List of prime ministers of the Netherlands

• Top left: Gerrit Schimmelpenninck was the first prime minister of the Netherlands.
• Top right: Willem Drees is often regarded in rankings as one of the best prime ministers.
• Bottom left: Mark Rutte is the longest-serving prime minister.
• Bottom right: Dick Schoof is the incumbent prime minister.

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 since the inception of that office as a result of a revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands in 1848. The prime minister is the chairman of the Council of Ministers; since 1945 he has held the Dutch title of minister-president van Nederland, also referred to as premier.

Dick Schoof is currently serving as prime minister of the Netherlands, having been appointed to the office for the first time on 2 July 2024.

List of prime ministers

Political parties:

  Independent

Christian democratic

  ARP   RKSP/KVP   CHU   CDA

Liberal

  LU   VDB   VVD

Social democratic

  PvdA

Portrait		Name (born and died)	Term of office			Political party	Election	Cabinet		Monarch (reign)
			Took office	Left office	Tenure			Name	Composition
		Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863)	25 March 1848	17 May 1848	53 days	Independent Liberal	—	Schimmelpenninck	Conservative	Willem II (1840–1849)
		Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870)	21 November 1848	1 November 1849	345 days		1848	De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius	Liberal
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 November 1849	19 April 1853	3 years, 169 days		1850 1852	Thorbecke I		Willem III (1849–1890)
		Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866)	19 April 1853	1 July 1856	3 years, 73 days		1853	Van Hall— Donker Curtius	Conservative
		Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863)	1 July 1856	18 March 1858	1 year, 260 days	Independent Antirevolutionary	1856	Van der Brugghen
		Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871)	18 March 1858	23 February 1860	1 year, 342 days	Independent Conservative	1858	Rochussen	Liberal– Conservative
		Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866)	23 February 1860	14 March 1861	1 year, 19 days	Independent Liberal	1860	Van Hall— Van Heemstra
		Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890)	14 March 1861	10 November 1861	241 days		—	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt— Van Heemstra
		Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864)	10 November 1861	1 February 1862	83 days
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 February 1862	10 February 1866	4 years, 9 days		1862	Thorbecke II	Liberal
		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	10 February 1866	1 June 1866	111 days		—	Fransen van de Putte
		Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894)	1 June 1866	4 June 1868	2 years, 3 days	Independent Conservative	Jun.1866 Oct.1866	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Conservative
		Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 June 1868	4 January 1871	2 years, 214 days	Independent Liberal	1868 1869	Van Bosse— Fock	Liberal
		Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	4 January 1871	4 June 1872 (died)	1 year, 152 days		1871	Thorbecke III
		Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900)	4 June 1872	27 August 1874	2 years, 84 days		1873	De Vries— Fransen van de Putte
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	27 August 1874	3 November 1877	3 years, 68 days	Independent Conservative	1875	Heemskerk— Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Conservative
		Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895)	3 November 1877	20 August 1879	1 year, 290 days	Independent Liberal	1877	Kappeyne van de Coppello	Liberal
		Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885)	20 August 1879	23 April 1883	3 years, 246 days	Independent Antirevolutionary	1879	Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Liberal– Conservative
		Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	23 April 1883	21 April 1888	4 years, 363 days	Independent Conservative	1883 1884 1886 1887	J. Heemskerk
		Aeneas Mackay (1838–1909)	21 April 1888	21 August 1891	3 years, 123 days	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1888	Mackay	Coalition
		Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914)	21 August 1891	9 May 1894	2 years, 261 days	Independent Liberal	1891	Van Tienhoven	Liberal	Wilhelmina (1890–1948)
		Joan Röell (1844–1914)	9 May 1894	27 July 1897	3 years, 79 days		1894	Röell
		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	27 July 1897	1 August 1901	4 years, 5 days	Liberal Union	1897	Pierson	Liberal
		Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920)	1 August 1901	17 August 1905	4 years, 16 days	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1901	Kuyper	Coalition
		Theo de Meester (1851–1919)	17 August 1905	12 February 1908	2 years, 179 days	Liberal Union	1905	De Meester	Liberal
		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	12 February 1908	29 August 1913	5 years, 198 days	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1909	T. Heemskerk	Coalition
		Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	29 August 1913	9 September 1918	5 years, 11 days	Independent Liberal	1913 1917	Cort van der Linden	Liberal
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	9 September 1918	18 September 1922	6 years, 329 days	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	216 days	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1925	Colijn I
		Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	8 March 1926	10 August 1929	3 years, 155 days	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer I
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	10 August 1929	26 May 1933	3 years, 289 days	Roman Catholic (RKSP)	1929	Ruijs de B. III
		Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	26 May 1933	31 July 1935	6 years, 76 days	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	1 year, 24 days	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer II	RKSP – SDAP – ARP –CHU – VDB
		Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961)	3 September 1940	28 July 1941	4 years, 295 days	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Gerbrandy I
			28 July 1941	23 February 1945			—	Gerbrandy II	RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB
			23 February 1945	25 June 1945			—	Gerbrandy III	RKSP – ARP – VDB
		Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977)	25 June 1945	3 July 1946	1 year, 8 days	Free-thinking Democratic (VDB) until 1946	—	Schermerhorn— Drees	VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP
						Labour (PvdA) from 1946
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	3 July 1946	7 August 1948	2 years, 35 days	Catholic People's (KVP)	1946	Beel I	KVP – PvdA
		Willem Drees (1886–1988)	7 August 1948	15 March 1951	10 years, 137 days	Labour (PvdA)	1948	Drees— Van Schaik	PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD	Juliana (1948–1980)
			15 March 1951	2 September 1952			—	Drees I (II)
			2 September 1952	13 October 1956			1952	Drees II (III)	PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU
			13 October 1956	22 December 1958			1956	Drees III (IV)
		Louis Beel (1902–1977)	22 December 1958	19 May 1959	148 days	Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Beel II	KVP – ARP – CHU
		Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	19 May 1959	24 July 1963	4 years, 66 days		1959	De Quay	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	24 July 1963	14 April 1965	1 year, 264 days		1963	Marijnen
		Jo Cals (1914–1971)	14 April 1965	22 November 1966	1 year, 222 days		—	Cals	KVP – ARP – PvdA
		Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	22 November 1966	5 April 1967	134 days	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Zijlstra	ARP – KVP
		Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	5 April 1967	6 July 1971	4 years, 92 days	Catholic People's (KVP)	1967	De Jong	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD
		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	6 July 1971	9 August 1972	1 year, 309 days	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	4 years, 222 days	Labour (PvdA)	1972	Den Uyl	PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR
		Dries van Agt (1931–2024)	19 December 1977	11 September 1981	4 years, 320 days	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
		Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018)	4 November 1982	14 July 1986	11 years, 291 days	Christian Democratic (CDA)	1982	Lubbers I	CDA – VVD
			14 July 1986	7 November 1989			1986	Lubbers II
			7 November 1989	22 August 1994			1989	Lubbers III	CDA – PvdA
		Wim Kok (1938–2018)	22 August 1994	3 August 1998	7 years, 334 days	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	8 years, 84 days	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 (born 1967)	14 October 2010	5 November 2012	13 years, 262 days	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	2010	Rutte I	VVD – CDA
			5 November 2012	26 October 2017			2012	Rutte II	VVD – PvdA
										Willem-Alexander (2013–present)
			26 October 2017	10 January 2022			2017	Rutte III	VVD – CDA – D66 – CU
			10 January 2022	2 July 2024			2021	Rutte IV
		Dick Schoof (born 1957)	2 July 2024	Incumbent	135 days	Independent	2023	Schoof	PVV – VVD – NSC – BBB

Graphical timeline

See also

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