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 the 43rd prime minister, having been appointed to the office for on 2 July 2024, succeding Mark Rutte, the longest-serving prime minister who is currently the secretary-general of NATO.
Political parties:
| 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 | Independent Liberal | — | Schimmelpenninck | Conservative | Willem II (1840–1849) | |||
| Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870) | 21 November 1848 | 1 November 1849 | 1848 | De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius | Liberal | |||||
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | 1 November 1849 | 19 April 1853 | 1850 1852 | Thorbecke I | Willem III (1849–1890) | |||||
| Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) | 19 April 1853 | 1 July 1856 | 1853 | Van Hall— Donker Curtius | Conservative | |||||
| Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863) | 1 July 1856 | 18 March 1858 | Independent Antirevolutionary | 1856 | Van der Brugghen | |||||
| Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871) | 18 March 1858 | 23 February 1860 | Independent Conservative | 1858 | Rochussen | Liberal– Conservative | ||||
| Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) | 23 February 1860 | 14 March 1861 | Independent Liberal | 1860 | Van Hall— Van Heemstra | |||||
| Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890) | 14 March 1861 | 10 November 1861 | — | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt— Van Heemstra | ||||||
| Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864) | 10 November 1861 | 1 February 1862 | ||||||||
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | 1 February 1862 | 10 February 1866 | 1862 | Thorbecke II | Liberal | |||||
| Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) | 10 February 1866 | 1 June 1866 | — | Fransen van de Putte | ||||||
| Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894) | 1 June 1866 | 4 June 1868 | Independent Conservative | Jun.1866 Oct.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 Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | 4 January 1871 | 4 June 1872 (died) | 1871 | Thorbecke III | ||||||
| Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900) | 4 June 1872 | 27 August 1874 | 1873 | De Vries— Fransen van de Putte | ||||||
| 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 (1826–1885) | 20 August 1879 | 23 April 1883 | Independent Antirevolutionary | 1879 | Van Lynden van Sandenburg | Liberal– Conservative | ||||
| Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) | 23 April 1883 | 21 April 1888 | Independent Conservative | 1883 1884 1886 1887 | J. Heemskerk | |||||
| Aeneas Mackay (1838–1909) | 21 April 1888 | 21 August 1891 | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1888 | Mackay | Coalition | ||||
| Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914) | 21 August 1891 | 9 May 1894 | Independent Liberal | 1891 | Van Tienhoven | Liberal | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) | |||
| Joan Röell | 9 May 1894 | 27 July 1897 | 1894 | Röell | ||||||
| Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909) | 27 July 1897 | 1 August 1901 | Liberal Union | 1897 | Pierson | Liberal | ||||
| Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1901 | Kuyper | Coalition | ||||
| Theo de Meester (1851–1919) | 17 August 1905 | 12 February 1908 | Liberal Union | 1905 | De Meester | Liberal | ||||
| Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) | 12 February 1908 | 29 August 1913 | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | 1909 | T. Heemskerk | Coalition | ||||
| 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 | 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 | |||||
| Dirk Jan de Geer | 8 March 1926 | 10 August 1929 | Christian Historical (CHU) | — | De Geer I | |||||
| Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | 10 August 1929 | 26 May 1933 | Roman Catholic (RKSP) | 1929 | Ruijs de B. III | |||||
| 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 | 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 | |||||
| 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 | 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 | Catholic People's (KVP) | 1946 | Beel I | KVP – PvdA | ||||
| Willem Drees (1886–1988) | 7 August 1948 | 15 March 1951 | 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 | Catholic People's (KVP) | — | Beel II | KVP – ARP – CHU | ||||
| Jan de Quay (1901–1985) | 19 May 1959 | 24 July 1963 | 1959 | De Quay | KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | |||||
| Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) | 24 July 1963 | 14 April 1965 | 1963 | Marijnen | ||||||
| Jo Cals (1914–1971) | 14 April 1965 | 22 November 1966 | — | Cals | KVP – ARP – PvdA | |||||
| Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | 22 November 1966 | 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary (ARP) | — | Zijlstra | ARP – KVP | ||||
| Piet de Jong (1915–2016) | 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 (1931–2024) | 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 | Beatrix (1980–2013) | |||||
| 29 May 1982 | 4 November 1982 | — | Van Agt III | CDA – D66 | ||||||
| Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) | 4 November 1982 | 14 July 1986 | 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 | 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 (born 1967) | 14 October 2010 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) | 2010 | Rutte I | VVD – CDA | |||||
| 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 | Independent | Schoof | PVV – VVD – NSC – BBB | |||||
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