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.

Under William II (1840–1849)

Political Party:       Independent

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Election	Cabinet
			Took Office	Left Office	Days			Name	Composition
		Gerrit, Count Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863)	25 March 1848	17 May 1848		Independent (Liberal)	—	Schimmelpenninck	Conservative
		Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870)	21 November 1848	1 November 1849		Independent (Liberal)	1848	De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius	Liberal

Under William III (1849–1890)

Political Party:       Anti-Revolutionary       Independent

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Election	Cabinet
			Took Office	Left Office	Days			Name	Composition
		Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 November 1849	19 April 1853		Independent (Liberal)	1850 1852	Thorbecke I	Liberal
		Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (1791–1866)	19 April 1853	1 July 1856		Independent (Liberal)	1853	Van Hall— Donker Curtius	Conservative
		Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863)	1 July 1856	18 March 1858		Independent (Christian)	1856	Van de Brugghen	Conservative
		Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871)	18 March 1858	23 February 1860		Independent (Conservative)	1858	Rochussen	Conservative liberal
		Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (1791–1866)	23 February 1860	14 March 1861		Independent (Liberal)	1860	Van Hall— Van Heemstra	Conservative liberal
		Jacob, Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890)	14 March 1861	10 November 1861		Independent (Liberal)	—	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt— Van Heemstra	Conservative liberal
		Schelto, Baron van Heemstra (1807–1864)	10 November 1861	1 February 1862		Independent (Liberal)
		Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 February 1862	10 February 1866		Independent (Liberal)	1862 1866	Thorbecke II	Liberal
		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	10 February 1866	1 June 1866		Independent (Liberal)	—	Fransen van de Putte	Liberal
		Julius, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894)	1 June 1866	4 June 1868		Independent (Conservative)	1866 1866	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Conservative
		Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 June 1868	4 January 1871		Independent (Liberal)	1868 1869	Van Bosse— Fock	Liberal
		Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872)	4 January 1871	4 June 1872		Independent (Liberal)	1871	Thorbecke III	Liberal
		Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900)	4 June 1872	27 August 1874		Independent (Liberal)	1873	De Vries— Fransen van de Putte	Liberal
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	27 August 1874	3 November 1877		Independent (Conservative)	1875	Heemskerk— Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Conservative
		Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895)	3 November 1877	20 August 1879		Independent (Liberal)	1877	Kappeyne van de Coppello	Liberal
		Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1822–1895)	20 August 1879	23 April 1883		Independent (Christian)	1879	Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Liberal
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	23 April 1883	20 April 1888		Independent (Conservative)	1883 1884 1886 1887	J. Heemskerk	Liberal
		Æneas, Baron Mackay (1839–1909)	20 April 1888	21 August 1891		Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1888	Mackay	Christian

Under Wilhelmina (1890–1948)

Political Party:       Liberal       Anti-Revolutionary       Roman Catholic/Catholic People's       Christian Historical       Labour       Independent

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Election	Cabinet
			Took Office	Left Office	Days			Name	Composition
		Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914)	21 August 1891	9 May 1894		Independent (Liberal)	1891	Van Tienhoven	Liberal
		Joan Röell (1844–1914)	9 May 1894	27 July 1897		Independent (Liberal)	1894	Röell	Liberal
		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	27 July 1897	1 August 1901		Liberal	1897	Pierson	Liberal
		Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920)	1 August 1901	17 August 1905		Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1901	Kuyper	Christian
		Theo de Meester (1851–1919)	17 August 1905	12 February 1908		Liberal	1905	De Meester	Liberal
		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	12 February 1908	29 August 1913		Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1909	T. Heemskerk	Christian
		Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	29 August 1913	9 September 1918		Independent (Liberal)	1913 1917	Cort van der Linden	Liberal
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	9 September 1918	18 September 1922		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		Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1925	Colijn I	RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	8 March 1926	10 August 1929		Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer I	RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	10 August 1929	26 May 1933		Roman Catholic (RKSP)	1929	Ruijs de B. III	RKSP – ARP – CHU
		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	26 May 1933	31 July 1935		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		Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer II	RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB
		Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961)	3 September 1940	28 July 1941		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
		Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977)	24 June 1945	3 July 1946		Free-thinking Democratic (VDB) until 1946; Labour (PvdA)	—	Schermerhorn— Drees	VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	3 July 1946	7 August 1948		Catholic People's (KVP)	1946	Beel I	KVP – PvdA

Under Juliana (1948–1980)

Political Party:       Labour       Catholic People's       Anti-Revolutionary       CDA

