List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
List of Prime Ministers (since 1848)
Political parties: Independent Christian democratic ARP RKSP/KVP CHU CDA Liberal LU/VVD VDB Social democratic PvdA

List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Section Title: List of Prime Ministers (since 1848)
Table Section Text: Political parties: Independent Christian democratic ARP RKSP/KVP CHU CDA Liberal LU/VVD VDB Social democratic PvdA

Portrait	Name (born and died)	Term of office	Political party	Election	Cabinet	Monarch (reign)

Took office	Left office	Days	Name	Composition

Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	Gerrit, Graaf Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863)	25 March 1848	17 May 1848	53	Independent (Liberal)	—	Schimmelpenninck	Conservative	-

Jacob de Kempenaer	Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (1793–1870)	21 November 1848	1 November 1849	345	Independent (Liberal)	1848	De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius	Liberal

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 November 1849	19 April 1853	1265	Independent (Liberal)	1850 1852	Thorbecke I	Liberal	-

Floris Adriaan van Hall	Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (1791–1866)	19 April 1853	1 July 1856	1169	Independent (Liberal)	1853	Van Hall— Donker Curtius	Conservative

Justinus van der Brugghen	Justinus Jacob Leonard van der Brugghen (1804–1863)	1 July 1856	18 March 1858	625	Independent (Christian)	1856	Van der Brugghen	Conservative

Jan Jacob Rochussen	Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871)	18 March 1858	23 February 1860	707	Independent (Conservative)	1858	Rochussen	Liberal– Conservative

Floris Adriaan van Hall	Baron Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (1791–1866)	23 February 1860	14 March 1861	385	Independent (Liberal)	1860	Van Hall— Van Heemstra	Liberal– Conservative

Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Jacob Pieter Pompejus, Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890)	14 March 1861	10 November 1861	241	Independent (Liberal)	—	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt— Van Heemstra	Liberal– Conservative

Schelto van Heemstra	Schelto, Baron van Heemstra (1807–1864)	10 November 1861	1 February 1862	83	Independent (Liberal)

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	1 February 1862	10 February 1866	1470	Independent (Liberal)	1862	Thorbecke II	Liberal

Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	10 February 1866	1 June 1866	111	Independent (Liberal)	—	Fransen van de Putte	Liberal

Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, Graaf van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894)	1 June 1866	4 June 1868	734	Independent (Conservative)	1866 1866	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Conservative

Pieter Philip van Bosse	Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 June 1868	4 January 1871	944	Independent (Liberal)	1868 1869	Van Bosse— Fock	Liberal

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872)	4 January 1871	4 June 1872 (died)	517	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1871	Thorbecke III	Liberal

Gerrit de Vries	Gerrit Abrahamszoon de Vries (1818–1900)	4 June 1872	27 August 1874	814	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1873	De Vries— Fransen van de Putte	Liberal

Jan Heemskerk	Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (1818–1897)	27 August 1874	3 November 1877	1164	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	1875	Heemskerk— Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Conservative

Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	Joannes (Jan) Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895)	3 November 1877	20 August 1879	655	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1877	Kappeyne van de Coppello	Liberal

Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	Constantijn Theodoor (Theo), Graaaf van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885)	20 August 1879	23 April 1883	1342	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)	1879	Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Liberal

Jan Heemskerk	Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (1818–1897)	23 April 1883	20 April 1888	1824	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	1883 1884 1886 1887	J. Heemskerk	Liberal

Aeneas Mackay	Aeneas, Baron Mackay Jr. (1838–1909)	20 April 1888	21 August 1891	1218	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1888	Mackay	Christian

Gijsbert van Tienhoven	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914)	21 August 1891	9 May 1894	992	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1891	Van Tienhoven	Liberal	-

Joan Röell	Jonkheer Joan Röell (1844–1914)	9 May 1894	27 July 1897	1175	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	1894	Röell	Liberal

Nicolaas Pierson	Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (1839–1909)	27 July 1897	1 August 1901	1465	Liberal Union	1897	Pierson	Liberal

Abraham Kuyper	Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920)	1 August 1901	17 August 1905	1477	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1901	Kuyper	Christian

Theo de Meester	Theodoor Herman (Theo) de Meester (1851–1919)	17 August 1905	12 February 1908	909	Liberal Union	1905	De Meester	Liberal

Theo Heemskerk	Theodorus (Theo) Heemskerk (1852–1932)	12 February 1908	29 August 1913	2025	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1909	T. Heemskerk	Christian

