List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands
Ministers of Justice (from 1866)
ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands

Section Title: Ministers of Justice (from 1866)
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

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

-	Eduard Borret (1816–1867)	1 June 1866 – 10 November 1867	Independent Christian Democrat (Conservative Catholic)	Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt)

Jan Heemskerk	Dr. Jan Heemskerk (Minister of the Interior) (1818–1897)	10 November 1867 – 4 January 1868	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)

-	Willem Wintgens (1818–1895)	4 January 1868 – 4 June 1868	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)

-	Franciscus van Lilaar (1823–1889)	4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock)

-	Dr. Jolle Albertus Jolles (1814–1882)	4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III)

Gerrit de Vries	Dr. Gerrit de Vries (Prime Minister) (1818–1900)	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte)

Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885)	27 August 1874 – 3 November 1877	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg)

Hendrik Jan Smidt	Hendrik Jan Smidt (1831–1917)	3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello)

Anthony Modderman	Dr. Anthony Modderman (1838–1885)	20 August 1879 – 23 April 1883	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg)

Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave	Baron Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave (1835–1908)	23 April 1883 – 21 April 1888	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk)

-	Jonkheer Gustave Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1842–1926)	21 April 1888 – 21 August 1892	Independent Christian Democrat (Conservative Catholic)	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay)

Hendrik Jan Smidt	Hendrik Jan Smidt (1831–1917)	21 August 1892 – 9 May 1894	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven)

Willem van der Kaay	Willem van der Kaay (1831–1918)	9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Joan Röell (Röell)

Pieter Cort van der Linden	Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson)

Jan Loeff	Dr. Jan Loeff (1858–1921)	1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905	Roman Catholic State Party	Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper)

-	Eduard Ellis van Raalte (1841–1921)	17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908	Free-thinking Democratic League	Theo de Meester (De Meester)

Anton Nelissen	Anton Nelissen (1851–1921)	12 February 1908 – 11 May 1910	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)	Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk)

Theo Heemskerk	Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	11 May 1910 – 7 June 1910	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Robert Regout	Robert Regout (1863–1913)	7 June 1910 – 18 January 1913	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)

Theo Heemskerk	Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	18 January 1913 – 29 August 1913	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Bastiaan Ort	Bastiaan Ort (1854–1927)	29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden)

Theo Heemskerk	Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	9 September 1918 – 4 September 1925	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II)

-	Jan Schokking (1864–1941)	4 September 1925 – 8 March 1926	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I)

Jan Donner	Dr. Jan Donner (1891–1981)	8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)

Josef van Schaik	Josef van Schaik (1882–1962)	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III)

Carel Goseling	Carel Goseling (1891–1941)	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV)

Johan de Visser	Johan de Visser (1883–1950)	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister 1940–1945) (1885–1961)	10 August 1939 – 21 February 1942	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II)

Jan van Angeren	Dr. Jan van Angeren (1894–1959)	21 February 1942 – 11 July 1944	Roman Catholic State Party

Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart	Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart (1901–1956)	11 July 1944 – 23 February 1945	Independent Socialist (Social Democrat)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister) (1885–1961)	23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III)

Hans Kolfschoten	Hans Kolfschoten (1903–1984)	25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946	Roman Catholic State Party	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees)

Catholic People's Party

Johan van Maarseveen	Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948	Catholic People's Party	Louis Beel (Beel I)

René Wijers	René Wijers (1891–1973)	7 August 1948 – 15 May 1950	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik)

Johan van Maarseveen	Johan van Maarseveen (Minister of Colonial Affairs) (1894–1951)	15 May 1950 – 10 July 1950	Catholic People's Party

Teun Struycken	Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	10 July 1950 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party

Hendrik Mulderije	Hendrik Mulderije (1896–1970)	15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Christian Historical Union	Willem Drees (Drees I)

Leendert Antonie Donker	Leendert Antonie Donker (1899–1956)	2 September 1952 – 4 February 1956	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees II)

Louis Beel	Dr. Louis Beel (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior) (1902–1977)	4 February 1956 – 15 February 1956	Catholic People's Party

Julius Christiaan van Oven	Dr. Julius Christiaan van Oven (1881–1963)	15 February 1956 – 13 October 1956	Labour Party

Ivo Samkalden	Dr. Ivo Samkalden (1912–1995)	13 October 1956 – 22 December 1958	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees III)

Teun Struycken	Teun Struycken (also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior) (1906–1977)	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959	Catholic People's Party	Louis Beel (Beel II)

Albert Beerman	Albert Beerman (1901–1967)	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Christian Historical Union	Jan de Quay (De Quay)

Ynso Scholten	Ynso Scholten (1918–1984)	24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Ivo Samkalden	Dr. Ivo Samkalden (1912–1995)	14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966	Labour Party	Jo Cals (Cals)

Teun Struycken	Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Carel Polak	Carel Polak (1909–1981)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Piet de Jong (De Jong)

Dries van Agt	Dries van Agt (Deputy Prime Minister 1973–1977) (born 1931)	6 July 1971 – 8 September 1977	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)

Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)

Gaius de Gaay Fortman	Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (also Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (1911–1997)	8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Job de Ruiter	Dr. Job de Ruiter (1930–2015)	19 December 1977 – 4 November 1982	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I • II • III)

Christian Democratic Appeal

Frits Korthals Altes	Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931)	4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II)

Ernst Hirsch Ballin	Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (also Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (born 1950)	7 November 1989 – 27 May 1994	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)

Aad Kosto	Aad Kosto (born 1938)	27 May 1994 – 22 August 1994	Labour Party

Winnie Sorgdrager	Winnie Sorgdrager (born 1948)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66	Wim Kok (Kok I)

Benk Korthals	Benk Korthals (born 1944)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok II)

Piet Hein Donner	Piet Hein Donner (born 1948)	22 July 2002 – 21 September 2006	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II)

Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III)

Rita Verdonk	Rita Verdonk (Minister for Integration and Asylum Affairs) (born 1955)	21 September 2006 – 22 September 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Ernst Hirsch Ballin	Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (also Minister of the Interior 2010) (born 1950)	22 September 2006 – 14 October 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal

Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)

Minister of Security and Justice	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Ivo Opstelten	Ivo Opstelten (born 1944)	14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)

Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

Stef Blok	Stef Blok (Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector) (born 1964)	10 March 2015 – 20 March 2015	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Ard van der Steur	Ard van der Steur (born 1969)	20 March 2015 – 27 January 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Stef Blok	Stef Blok (born 1964)	27 January 2017 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Minister of Justice and Security	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Ferdinand Grapperhaus	Dr. Ferdinand Grapperhaus (born 1959)	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte III)

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

Sentence(s)

Ferdinand Grapperhaus (born 1959) serving as Minister of Justice and Security since 26 October 2017.

final_sentence: Ferdinand Grapperhaus (born 1959) serving as Minister of Justice and Security since 26 October 2017.