Scouts, informateurs and formateurs facilitate specific phases in a Dutch cabinet formation. Since 2012, the scout explores the possibilities for a coalition government in the scouting phase, which can later be done again by an informateur. Since 1951, the main responsibility of an informateur is facilitating the negotiations between political parties in the information phase. The formateur was until 1951 responsible for the entire formation, but its role has been limited since 1982 to finding the ministers and state secretaries of the cabinet in the formation phase. The roles are often filled by members of the largest party in the House of Representatives.
The roles have changed throughout the years. The role of formateur has existed since the first cabinet formation in 1848. Formateurs were in general responsible for the entire formation, simply being instructed to form a cabinet. The (final) formateur is often the intended prime minister. However, some formateurs were instructed to do preliminary work (exploring coalition options and/or facilitating negotiations).
In 1951, a separate role was created for the preliminary work: the informateur. Since that year, there has not been a formation without an informateur, although this has been attempted five times. Since 1989, the initial informateur is tasked with exploring the possibilities for a coalition. The first exploratory round became the responsibility of a separate role, the scout, in 2012. Since that year, the monarch no longer has a role in the formation and thus no longer does the consultations at the start of the formation. The (in)formateurs and scouts have since then been appointed by the House of Representatives.
Name | Starting date | Days | Role | Political affiliation | Formation | ||
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23 March 1848 | 1 | Formateur | liberal | 1848 | [1] | ||
20 September 1849 | 37 | Formateur | conservative | 1849 | [2] | ||
liberal | |||||||
27 October 1849 | 3 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
liberal | |||||||
16 April 1853 | 3 | Formateur | liberal | 1853 | [3] | ||
1 June 1856 | 30 | Formateur | anti-revolutionary | 1856 | [4] | ||
3 March 1858 | 16 | Formateur | conservative | 1858 | [5] | ||
17 February 1860 | 4 | Formateur | liberal | 1860 | [6] | ||
21 February 1860 | 3 | Formateur | conservative | ||||
16 February 1861 | 24 | Formateur | conservative | 1861 | [7] | ||
conservative | |||||||
12 March 1861 | 3 | Formateur | anti-revolutionary | ||||
18 January 1862 | 13 | Formateur | liberal | 1861–1862 | [8] | ||
29 January 1866 | 7 | Formateur | liberal | data-sort-value="1866" | Jan–Feb 1866 | [9] | |
24 May 1866 | 7 | Formateur | anti-revolutionary | data-sort-value="1866.5" | May–Jun 1866 | [10] | |
17 April 1868 | 2 | Formateur | anti-revolutionary | 1868 | [11] | ||
29 April 1868 | 4 | Formateur | conservative | ||||
4 May 1868 | 5 | Formateur | conservative | ||||
17 May 1868 | 5 | Formateur | anti-revolutionary | ||||
23 May 1868 | 11 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
24 November 1870 | 5 | Formateur | liberal | 1870–1871 | [12] | ||
liberal | |||||||
1 December 1870 | 33 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
25 June 1872 | 10 | Formateur | liberal | 1872 | [13] | ||
14 July 1874 | 43 | Formateur | liberal | 1874 | [14] | ||
16 October 1877 | 17 | Formateur | liberal | 1877 | [15] | ||
24 July 1879 | 9 | Formateur | conservative | 1879 | |||
12 July 1879 | 11 | Formateur | conservative | ||||
liberal | |||||||
liberal | |||||||
8 August 1882 | 5 | Formateur | conservative | 1882 | [16] | ||
31 July 1882 | 9 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
3 July 1882 | 5 | Formateur | conservative | ||||
4 March 1883 | 9 | Formateur | liberal | 1883 | [17] | ||
12 March 1883 | 7 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
19 March 1883 | 5 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
29 March 1883 | 23 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
30 March 1888 | 20 | Formateur | ARP | 1888 | [18] [19] | ||
26 July 1891 | 22 | Formateur | liberal | 1891 | [20] | ||
4 May 1894 | 4 | Formateur | liberal | 1894 | [21] | ||
13 July 1897 | 10 | Formateur | LU | 1897 | [22] | ||
11 July 1901 | 15 | Formateur | ARP | 1901 | [23] [24] | ||
14 July 1905 | 34 | Formateur | LU | 1905 | [25] | ||
27 February 1907 | 3 | Formateur | CHP | 1907 | |||
17 March 1907 | 5 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
16 January 1908 | 27 | Formateur | ARP | 1907–1908 | [26] [27] | ||
