| Leader | Term of office | Age as leader | Position(s) as leader | Further position(s) | Former
affiliation | Professional
function(s) | Lead candidate |
|---|
| | Pieter Oud
(1886–1968) | 15 May 1948 –
12 January 1963
[3] | 61–76 | Mayor of Rotterdam
(1945–1952)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1948–1963)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1948–1963)
Party chairman
(1949–1963) | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1917–1933, 1937–1938)
Minister of Finance
(1933–1937)
Leader of the Free-thinking
Democratic League
(1935–1938)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1937–1938)
Mayor of Rotterdam
(1938–1941) | Free-thinking
Democratic League
Committee-Oud
Labour Party | Jurist
civil servant
Historian
Author
professor | 1948
1952
1956
1959 |
| | Edzo Toxopeus
(1918–2009) | 12 January 1963 –
1 October 1969
| 44–51 | Minister of the Interior
(1959–1965)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1963, 1965–1969)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1963, 1966–1969) | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1956–1959)
President of the
Liberal International
(1966–1970)
Queen's Commissioner
of Groningen
(1970–1980)
Member of the
Council of State
(1980–1988) | Freedom Party | Jurist
Lawyer
Businessperson
Diplomat | 1963
1967 |
| | Molly
Geertsema
(1918–1991) | 1 October 1969 –
20 July 1971
| 50–52 | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1959–1971)
Mayor of Wassenaar
(1961–1971)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1969–1971) | Mayor of Warffum
(1953–1957)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1963–1966)
Minister of the Interior
Deputy Prime Minister
(1971–1973)
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs
(1973)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1973, 1973)
Queen's Commissioner
of Gelderland
(1973–1983)
Member of the Senate
(1983–1987) | Freedom Party | Jurist
Civil servant
Teacher | 1971 |
| | Hans Wiegel
(born 1941) | 20 July 1971 –
20 April 1982
| 30–40 | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1967–1977, 1981–1982)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1971–1977, 1981–1982)
Minister of the Interior
Deputy Prime Minister
(1977–1981) | Queen's Commissioner
of Friesland
(1982–1994)
Member of the Social
and Economic Council
(1994–2012)
Member of the Senate
(1995–2000) | | Businessperson
Trade association
executive
Political pundit
Author | 1972
1977
1981 |
| | Ed Nijpels
(born 1950) | 20 April 1982 –
27 June 1986
| 32–36 | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1977–1986)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1982–1986) | Minister of Housing,
Spatial Planning and
the Environment
(1986–1989)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1989–1990)
Mayor of Breda
(1990–1995)
Queen's Commissioner
of Friesland
(1999–2008)
Member of the Social
and Economic Council
(since 2014) | | Jurist
Civil servant
Businessperson
Nonprofit director
Trade association
executive
Teacher
Activist | 1982
1986 |
| | Dr.
Rudolf de Korte
(1936–2020) | 27 June 1986 –
15 December 1986
| 49–50 | Minister of the Interior
(1986)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1986)
Minister of Economic Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister
(1986–1989) | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1977–1986, 1989–1995)
Vice President
of the European
Investment Bank
(1986–1989) | | Businessperson
Banker | |
| | Dr.
Joris Voorhoeve
(born 1945) | 15 December 1986 –
30 April 1990
| 40–44 | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1982–1991)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1986–1990) | Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs
(1994–1998)
Minister of Defence
(1994–1998)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1998–1999)
Member of the
Council of State
(1999–2011) | Democrats 66 | Political scientist
Researcher
Civil servant
Nonprofit director
Activist
Author
Professor | 1989 |
| | Frits Bolkestein
(born 1933) | 30 April 1990 –
30 July 1998
| 57–65 | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1989–1999)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1990–1998) | Member of the House
of Representatives
(1978–1982, 1986–1988)
State Secretary for
Economic Affairs
(1982–1986)
Minister of Defence
(1988–1989)
President of the
Liberal International
(1996–2000)
European Commissioner
(1999–2004)
| | Businessperson
Economist
Author
Historian
Professor | 1994
1998 |
| | Hans Dijkstal
(1943–2010) | 30 July 1998 –
16 May 2002
| 55–59 | Minister of the Interior
Deputy Prime Minister
(1994–1998)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1998–2002)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(1998–2002) | Municipal councillor
of Wassenaar
(1974–1986)
Alderman of Wassenaar
(1978–1983)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1982–1986, 1986–1994) | | Financial adviser
Management
consultant
Nonprofit director
Teacher Lobbyist | 2002 |
| | Gerrit Zalm
(born 1952) | 16 May 2002 –
27 November 2004
| 50–52 | Member of the House
of Representatives
(2002–2003)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(2002–2003)
Minister of Finance
Deputy Prime Minister
(2003–2007) | Director of the
Bureau for Economic
Policy Analysis
(1989–1994)
Minister of Finance
(1994–1996, 1996–2002)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1998)
Minister of Economic Affairs
(2006) | Labour Party | Economist
Civil servant
Businessperson
Banker
Professor | 2003 |
| | Jozias van
Aartsen
(born 1947) | 27 November 2004 –
8 March 2006
| 56–58 | Member of the House
of Representatives
(2002–2006)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(2003–2006) | Secretary-General of the
Ministry of the Interior
(1985–1994)
Minister of Agriculture,
Nature and Fisheries
(1994–1998)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(1998)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1998–2002)
Mayor of The Hague
(2008–2017)
King's Commissioner
of Drenthe
(2017)
Mayor of Amsterdam
(2017–2018) | | Political
consultant
Civil servant
Nonprofit director | |
Vacant
(8 March 2006 – 31 May 2006) |
| | Mark Rutte
(born 1967) | 31 May 2006 –
14 August 2023
| 39–56 | State Secretary for
Education, Culture
and Science
(2004–2006)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(2006–2010, 2012,
2017, since 2021)
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
(2006–2010, 2012, 2017)
Prime Minister
(since 2010) | State Secretary for
Social Affairs and
Employment
(2002–2004)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(2003) | | Businessperson
Historian
Teacher | 2006
2010
2012
2017
2021 |
| | Dilan
Yeşilgöz-
Zegerius
(born 1977) | 14 August 2023 –
Incumbent
| 46– | Minister of
Justice and Security
(since 2022) | Municipal councillor
of Amsterdam
(2014–2017)
Member of the House
of Representatives
(2017–2021)
State Secretary for
Economic Affairs and
Climate Policy
(2021–2022) | | Management
consultant | 2023 | |
