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 of the Netherlands, having been appointed to the office for the first time on 2 July 2024.
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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