11 July 1913 | 15 | Formateur | VDB | 1913 | [28] | ||
2 August 1913 | 27 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
13 July 1918 | 38 | Formateur | RKSP | 1918 | |||
29 August 1918 | 9 | Formateur | RKSP | ||||
22 June 1921 | 35 | Formateur | RKSP | 1921 | [29] | ||
19 July 1922 | 4 | Formateur | CHU | 1922 | |||
22 July 1922 | 49 | Formateur | RKSP | ||||
15 November 1923 | 10 | Formateur | RKSP | 1923-1924 | [30] | ||
24 November 1923 | 12 | Formateur | CHU | ||||
4 January 1924 | 3 | Formateur | liberal | ||||
15 July 1925 | 18 | Formateur | ARP | 1925 | [31] | ||
24 November 1925 | 8 | Formateur | VDB | 1925-1926 | [32] | ||
8 December 1925 | 4 | Formateur | CHU | ||||
12 December 1925 | 42 | Formateur | CHU | ||||
23 January 1926 | 35 | Formateur | VDB | ||||
1 March 1926 | 4 | Formateur | CHU | ||||
12 July 1929 | 18 | Formateur | RKSP | 1929 | [33] | ||
3 August 1929 | 7 | Formateur | |||||
2 May 1933 | 15 | Formateur | ARP | 1933 | [34] | ||
16 May 1933 | 11 | Formateur | |||||
26 July 1935 | 2 | Formateur | RKSP | 1935 | [35] | ||
29 July 1935 | 2 | Formateur | ARP | ||||
30 May 1937 | 25 | Formateur | ARP | 1937 | [36] | ||
30 June 1939 | 10 | Formateur | ARP | Jun–Jul 1939 | [37] | ||
9 July 1939 | 6 | Formateur | RKSP | ||||
14 July 1939 | 12 | Formateur | ARP | ||||
4 August 1939 | 6 | Formateur | CHU | data-sort-value="1939.5" | Aug 1939 | [38] | |
28 August 1940 | 3 | Formateur | ARP | 1940 | |||
1 July 1941 | 26 | Formateur | ARP | 1941 | [39] | ||
8 February 1945 | 15 | Formateur | ARP | data-sort-value="1945" | Feb 1945 | [40] | |
28 May 1945 | 27 | Formateur | SDAP | May–Jun 1945 | [41] [42] | ||
VDB | |||||||
27 May 1946 | 36 | Formateur | KVP | 1946 | [43] | ||
13 July 1948 | 10 | Formateur | KVP | 1948 | [44] | ||
22 July 1948 | 8 | Formateur | |||||
30 July 1948 | 8 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
28 January 1951 | 5 | Informateur | VVD | 1951 | [45] | ||
1 February 1951 | 16 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
KVP | |||||||
18 February 1951 | 7 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
13 March 1951 | 2 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
27 February 1951 | 15 | Informateur | |||||
27 June 1952 | 26 | Formateur | PvdA | 1952 | [46] | ||
23 July 1952 | 13 | Informateur | KVP | ||||
5 August 1952 | 17 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
22 August 1952 | 5 | Formateur | CHU | ||||
29 August 1952 | 4 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
25 May 1955 | 9 | Formateur | PvdA | 1955 | [47] | ||
16 June 1956 | 38 | Formateur | PvdA | 1956 | [48] | ||
24 June 1956 | 9 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
16 August 1956 | 5 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
7 August 1956 | 9 | Informateur | |||||
22 August 1956 | 25 | Informateur | ARP | ||||
20 September 1956 | 19 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
9 October 1956 | 3 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
12 December 1958 | 7 | Informateur | KVP | 1958 | [49] | ||
19 December 1958 | 3 | Formateur | |||||
14 March 1959 | 13 | Informateur | KVP | 1959 | [50] | ||
28 March 1959 | 30 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
1 May 1959 | 13 | Informateur | KVP | ||||
14 May 1959 | 5 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
27 December 1960 | 6 | Informateur | ARP | 1960–1961 | [51] | ||
20 May 1963 | 16 | Informateur | KVP | 1963 | [52] | ||
6 June 1963 | 21 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
28 June 1963 | 7 | Informateur | KVP | ||||
5 July 1963 | 11 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
16 July 1963 | 8 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
2 March 1965 | 11 | Informateur | KVP | 1965 | [53] | ||
15 March 1965 | 29 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
18 October 1966 | 17 | Informateur | KVP | 1966 | [54] | ||
4 November 1966 | 12 | Informateur | KVP | ||||
16 November 1966 | 6 | Formateur | ARP | ||||
18 February 1967 | 15 | Informateur | ARP | 1967 | [55] | ||
6 March 1967 | 3 | Informateur | KVP | ||||
9 March 1967 | 12 | Formateur | ARP | ||||
21 March 1967 | 14 | Formateur | KVP | ||||
15 May 1971 | 37 | Informateur | KVP | 1971 | [56] | ||
21 June 1971 | 15 | Formateur | ARP | ||||
22 July 1972 | 18 | Formateur | ARP | 1972 | [57] | ||
4 December 1972 | 58 | Informateur | ARP | 1972–1973 | [58] | ||
1 February 1973 | 62 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
10 April 1973 | 13 | Informateur | KVP | ||||
ARP | |||||||
23 April 1973 | 18 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
