List of Ministers of Education of the Netherlands
List of Ministers of Education
ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

List of Ministers of Education of the Netherlands

Section Title: List of Ministers of Education
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Johannes Theodoor de Visser	Dr. Johannes Theodoor de Visser (1857–1932)	25 September 1918 – 4 August 1925	Christian Historical Union	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II)

Victor Henri Rutgers	Victor Henri Rutgers (1877–1945)	4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I)

Marius Waszink	Marius Waszink (1881–1943)	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Roman Catholic State Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I)

Jan Terpstra	Jan Terpstra (1888–1952)	10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)

Henri Marchant	Henri Marchant (1869–1956)	26 May 1933 – 18 May 1935	Free-thinking Democratic League	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II)

Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne	Dr. Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (also Minister of Social Affairs 1935) (1869–1941)	18 May 1935 – 25 July 1939	Christian Historical Union

Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn III • IV)

Bep Schrieke	Dr. Bep Schrieke (1890–1945)	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V)

Gerrit Bolkestein	Gerrit Bolkestein (1871–1956)	10 August 1939 – 25 June 1945	Free-thinking Democratic League	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I • II • III)

Gerard van der Leeuw	Dr. Gerard van der Leeuw (1898–1981)	25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946	Social Democratic Workers' Party	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees)

Labour Party

Jos Gielen	Dr. Jos Gielen (1898–1981)	3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948	Catholic People's Party	Louis Beel (Beel I)

Theo Rutten	Dr. Theo Rutten (1899–1980)	7 August 1948 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I)

Jo Cals	Jo Cals (1914–1971)	2 September 1952 – 7 November 1961	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees II • III)

Louis Beel (Beel II)

Jan de Quay (De Quay)

Marga Klompé	Dr. Marga Klompé (Minister of Social Work) (1912–1986)	7 November 1961 – 4 February 1962	Catholic People's Party

Jo Cals	Jo Cals (1914–1971)	4 February 1962 – 23 April 1963	Catholic People's Party

Marga Klompé	Dr. Marga Klompé (Minister of Social Work) (1912–1986)	23 April 1963 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party

Theo Bot	Theo Bot (1911–1984)	24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Catholic People's Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Minister of Education and Sciences	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst	Dr. Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (1916–2004)	14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Jo Cals (Cals)

Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Gerard Veringa	Dr. Gerard Veringa (1924–1999)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	Catholic People's Party	Piet de Jong (De Jong)

Chris van Veen	Chris van Veen (1922–2009)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	Christian Historical Union	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)

Jos van Kemenade	Dr. Jos van Kemenade (born 1937)	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Labour Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)

Arie Pais	Dr. Arie Pais (born 1930)	19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)

Jos van Kemenade	Dr. Jos van Kemenade (born 1937)	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982	Labour Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II)

Wim Deetman	Wim Deetman (born 1945)	29 May 1982 – 14 September 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt (Van Agt III)

Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)

Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)

Gerrit Braks	Gerrit Braks (Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) (1933–2017)	14 September 1989 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal

Jo Ritzen	Dr. Jo Ritzen (born 1945)	7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)

Minister of Education, Culture and Science	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Jo Ritzen	Dr. Jo Ritzen (born 1945)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok I)

Loek Hermans	Loek Hermans (born 1951)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok II)

Maria van der Hoeven	Maria van der Hoeven (born 1949)	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II • III)

Ronald Plasterk	Dr. Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)

André Rouvoet	André Rouvoet (also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Youth Policy and Family Policy) (born 1962)	23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010	Christian Union

Marja van Bijsterveldt	Marja van Bijsterveldt (born 1961)	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)

Jet Bussemaker	Dr. Jet Bussemaker (born 1961)	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

Ingrid van Engelshoven	Ingrid van Engelshoven (born 1966)	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	Democrats 66	Mark Rutte (Rutte III)

Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek

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