Pieter Cort van der Linden	Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	29 August 1913	9 September 1918	1837	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	1913 1917	Cort van der Linden	Liberal

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Joseph Marie Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	9 September 1918	18 September 1922	2521	Roman Catholic (RKSP)	1918	Ruijs de B. I	RKSP – ARP – CHU

18 September 1922	4 August 1925	1922	Ruijs de B. II

Hendrikus Colijn	Hendrikus (Hendrik) Colijn (1869–1944)	4 August 1925	8 March 1926	216	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	1925	Colijn I	RKSP – ARP – CHU

Dirk Jan de Geer	Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	8 March 1926	10 August 1929	1251	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer I	RKSP – ARP – CHU

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Joseph Marie Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	10 August 1929	26 May 1933	1385	Roman Catholic (RKSP)	1929	Ruijs de B. III	RKSP – ARP – CHU

Hendrikus Colijn	Hendrikus (Hendrik) Colijn (1869–1944)	26 May 1933	31 July 1935	2267	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	Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	10 August 1939	3 September 1940	390	Christian Historical (CHU)	—	De Geer II	RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961)	3 September 1940	28 July 1941	1756	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Gerbrandy I	RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB

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	Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977)	25 June 1945	3 July 1946	373	Free-thinking Democratic (VDB) until 1946	—	Schermerhorn— Drees	VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP

Labour (PvdA) from 1946

Louis Beel	Louis Joseph Maria Beel (1902–1977)	3 July 1946	7 August 1948	766	Catholic People's (KVP)	1946	Beel I	KVP – PvdA

Willem Drees	Willem Drees Sr. (1886–1988)	7 August 1948	15 March 1951	3789	Labour (PvdA)	1948	Drees— Van Schaik	PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD	-

15 March 1951	2 September 1952	—	Drees I (II)	PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU

2 September 1952	13 October 1956	1952	Drees II (III)

13 October 1956	22 December 1958	1956	Drees III (IV)

Louis Beel	Louis Joseph Maria Beel (1902–1977)	22 December 1958	19 May 1959	148	Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Beel II	KVP – ARP – CHU

Jan de Quay	Jan Eduard de Quay (1901–1985)	19 May 1959	24 July 1963	1527	Catholic People's (KVP)	1959	De Quay	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD

Victor Marijnen	Victor Gerard Marie (Vic) Marijnen (1917–1975)	24 July 1963	14 April 1965	630	Catholic People's (KVP)	1963	Marijnen	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD

Jo Cals	Jozef Maria Laurens Theo (Jo) Cals (1914–1971)	14 April 1965	22 November 1966	587	Catholic People's (KVP)	—	Cals	KVP – ARP – PvdA

Jelle Zijlstra	Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	22 November 1966	5 April 1967	134	Anti-Revolutionary (ARP)	—	Zijlstra	ARP – KVP

Piet de Jong	Petrus Jozef Sietse (Piet) de Jong (1915–2016)	5 April 1967	6 July 1971	1553	Catholic People's (KVP)	1967	De Jong	KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD

Barend Biesheuvel	Barend Willem Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	6 July 1971	9 August 1972	675	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	Johannes Marten den Uijl (Joop den Uyl) (1919–1987)	11 May 1973	19 December 1977	1683	Labour (PvdA)	1972	Den Uyl	PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR

Dries van Agt	Andreas Antonius Maria (Dries) van Agt (born 1931)	19 December 1977	11 September 1981	1781	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	-

29 May 1982	4 November 1982	—	Van Agt III	CDA – D66

Ruud Lubbers	Rudolphus Franciscus Marie (Ruud) Lubbers (1939–2018)	4 November 1982	14 July 1986	4309	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	Willem (Wim) Kok (1938–2018)	22 August 1994	3 August 1998	2891	Labour (PvdA)	1994	Kok I	PvdA – VVD – D66

3 August 1998	22 July 2002	1998	Kok II

Jan Peter Balkenende	Jan Pieter (Jan Peter) Balkenende Jr. (born 1956)	22 July 2002	27 May 2003	3006	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	Mark Rutte (born 1967)	14 October 2010	5 November 2012	3098	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	2010	Rutte I	VVD – CDA

5 November 2012	26 October 2017	2012	Rutte II	VVD – PvdA	-

26 October 2017	Incumbent	2017	Rutte III	VVD – CDA – D66 – CU

Sentence(s)

Mark Rutte (born 1967) of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is serving as the 50th and current Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010.

final_sentence: Mark Rutte (born 1967) of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is serving as the 50th and current Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010.