# List of Dutch cabinet formations

This is a list of Dutch cabinet formations. This includes attempts to form or continue with a cabinet after a cabinet crisis.
In most cases, a cabinet formation is started after a general election after which a majority cabinet is sought. In some cases it results in a minority cabinet. After the fall of a cabinet, a new start can be made with part of the fallen cabinet. Then there may be a rump cabinet, which is also often a minority cabinet.

## List

| Formation | Start | End | Length (days) | Cabinet |
| 1848 | 16 March 1848 | 25 March 1848 | 10 | Schimmelpenninck |
| 1848 | 16 March 1848 | 25 March 1848 | 10 | De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius |
| 1849 | 19 September 1849 | 1 November 1849 | 44 | Thorbecke I |
| 1853 | 16 April 1853 | 19 April 1853 | 4 | Van Hall/Donker Curtius |
| 1856 | 1 June 1856 | 1 July 1856 | 47 | Van der Brugghen |
| 1858 | 3 March 1858 | 18 March 1858 | 16 | Rochussen |
| 1860 | 17 February 1860 | 23 February 1860 | 7 | Van Hall/Van Heemstra |
| 1861 | 16 February 1861 | 14 March 1861 | 27 | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt/Van Heemstra |
| 1861–1862 | 18 December 1861 | 1 February 1862 | 46 | Thorbecke II |
| Jan–Feb 1866 | 29 January 1866 | 10 February 1866 | 13 | Fransen van de Putte |
| May–Jun 1866 | 24 May 1866 | 1 June 1866 | 9 | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt |
| 1868 | 17 April 1868 | 4 June 1868 | 49 | Van Bosse/Fock |
| 1870–1871 | 24 November 1870 | 4 January 1871 | 42 | Thorbecke III |
| 1872 | 25 June 1872 | 6 July 1872 | 12 | De Vries/Fransen van de Putte |
| 1874 | 14 July 1874 | 27 August 1874 | 45 | Heemskerk/Van Lynden van Sandenburg |
| 1877 | 16 October 1877 | 3 November 1877 | 19 | Kappeyne van de Coppello |
| 1879 | 12 July 1879 | 20 August 1879 | 40 | Van Lynden van Sandenburg |
| 1882 | 10 May 1882 | 12 August 1882 | 95 | Van Lynden van Sandenburg |
| 1883 | 4 March 1883 | 23 April 1883 | 51 | J. Heemskerk |
| 1888 | 28 March 1888 | 21 April 1888 | 25 | Mackay |
| 1891 | 24 June 1891 | 21 August 1891 | 58 | Van Tienhoven |
| 1894 | 25 April 1894 | 9 May 1894 | 15 | Röell |
| 1897 | 26 June 1897 | 27 July 1897 | 32 | Pierson |
| 1901 | 28 June 1901 | 1 August 1901 | 35 | Kuyper |
| 1905 | 29 June 1905 | 17 August 1905 | 50 | De Meester |
| 1907 | 12 February 1907 | 21 March 1907 | 38 | De Meester |
| 1907–1908 | 25 December 1907 | 12 February 1908 | 50 | T. Heemskerk |
| 1913 | 26 June 1913 | 29 August 1913 | 65 | Cort van der Linden |
| 1918 | 4 July 1918 | 9 September 1918 | 68 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I |
| 1921 | 22 June 1921 | 26 July 1921 | 35 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I |
| 1922 | 6 July 1922 | 18 September 1922 | 75 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II |
| 1923–1924 | 26 October 1923 | 7 January 1924 | 73 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II |
