List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
List of State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs
ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᵀⁱᵗˡᵉ Allowed to use the title of Minister while on foreign business.

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Section Title: List of State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᵀⁱᵗˡᵉ Allowed to use the title of Minister while on foreign business.

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs	Portfolio	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Nico Blom	Nico Blom (1899–1972)	Indonesian Political Affairs	16 February 1950 – 2 September 1952	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I)

Vacant

Ernst van der Beugel	Ernst van der Beugel (1918–2004)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	8 January 1957 – 22 December 1958	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees III)

Vacant

Hans van Houten	Dr. Hans van Houten (1907–1996)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs Development Cooperation International Aviation Policy	24 August 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay)

Leo de Block	Leo de Block (1904–1988)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Jo Cals (Cals)

European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs United Nations Affairs International Aviation Policy	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst	Dr. Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst (1907–1976)	United Nations Affairs Development Cooperation International Cooperation	28 September 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Max van der Stoel	Max van der Stoel (1924–2011)	United Nations Affairs International Cooperation	22 July 1965 – 22 November 1966	Labour Party	Jo Cals (Cals)

Hans de Koster	Hans de Koster (1914–1992)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs	12 June 1967 – 6 July 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Piet de Jong (De Jong)

Tjerk Westerterp	Tjerk Westerterp (born 1930)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs	17 August 1971 – 7 March 1973	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977	Democrats 66	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)

Pieter Kooijmans	Dr. Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013)	United Nations Affairs International Cooperation	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Durk van der Mei	Durk van der Mei (1924–2018)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	Christian Historical Union	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)

Christian Democratic Appeal

Hans van den Broek	Hans van den Broek (born 1936)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III)

Wim van Eekelen	Dr. Wim van Eekelen (born 1931)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)

René van der Linden	René van der Linden (born 1943)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	14 July 1986 – 9 September 1988	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)

Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst	Baron Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (born 1944)	27 september 1988 – 7 november 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal

Piet Dankert	Piet Dankert (1934–2003)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs	7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)

-	Michiel Patijn (born 1942)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I)

Dick Benschop	Dick Benschop (born 1957)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok II)

Agnes van Ardenne	Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950)	International Development Development Aid International Environmental Policies	22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)

Atzo Nicolaï	Atzo Nicolaï (born 1960)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs	22 July 2002 – 7 July 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II)

Vacant

Frans Timmermans	Frans Timmermans (born 1961)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)

Ben Knapen	Dr. Ben Knapen (born 1951)	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs Development Cooperation	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)

Vacant

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

Sentence(s)

After René van der Linden as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Van Voorst tot Voorst succeeded him and took office in the Cabinet Lubbers II on September 27, 1988.

final_sentence: After René van der Linden as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Van Voorst tot Voorst succeeded him and took office in the Cabinet Lubbers II on September 27, 1988.