List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands
Ministers of the Interior (since 1866)
ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Section Title: Ministers of the Interior (since 1866)
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

Minister of the Interior	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Jan Heemskerk	Dr. Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt)

Cornelis Fock	Cornelis Fock (1828–1910)	4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock)

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Dr. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Prime Minister) (1798–1872)	4 January 1871 – 4 June 1872	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III)

Pieter Philip van Bosse	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Minister of Colonial Affairs) (1809–1879)	4 June 1872 – 6 July 1872	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)

Johan Herman Geertsema	Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908)	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte)

Jan Heemskerk	Dr. Jan Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1818–1897)	27 August 1874 – 3 November 1877	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg)

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

Willem Six	Jonkheer Willem Six (1829–1908)	20 August 1879 – 10 February 1882	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg)

Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk	Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk (1847–1908)	10 February 1882 – 23 April 1883	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

Jan Heemskerk	Dr. Jan Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1818–1897)	23 April 1883 – 21 April 1888	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk)

Aeneas Mackay	Baron Aeneas Mackay (Prime Minister) (1838–1909)	21 April 1888 – 24 February 1890	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay)

Alexander de Savornin Lohman	Jonkheer Alexander de Savornin Lohman (1837–1924)	24 February 1890 – 21 August 1891	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Johannes Tak van Poortvliet	Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904)	21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894	Liberal Union	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven)

Samuel van Houten	Samuel van Houten (1837–1930)	9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Joan Röell (Röell)

Hendrik Goeman Borgesius	Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917)	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union	Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson)

Abraham Kuyper	Dr. Abraham Kuyper (Prime Minister) (1837–1920)	1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper)

Pieter Rink	Pieter Rink (1851–1941)	17 August 1905 – 10 February 1908	Liberal Union	Theo de Meester (De Meester)

Theo Heemskerk	Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	11 February 1908 – 29 August 1913	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk)

Pieter Cort van der Linden	Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (Prime Minister) (1846–1935)	29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)	9 September 1918 – 1 January 1923	Roman Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II)

Minister of the Interior and Agriculture	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	1 January 1923 – 4 August 1925	Roman Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II)

Dirk Jan de Geer	Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I)

Jan Kan	Jan Kan (1873–1947)	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	10 August 1929 – 1 May 1932	Roman Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)

Minister of the Interior	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)	1 May 1932 – 26 May 1933	Roman Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)

Jacob Adriaan de Wilde	Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956)	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III)

Hendrik van Boeijen	Hendrik van Boeijen (also Minister of General Affairs 1940–1944) (1889–1947)	24 June 1937 – 31 May 1944	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV • V)

Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II)

Jaap Burger	Jaap Burger (1904–1986)	31 May 1944 – 27 January 1945	Social Democratic Workers' Party

Hendrik van Boeijen	Hendrik van Boeijen (Minister of General Affairs) (1889–1947)	27 January 1945 – 23 February 1945	Christian Historical Union

Louis Beel	Dr. Louis Beel (Prime Minister 1946–1947) (1902–1977)	23 February 1945 – 15 September 1947	Roman Catholic State Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III)

Catholic People's Party	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees)

Louis Beel (Beel I)

Piet Witteman	Dr. Piet Witteman (1892–1972)	15 September 1947 – 7 August 1948	Catholic People's Party

Johan van Maarseveen	Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	7 August 1948 – 15 June 1949	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik)

Josef van Schaik	Josef van Schaik (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Kingdom Reconstruction) (1882–1962)	15 June 1949 – 20 September 1949	Catholic People's Party

Frans Teulings	Frans Teulings (1891–1966)	20 September 1949 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party

Johan van Maarseveen	Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	15 March 1951 – 18 November 1951	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)

Frans Teulings	Frans Teulings (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Civil Defense) (1891–1966)	18 November 1951 – 6 December 1951	Catholic People's Party

Louis Beel	Dr. Louis Beel (Deputy Prime Minister 1952–1956) (1902–1977)	6 December 1951 – 7 July 1956	Catholic People's Party

Willem Drees (Drees II)

Julius Christiaan van Oven	Dr. Julius Christiaan van Oven (Minister of Justice) (1881–1963)	7 July 1956 – 13 October 1956	Labour Party