| 1925 | 2 July 1925 | 4 August 1925 | 34 | Colijn I |
| 1925–1926 | 24 November 1925 | 8 March 1926 | 105 | De Geer I |
| 1929 | 3 July 1929 | 10 August 1929 | 39 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III |
| 1933 | 27 April 1933 | 26 May 1933 | 30 | Colijn II |
| 1935 | 26 July 1935 | 31 July 1935 | 6 | Colijn III |
| 1937 | 27 May 1937 | 24 June 1937 | 29 | Colijn IV |
| Jun–Jul 1939 | 30 June 1939 | 25 July 1939 | 26 | Colijn V |
| Aug 1939 | 4 August 1939 | 10 August 1939 | 7 | De Geer II |
| 1940 | 28 August 1940 | 3 September 1940 | 7 | Gerbrandy I |
| 1941 | 1 July 1941 | 27 July 1941 | 27 | Gerbrandy II |
| Feb 1945 | 22 January 1945 | 23 February 1945 | 33 | Gerbrandy III |
| May-Jun 1945 | 9 May 1945 | 24 June 1945 | 47 | Schermerhorn-Drees |
| 1946 | 18 May 1946 | 3 July 1946 | 47 | Beel I |
| 1948 | 8 July 1948 | 7 August 1948 | 31 | Drees-Van Schaik |
| 1951 | 29 January 1951 | 15 March 1951 | 44 | Drees I |
| 1952 | 26 June 1952 | 2 September 1952 | 69 | Drees II |
| 1955 | 18 May 1955 | 3 June 1955 | 17 | Drees II |
| 1956 | 14 June 1956 | 13 October 1956 | 121 | Drees III |
| 1958 | 13 December 1958 | 22 December 1958 | 10 | Beel II |
| 1959 | 13 March 1959 | 19 May 1959 | 67 | De Quay |
| 1960–1961 | 24 December 1960 | 2 January 1961 | 10 | De Quay |
| 1963 | 16 May 1963 | 24 July 1963 | 70 | Marijnen |
| 1965 | 28 February 1965 | 14 April 1965 | 46 | Cals |
| 1966 | 18 October 1966 | 22 November 1966 | 35 | Zijlstra |
| 1967 | 16 February 1967 | 5 April 1967 | 49 | De Jong |
| 1971 | 29 April 1971 | 6 July 1971 | 69 | Biesheuvel I |
| 1972 | 19 July 1972 | 9 August 1972 | 11 | Biesheuvel II |
| 1972–1973 | 30 November 1972 | 11 May 1973 | 163 | Den Uyl |
| 1977 | 26 May 1977 | 19 December 1977 | 208 | Van Agt I |
| 1981 | 27 May 1981 | 11 September 1981 | 108 | Van Agt II |
| 1981 | 16 October 1981 | 4 November 1981 | 19 | Van Agt II |
| May–Jun 1982 | 14 May 1982 | 29 May 1982 | 17 | Van Agt III |
| Sep–Nov 1982 | 9 September 1982 | 4 November 1982 | 57 | Lubbers I |
| 1986 | 22 May 1986 | 14 July 1986 | 54 | Lubbers II |
| 1989 | 7 September 1989 | 7 November 1989 | 62 | Lubbers III |
| 1994 | 4 May 1994 | 22 August 1994 | 111 | Kok I |
| 1998 | 6 May 1998 | 3 August 1998 | 89 | Kok II |
| 1999 | 20 May 1999 | 8 June 1999 | 20 | Kok II |
| 2002 | 16 May 2002 | 22 July 2002 | 68 | Balkenende I |
| 2003 | 23 January 2003 | 27 May 2003 | 122 | Balkenende II |
| 2006 | 30 June 2006 | 7 July 2006 | 7 | Balkenende III |
| 2006–2007 | 23 November 2006 | 22 February 2007 | 90 | Balkenende IV |
| 2010 | 10 June 2010 | 14 October 2010 | 127 | Rutte I |
| 2012 | 13 September 2012 | 5 November 2012 | 54 | Rutte II |
| 2017 | 16 March 2017 | 26 October 2017 | 225 | Rutte III |
| 2021–2022 | 18 March 2021 | 10 January 2022 | 299 | Rutte IV |
| 2023–2024 | 23 November 2023 | 2 July 2024 | 223 | Schoof |