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Election	Cabinet
			Took Office	Left Office	Days			Name	Composition
		Willem Drees (1886-1988)	7 August 1948	15 March 1951		Labour (PvdA)	1948	Drees— Van Schaik	PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD
			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)
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	22 December 1958	19 May 1959		Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Beel II	KVP – ARP – CHU
		Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	19 May 1959	24 July 1963		Catholic People's (KVP)	1959	De Quay	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	24 July 1963	14 April 1965		Catholic People's (KVP)	1963	Marijnen	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Jo Cals (1914–1971)	14 April 1965	22 November 1966		Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Cals	KVP – ARP – PvdA
		Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	22 November 1966	5 April 1967		Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Zijlstra	ARP – KVP
		Piet de Jong (born 1915)	5 April 1967	6 July 1971		Catholic People's (KVP)	1967	De Jong	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	6 July 1971	9 August 1972		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		Labour (PvdA)	1972	Den Uyl	PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR
		Dries van Agt (born 1931)	19 December 1977	11 September 1981		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
			29 May 1982	4 November 1982			—	Van Agt III	CDA – D66

Under Beatrix (1980–2013)

Political Party:       CDA       PvdA       VVD

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Election	Cabinet
			Took Office	Left Office	Days			Name	Composition
		Ruud Lubbers (born 1939)	4 November 1982	14 July 1986		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
		Wim Kok (born 1938)	22 August 1994	3 August 1998		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		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	Mark Rutte (born 1967)	14 October 2010	5 November 2012		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	2010	Rutte I	VVD – CDA
			5 November 2012	Incumbent			2012	Rutte II	VVD – PvdA

List of Prime Ministers by term length

Ranking	Prime Minister	Political Party	Term	Duration
1st	Ruud Lubbers	Christian Democratic	1982–1994
2nd	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Roman Catholic	1918–1925 1929–1933	(10 years, 253 days)
3rd	Willem Drees	Labour	1948–1958
4th	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Independent (Liberal)	1849–1853 1862–1866 1871–1872	(8 years, 330 days)
5th	Jan Peter Balkenende	Christian Democratic	2002–2010
6th	Jan Heemskerk	Independent (Conservative)	1874–1877 1883–1888	(8 years, 66 days)
7th	Wim Kok	Labour	1994–2002
8th	Hendrikus Colijn	Anti-Revolutionary	1925–1926 1933–1939	(6 years, 292 days)
9th	Theo Heemskerk	Anti-Revolutionary	1908–1913
10th	Mark Rutte	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	2010–
11th	Pieter Cort van der Linden	Independent (Liberal)	1913–1918
12th	Dries van Agt	Christian Democratic	1977–1982
13th	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	Anti-Revolutionary	1940–1945
14th	Joop den Uyl	Labour	1973–1977
15th	Dirk Jan de Geer	Christian Historical	1926–1929 1939–1940	(4 years, 179 days)
16th (tie)	Floris Adriaan van Hall	Independent (Liberal)	1853–1856 1860–1861	(4 years, 92 days)
16th (tie)	Piet de Jong	Catholic People's	1967–1971
18th	Jan de Quay	Catholic People's	1959–1963
19th	Abraham Kuyper	Anti-Revolutionary	1901–1905
20th	Nicolaas Pierson	Liberal	1897–1901
21st	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	Independent (Anti-Revolutionary)	1879–1883
22nd	Æneas Mackay	Anti-Revolutionary	1888–1891
23rd	Joan Röell	Independent (Liberal)	1894–1897
24th	Gijsbert van Tienhoven	Independent (Liberal)	1891–1894
25th	Pieter Philip van Bosse	Independent (Liberal)	1868–1871
26th	Louis Beel	Catholic People's	1946–1948 1958–1959	(2 years, 183 days)
27th	Theo de Meester	Liberal	1905–1908
28th	Gerrit de Vries	Independent (Liberal)	1872–1874
29th	Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Independent (Conservative)	1866–1868
30th	Jan Jacob Rochussen	Independent (Conservative)	1858–1860
31st	Barend Biesheuvel	Anti-Revolutionary	1971–1973
32nd	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	Independent (Liberal)	1877–1879
33rd	Victor Marijnen	Catholic People's	1963–1965
34th	Justinus van der Brugghen	Independent (Anti-Revolutionary)	1856–1858
35th	Jo Cals	Catholic People's	1965–1966
36th	Wim Schermerhorn	Free-thinking Democratic/Labour	1945–1946
37th	Jacob de Kempenaer	Independent (Liberal)	1848–1849
38th	Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Independent (Liberal)	1861
39th	Jelle Zijlstra	Anti-Revolutionary	1966–1967
40th	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	Independent (Liberal)	1866
41st	Schelto van Heemstra	Independent (Liberal)	1861–1862
42nd	Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	Independent (Liberal)	1848

See also

• Prime Minister 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 age
• Monarchy of the Netherlands
• List of Grand Pensionaries