ARP | |||||||
1 June 1977 | 45 | Formateur | PvdA | 1977 | [59] | ||
20 July 1977 | 7 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
27 July 1977 | 30 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
| 26 August 1977 | 7 | Informateur | CDA | |||
2 September 1977 | 35 | Formateur | |||||
PvdA | |||||||
11 October 1977 | 15 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
CDA | |||||||
26 October 1977 | 10 | Formateur | PvdA | ||||
8 November 1977 | 29 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
8 December 1977 | 11 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
30 May 1981 | 66 | Informateur | CDA | 1981 | [60] | ||
CDA | |||||||
| 10 July 1981 | 25 | Informateur | PvdA | |||
4 August 1981 | 16 | Formateur | |||||
CDA | |||||||
20 August 1981 | 13 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
2 September 1981 | 9 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
16 October 1981 | 19 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
PvdA | |||||||
14 May 1982 | 12 | Informateur | CDA | May–Jun 1982 | [61] | ||
25 May 1982 | 4 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
10 September 1982 | 21 | Informateur | PvdA | Sep–Nov 1982 | [62] | ||
1 October 1982 | 29 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
30 October 1982 | 5 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
23 May 1986 | 50 | Informateur | CDA | 1986 | [63] | ||
11 July 1986 | 3 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
8 September 1989 | 5 | Informateur | CDA | 1989 | [64] | ||
13 September 1989 | 45 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
27 October 1989 | 9 | Formateur | |||||
6 May 1994 | 8 | Informateur | PvdA | 1994 | [65] | ||
14 May 1994 | 44 | Informateur | D66 | ||||
VVD | |||||||
PvdA | |||||||
27 June 1994 | 9 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
6 July 1994 | 23 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
29 July 1994 | 22 | Formateur | |||||
8 May 1998 | 6 | Informateur | PvdA | 1998 | [66] | ||
14 May 1998 | 67 | Informateur | VVD | ||||
D66 | |||||||
| PvdA | ||||||
20 July 1998 | 14 | Formateur | |||||
22 May 1999 | 18 | Formateur | PvdA | 1999 | [67] | ||
17 May 2002 | 48 | Informateur | CDA | 2002 | [68] | ||
4 July 2002 | 18 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
| 24 January 2003 | 11 | Informateur | CDA | 2003 | [69] | |
5 February 2003 | 66 | Informateur | |||||
PvdA | |||||||
15 April 2003 | 35 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
VVD | |||||||
20 May 2003 | 7 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
1 July 2006 | 4 | Informateur | CDA | 2006 | [70] | ||
5 July 2006 | 3 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
25 November 2006 | 25 | Informateur | CDA | 2006–2007 | [71] | ||
20 December 2006 | 51 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
9 February 2007 | 13 | Formateur | CDA | ||||
12 June 2010 | 14 | Informateur | VVD | 2010 | [72] | ||
26 June 2010 | 10 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
5 July 2010 | 16 | Informateur | VVD | ||||
PvdA | |||||||
21 July 2010 | 14 | Informateur | CDA | ||||
4 August 2010 | 32 | Informateur | VVD | ||||
7 September 2010 | 7 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
13 September 2010 | 25 | Informateur | VVD | ||||
7 October 2010 | 8 | Formateur | VVD | ||||
| 13 September 2012 | 6 | Scout | VVD | 2012 | [73] | |
20 September 2012 | 42 | Informateur | |||||
PvdA | |||||||
31 October 2012 | 5 | Formateur | VVD | ||||
16 March 2017 | 11 | Scout | VVD | 2017 | [74] [75] | ||
28 March 2017 | 63 | Informateur | |||||
30 May 2017 | 29 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
28 June 2017 | 105 | Informateur | VVD | ||||
12 October 2017 | 14 | Formateur | VVD | ||||
18 March 2021 | 8 | Scout | VVD | 2021–2022 | [76] [77] | ||
D66 | |||||||
25 March 2021 | 8 | Scout | VVD | ||||
D66 | |||||||
6 April 2021 | 24 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
12 May 2021 | 113 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
| 7 September 2021 | 23 | Informateur | VVD | |||
5 October 2021 | 71 | Informateur | |||||
D66 | |||||||
16 December 2021 | 25 | Formateur | VVD | ||||
24 November 2023 | 4 | Scout | PVV | 2023–2024 | [78] | ||
28 November 2023 | 14 | Scout | PvdA | ||||
13 December 2023 | 62 | Informateur | |||||
14 February 2024 | 30 | Informateur | PvdA | ||||
20 March 2024 | 58 | Informateur | SGP | ||||
| CDA | ||||||
22 May 2024 | 41 | Formateur |
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