 1874	814	Independent (Liberal)	1873	De Vries— Fransen van de Putte	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	27 August 1874	3 November 1877	1164	Independent (Conservative)	1875	Heemskerk— Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895)	3 November 1877	20 August 1879	655	Independent (Liberal)	1877	Kappeyne van de Coppello	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1822–1895)	20 August 1879	23 April 1883	1342	Independent (Christian)	1879	Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Liberal
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	23 April 1883	20 April 1888	1824	Independent (Conservative)	1883 1884 1886 1887	J. Heemskerk	Liberal
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|	Æneas, Baron Mackay	Æneas, Baron Mackay (1839–1909)	20 April 1888	21 August 1891	1218	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1888	Mackay	Christian
Wilhelmina (1890–1948)
	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914)	21 August 1891	9 May 1894	992	Independent (Liberal)	1891	Van Tienhoven	Liberal
	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Joan Röell (1844–1914)	9 May 1894	27 July 1897	1175	Independent (Liberal)	1894	Röell	Liberal
	style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color"|		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	27 July 1897	1 August 1901	1465	Liberal Union	1897	Pierson	Liberal
	style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|		Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920)	1 August 1901	17 August 1905	1477	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1901	Kuyper	Christian
	style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color"|		Theo de Meester (1851–1919)	17 August 1905	12 February 1908	909	Liberal Union	1905	De Meester	Liberal
	style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	12 February 1908	29 August 1913	2025	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1909	T. Heemskerk	Christian
	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|		Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	29 August 1913	9 September 1918	1837	Independent (Liberal)	1913 1917	Cort van der Linden	Liberal
	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		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
	style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	4 August 1925	8 March 1926	216	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1925	Colijn I	RKSP – ARP – CHU
	style="background:Template:Christian Historical Union/meta/color"|		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	8 March 1926	10 August 1929	1251	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer I	RKSP – ARP – CHU
	style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	10 August 1929	26 May 1933	1385	Roman Catholic (RKSP)	1929	Ruijs de B. III	RKSP – ARP – CHU
	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|		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
	style="background:Template:Christian Historical Union/meta/color"|		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	10 August 1939	3 September 1940	390	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer II	RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB
	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|		Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961)	3 September 1940	28 July 1941	1755	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			24 June 1945	—			Gerbrandy III	RKSP – ARP – VDB
	style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color"|		Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977)	24 June 1945	3 July 1946	374	Free-thinking Democratic (VDB) until 1946; Labour (PvdA)	—	Schermerhorn— Drees	VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP
	style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	3 July 1946	7 August 1948	766	Catholic People's (KVP)	1946	Beel I	KVP – PvdA
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color"|		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)	PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU
2 September 1952			13 October 1956	1952			Drees II (III)
13 October 1956			22 December 1958	1956			Drees III (IV)
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	22 December 1958	19 May 1959	148	Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Beel II	KVP – ARP – CHU
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	19 May 1959	24 July 1963	1527	Catholic People's (KVP)	1959	De Quay	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	24 July 1963	14 April 1965	630	Catholic People's (KVP)	1963	Marijnen	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		Jo Cals (1914–1971)	14 April 1965	22 November 1966	587	Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Cals	KVP – ARP – PvdA
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|		Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	22 November 1966	5 April 1967	134	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Zijlstra	ARP – KVP
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color"|		Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	5 April 1967	6 July 1971	1553	Catholic People's (KVP)	1967	De Jong	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color"|		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
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color"|		Joop den Uyl (1919–1987)	11 May 1973	19 December 1977	1683	Labour (PvdA)	1972	Den Uyl	PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Appeal/meta/color"|		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
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Appeal/meta/color"|		Ruud Lubbers (born 1939)	4 November 1982	14 July 1986	4309	Christian Democratic (CDA)	1982	Lubbers I		CDA – VVD
14 July 1986			7 November 1989	1986			Lubbers II	CDA – VVD
7 November 1989			22 August 1994	1989			Lubbers III	CDA – PvdA
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color"|		Wim Kok (born 1938)	22 August 1994	3 August 1998	2891	Labour (PvdA)	1994	Kok I		PvdA – VVD – D66
3 August 1998			22 July 2002	1998			Kok II
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Appeal/meta/color"|		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
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color"|		Mark Rutte (born 1967)	14 October 2010	5 November 2012	5150	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	2010	Rutte I		VVD – CDA
5 November 2012			Incumbent	2012			Rutte II	VVD – PvdA	Willem-Alexander File:Koning-willem-alexander-okt-15-s.jpg (2013– )

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