List of Ministers of Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands
List of Ministers of Colonial Affairs (1866–1959)

List of Ministers of Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands

Section Title: List of Ministers of Colonial Affairs (1866–1959)
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Minister of Colonial Affairs	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Pieter Mijer	Pieter Mijer (1812–1881)	1 June 1866 – 17 September 1866	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt)

-	Nicolaas Trakranen (1819–1890)	17 September 1866 – 20 July 1867	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)

Johannes Hasselman	Johannes Hasselman (1815–1895)	20 July 1867 – 4 June 1868	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)

-	Engelbertus de Waal (1821–1905)	4 June 1868 – 16 November 1870	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock)

-	Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (Minister of the Navy) (1819–1880)	16 November 1870 – 4 January 1871	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)

Pieter Philip van Bosse	Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III)

Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)	Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte)

Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller	Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901)	27 August 1873 – 11 September 1876	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg)

-	Fokko Alting Mees (1819–1900)	11 September 1876 – 3 November 1877	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

Pieter Philip van Bosse	Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	3 November 1877 – 21 February 1879	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello)

-	Jonkheer Captain Hendrikus Wichers (Minister of the Navy) (1831–1889)	21 February 1879 – 12 March 1879	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)

Otto van Rees	Otto van Rees (1823–1892)	12 March 1879 – 20 August 1879	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller	Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901)	20 August 1879 – 1 September 1882	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg)

-	Jonkheer Willem Maurits de Brauw (1838–1898)	1 September 1882 – 23 February 1883	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

-	Willem van Erp Taalman Kip (Minister of the Navy) (1824–1905)	23 February 1883 – 23 April 1883	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

-	Gerard van Bloemen Waanders (1825–1892)	23 April 1883 – 25 November 1883	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk)

August Willem Philip Weitzel	Major general August Willem Philip Weitzel (Minister of War) (1816–1896)	25 November 1883 – 27 February 1884	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

Jacobus Sprenger van Eyk	Jacobus Sprenger van Eyk (1842–1907)	27 February 1884 – 21 April 1888	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

Levinus Keuchenius	Levinus Keuchenius (1822–1893)	21 April 1888 – 24 February 1890	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay)

Aeneas Mackay	Baron Aeneas Mackay (Prime Minister) (1838–1909)	24 February 1890 – 21 August 1891	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Willem van Dedem	Baron Willem van Dedem (1839–1895)	21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894	Liberal Union	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven)

Jacob Bergsma	Jacob Bergsma (1838–1915)	9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Joan Röell (Röell)

Jacob Theodoor Cremer	Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1847–1923)	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union	Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson)

Titus van Asch van Wijck	Jonkheer Titus van Asch van Wijck (1849–1902)	1 August 1901 – 9 September 1902	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper)

Johannes Bergansius	Lieutenant general Johannes Bergansius (Minister of War) (1836–1913)	9 September 1902 – 25 September 1902	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)

Alexander Idenburg	Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	25 September 1902 – 17 August 1905	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Dirk Fock	Dr. Dirk Fock (1858–1941)	17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908	Liberal Union	Theo de Meester (De Meester)

Theo Heemskerk	Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	12 February 1908 – 20 May 1908	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk)

Alexander Idenburg	Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	20 May 1908 – 16 August 1909	Anti-Revolutionary Party

-	Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt (1852–1931)	16 August 1909 – 29 August 1913	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte	Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926)	29 August 1913 – 8 December 1915	Free-thinking Democratic League	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden)

Jean Jacques Rambonnet	Rear admiral Jean Jacques Rambonnet (Minister of the Navy) (1864–1942)	8 December 1915 – 17 January 1916	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)

Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte	Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926)	17 January 1916 – 9 September 1918	Free-thinking Democratic League

Alexander Idenburg	Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	9 September 1918 – 13 August 1919	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)	13 August 1919 – 13 November 1919	Roman Catholic State Party

Simon de Graaff	Simon de Graaff (1861–1953)	13 November 1919 – 4 August 1925	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II)

Hendrikus Colijn	Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	4 August 1925 – 1 October 1925	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I)

Charles Welter	Charles Welter (1880–1972)	1 October 1925 – 8 March 1926	Roman Catholic State Party

Jacob Koningsberger	Dr. Jacob Koningsberger (1867–1951)	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I)

Simon de Graaff	Simon de Graaff (1861–1953)	10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)

Hendrikus Colijn	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III)

Charles Welter	Charles Welter (1880–1972)	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV)

Cornelis van den Bussche	Cornelis van den Bussche (1884–1941)	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V)

Charles Welter	Charles Welter (also Minister of Finance 1940–1941) (1880–1972)	10 August 1939 – 17 November 1941	Roman Catholic State Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister) (1885–1961)	17 November 1941 – 21 May 1942	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Huib van Mook	Dr. Huib van Mook (1894–1965)	21 May 1942 – 23 February 1945	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)

Josef Schmutzer	Dr. Josef Schmutzer (1882–1946)	23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945	Roman Catholic State Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III)

Johann Logemann	Dr. Johann Logemann (1892–1969)	25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946	Independent Social Democrat	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees)

Labour Party

Jan Jonkman	Jan Jonkman (1891–1976)	3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948	Labour Party	Louis Beel (Beel I)

Maan Sassen	Maan Sassen (1911–1995)	7 August 1948 – 14 February 1949	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik)

Johan van Maarseveen	Johan van Maarseveen (also Minister of the Interior 1948–1949) (1894–1951)	14 February 1949 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party

Willem Drees	Dr. Willem Drees (Prime Minister) (1886–1988)	15 March 1951 – 30 March 1951	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)

Leonard Peters	Leonard Peters (1900–1984)	30 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party

Willem Kernkamp	Dr. Willem Kernkamp (1899–1956)	2 September 1952 – 18 July 1956	Christian Historical Union	Willem Drees (Drees II)

Kees Staf	Kees Staf (Minister of War) (1905–1973)	18 July 1956 – 16 February 1957	Christian Historical Union

Willem Drees (Drees III)

Gerard Helders	Gerard Helders (1905–2013)	16 February 1957 – 19 May 1959	Christian Historical Union

Louis Beel (Beel II)

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

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Helders was Minister of Colonial Affairs.

final_sentence: Helders was Minister of Colonial Affairs.