List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands
List of Ministers of Defence (since 1948)
ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands

Section Title: List of Ministers of Defence (since 1948)
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

Minister of War and the Navy	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Wim Schokking	Captain Wim Schokking (1900–1960)	7 August 1948 – 16 October 1950	Christian Historical Union	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik)

Hans s'Jacob	Captain Hans s'Jacob (1906–1967)	16 October 1950 – 15 March 1951	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)

Kees Staf	Sergeant Kees Staf (1905–1973)	15 March 1951 – 13 October 1956	Christian Historical Union	Willem Drees (Drees I • II)

Minister of Defence	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Kees Staf	Sergeant Kees Staf (also Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies 1958–1959) (1905–1973)	13 October 1956 – 19 May 1959	Christian Historical Union	Willem Drees (Drees III)

Louis Beel (Beel II)

Sidney J. van den Bergh	Major general Sidney J. van den Bergh (1898–1977)	19 May 1959 – 1 August 1959	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay)

Jan de Quay	Major Dr. Jan de Quay (Prime Minister) (1901–1985)	1 August 1959 – 4 September 1959	Catholic People's Party

Sim Visser	Sergeant Sim Visser (1908–1983)	4 September 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Piet de Jong	Captain Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Jo Cals (Cals)

Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Willem den Toom	Lieutenant general Willem den Toom (1911–1998)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Piet de Jong (De Jong)

Hans de Koster	Hans de Koster (1914–1992)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)

Henk Vredeling	Henk Vredeling (1924–2007)	11 May 1973 – 1 January 1977	Labour Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)

Bram Stemerdink	Captain Bram Stemerdink (born 1936)	1 January 1977 – 19 December 1977	Labour Party

Roelof Kruisinga	Dr. Roelof Kruisinga (1922–2012)	19 December 1977 – 4 March 1978	Christian Historical Union	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)

Jan de Koning	Corporal Jan de Koning (Minister for Development Cooperation) (1926–1994)	4 March 1978 – 8 March 1978	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Willem Scholten	Willem Scholten (1927–2005)	8 March 1978 – 25 August 1980	Christian Historical Union

Pieter de Geus	Captain Pieter de Geus (1929–2004)	25 August 1980 – 11 September 1981	Christian Historical Union

Christian Democratic Appeal

Hans van Mierlo	Sergeant Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982	Democrats 66	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III)

Job de Ruiter	Dr. Job de Ruiter (1930–2015)	4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)

Wim van Eekelen	Dr. Wim van Eekelen (born 1931)	14 July 1986 – 6 September 1988	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)

Piet Bukman	Piet Bukman (Minister for Development Cooperation) (born 1934)	6 September 1988 – 24 September 1988	Christian Democratic Appeal

Frits Bolkestein	Frits Bolkestein (born 1933)	24 September 1988 – 7 November 1989	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Relus ter Beek	Relus ter Beek (1944–2008)	7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)

Joris Voorhoeve	Dr. Joris Voorhoeve (also Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (born 1945)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I)

Frank de Grave	Corporal Frank de Grave (born 1955)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok II)

Benk Korthals	Ensign Benk Korthals (born 1944)	22 July 2002 – 12 December 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)

Henk Kamp	Henk Kamp (also Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 2002–2003) (born 1952)	12 December 2002 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III)

Eimert van Middelkoop	Eimert van Middelkoop (also Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration 2010) (born 1949)	22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010	Christian Union	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)

Hans Hillen	Hans Hillen (born 1947)	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	Commander Jeanine Hennis- Plasschaert (born 1973)	5 November 2012 – 4 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

Klaas Dijkhoff	Dr. Klaas Dijkhoff (born 1981)	4 October 2017 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Ank Bijleveld	Ank Bijleveld (born 1962)	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte III)

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

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Willem Scholten was the Minister of Defence of the Netherlands.

final_sentence: Willem Scholten was the Minister of Defence of the Netherlands.