Ko Suurhoff	Ko Suurhoff (Minister of Social Affairs and Health) (1905–1967)	13 October 1956 – 29 October 1956	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees III)

Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Teun Struycken	Teun Struycken (also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice 1958–1959) (1906–1977)	29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees III)

Louis Beel (Beel II)

Minister of the Interior	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Edzo Toxopeus	Edzo Toxopeus (1918–2009)	19 May 1959 – 14 April 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay)

Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Jan Smallenbroek	Jan Smallenbroek (1909–1974)	14 April 1965 – 31 August 1966	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Jo Cals (Cals)

Ivo Samkalden	Dr. Ivo Samkalden (Minister of Justice) (1912–1995)	31 August 1966 – 5 September 1966	Labour Party

Koos Verdam	Dr. Koos Verdam (1915–1998)	5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Henk Beernink	Henk Beernink (1910–1979)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	Christian Historical Union	Piet de Jong (De Jong)

Molly Geertsema	Molly Geertsema (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs 1973) (1918–1991)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)

Gaius de Gaay Fortman	Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (also Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice 1977) (1911–1997)	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)

Hans Wiegel	Hans Wiegel (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1941)	19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)

Ed van Thijn	Ed van Thijn (born 1934)	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982	Labour Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II)

Max Rood	Dr. Max Rood (1927–2001)	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Democrats 66	Dries van Agt (Van Agt III)

Koos Rietkerk	Koos Rietkerk (1927–1986)	4 November 1982 – 20 February 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)

Frits Korthals Altes	Frits Korthals Altes (Minister of Justice) (born 1931)	20 February 1986 – 12 March 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Rudolf de Korte	Dr. Rudolf de Korte (born 1936)	12 March 1986 – 14 July 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Kees van Dijk	Kees van Dijk (1931–2008)	14 July 1986 – 26 January 1987	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)

Frits Korthals Altes	Frits Korthals Altes (Minister of Justice) (born 1931)	26 January 1987 – 3 February 1987	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Jan de Koning	Jan de Koning (1926–1994)	3 February 1987 – 6 May 1987	Christian Democratic Appeal

Kees van Dijk	Kees van Dijk (1931–2008)	6 May 1987 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal

Ien Dales	Ien Dales (1931–1994)	7 November 1989 – 10 January 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)

Ernst Hirsch Ballin	Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Minister of Justice and Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (born 1950)	10 January 1994 – 18 January 1994	Christian Democratic Appeal

Ed van Thijn	Ed van Thijn (born 1934)	18 January 1994 – 27 May 1994	Labour Party

Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (1930–2008)	27 May 1994 – 22 August 1994	Christian Democratic Appeal

Hans Dijkstal	Hans Dijkstal (Deputy Prime Minister) (1943–2010)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I)

Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Bram Peper	Dr. Bram Peper (born 1940)	3 August 1998 – 13 March 2000	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok II)

Roger van Boxtel	Roger van Boxtel (Minister for Integration and Urban Planning) (born 1954)	13 March 2000 – 24 March 2000	Democrats 66

Klaas de Vries	Klaas de Vries (born 1943)	24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Johan Remkes	Johan Remkes (Deputy Prime Minister 2002–2003) (born 1951)	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II • III)

Guusje ter Horst	Dr. Guusje ter Horst (born 1952)	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)

Ernst Hirsch Ballin	Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (also Minister of Justice) (born 1950)	23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal

Piet Hein Donner	Piet Hein Donner (born 1948)	14 October 2010 – 16 December 2011	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)

Liesbeth Spies	Liesbeth Spies (born 1966)	16 December 2011 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal

Ronald Plasterk	Dr. Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)	5 November 2012 – 29 June 2016	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

Stef Blok	Stef Blok (Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector) (born 1964)	29 June 2016 – 16 September 2016	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Ronald Plasterk	Dr. Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)	16 September 2016 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party

Kajsa Ollongren	Jonkvrouw Kajsa Ollongren (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1967)	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	Democrats 66	Mark Rutte (Rutte III)

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

Sentence(s)

Roger van Boxtel (D66) served as Minister of the Interior until March 24, 2000, when Klaas de Vries was announced as his successor.

final_sentence: Roger van Boxtel (D66) served as Minister of the Interior until March 24, 2000, when Klaas de Vries was announced as his successor.