# List of presidents of the Senate (Netherlands)

This is a list of presidents of the Senate of the Netherlands.
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party |
| Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 21 September 1815 | 19 October 1818 | Government-inclined |
| Willem Frederik Roëll | 19 October 1818 | 18 October 1819 | Orangist |
| Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 10 October 1819 | 16 October 1820 | Government-inclined |
| Willem Frederik Roëll | 16 October 1820 | 15 October 1821 | Orangist |
| Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 15 October 1821 | 21 October 1822 | Government-inclined |
| Willem Frederik Roëll | 21 October 1822 | 20 October 1823 | Orangist |
| Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 20 October 1823 | 18 October 1824 | Government-inclined |
| Willem Frederik Roëll | 18 October 1824 | 17 October 1825 | Orangist |
| Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 17 October 1825 | 16 October 1826 | Government-inclined |
| Willem Frederik Roëll | 16 October 1826 | 15 October 1827 | Orangist |
| Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 15 October 1827 | 20 October 1828 | Government-inclined |
| Willem Frederik Roëll | 20 October 1828 | 19 October 1829 | Orangist |
| Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 19 October 1829 | 13 September 1830 | Government-inclined |
| Charles Alexandre Francois Rasse Prins de Gavre | September 1830 | 18 October 1830 | Government-inclined |
| Willem Frederik Roëll | 21 October 1833 | 20 October 1834 | Orangist |
| Willem Frederik van Reede | October 1834 | 13 August 1838 | Government-inclined |
| Arnoldus van Gennep | October 1838 | October 1845 | Conservative (before 1848) |
| Hendrik Rudolph Trip | October 1845 | 13 February 1849 | Conservative (before 1848) |
| Louis Gaspard Adrien van Limburg Stirum | 13 February 1849 | 20 August 1850 | Moderate or moderate liberal |
| Dominicus Blankenheym | 7 October 1850 | 15 September 1851 | Liberal |
| Jacob Constantijn Martens van Sevenhoven | 15 September 1851 | 18 September 1852 | Conservative (after 1848) |
| Johan Anthonie Philipse | 20 September 1852 | 16 September 1870 | Conservative (after 1848) |
| Hendrick van Beeck Vollenhoven | 19 September 1870 | 1 August 1871 | Moderate or moderate liberal |
| Eugèn Jean Alexander van Bylandt | 18 September 1871 | 19 September 1874 | Liberal |
| Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk | 21 September 1874 | 24 April 1880 | Moderate or moderate liberal |
| Frans Julius Johan van Eysinga | 18 May 1880 | 11 October 1894 | Liberal |
| Frans Julius Johan van Eysinga | 17 November 1884 | 17 August 1887 | Liberal |
| Frans Julius Johan van Eysinga | 19 August 1887 | 27 March 1888 | Liberal |
| Willem Anne Assueer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye | 1 May 1888 | 3 August 1889 | Conservative (after 1848) |
| Albertus van Naamen van Eemnes | 17 September 1889 | 7 March 1902 | Liberal |
| Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye | 17 March 1902 | 11 March 1914 | Vrij-ANR CHP (16 April 1903), CHR (9 July 1908) Anti-Revolutionary Party (before split in 1894) |
| Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst | 12 May 1914 | 17 September 1929 | Algemeene Bond van RK-kiesverenigingen (RKSP) RKSP |

## List of presidents of the Senate since 1929

| President of the Senate | Term of office | Party | Parliamentary Period |
| Baron Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk (1859–1947) | 17 September 1929 – 23 July 1946 (16 years, 309 days) | Christian Historical Union | 1929–1932 |
| Baron Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk (1859–1947) | 17 September 1929 – 23 July 1946 (16 years, 309 days) | Christian Historical Union | 1932–1935 |
| Baron Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk (1859–1947) | 17 September 1929 – 23 July 1946 (16 years, 309 days) | Christian Historical Union | 1935–1937 |
| Baron Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk (1859–1947) | 17 September 1929 – 23 July 1946 (16 years, 309 days) | Christian Historical Union | 1937–1946 |
| Dr. Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956) | 23 July 1946 – 1 June 1951 (4 years, 313 days) | Free-thinking Democratic League | 1946–1948 |
| Dr. Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956) | 23 July 1946 – 1 June 1951 (4 years, 313 days) | Labour Party | 1948–1951 |
| Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 (18 years, 111 days) | Labour Party | 1948–1951 |
| Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 (18 years, 111 days) | Labour Party | 1951–1952 |
| Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 (18 years, 111 days) | Labour Party | 1952–1955 |
| Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 (18 years, 111 days) | Labour Party | 1956–1960 |
| Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 (18 years, 111 days) | Labour Party | 1960–1963 |
| Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 (18 years, 111 days) | Labour Party | 1963–1966 |
| Dr. Jan Mazure (1899–1990) | 20 September 1966 – 16 September 1969 (2 years, 361 days) | Labour Party | 1966–1969 |
| Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (1904–1978) | 16 September 1969 – 18 September 1973 (4 years, 2 days) | Labour Party | 1969–1971 |
| Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (1904–1978) | 16 September 1969 – 18 September 1973 (4 years, 2 days) | Labour Party | 1971–1974 |
| Dr. Theo Thurlings (1916–1997) | 18 September 1973 – 13 September 1983 (9 years, 360 days) | Catholic People's Party | 1971–1974 |
| Dr. Theo Thurlings (1916–1997) | 18 September 1973 – 13 September 1983 (9 years, 360 days) | Catholic People's Party | 1974–1977 |
| Dr. Theo Thurlings (1916–1997) | 18 September 1973 – 13 September 1983 (9 years, 360 days) | Catholic People's Party | 1977–1980 |
| Dr. Theo Thurlings (1916–1997) | 18 September 1973 – 13 September 1983 (9 years, 360 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 1980–1981 |
| Dr. Theo Thurlings (1916–1997) | 18 September 1973 – 13 September 1983 (9 years, 360 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 1981–1983 |
| Dr. Piet Steenkamp (1925–2016) | 13 September 1983 – 11 June 1991 (7 years, 271 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 1983–1986 |
| Dr. Piet Steenkamp (1925–2016) | 13 September 1983 – 11 June 1991 (7 years, 271 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 1986–1987 |
| Dr. Piet Steenkamp (1925–2016) | 13 September 1983 – 11 June 1991 (7 years, 271 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 1987–1991 |
| Herman Tjeenk Willink (born 1942) | 11 June 1991 – 11 March 1997 (5 years, 273 days) | Labour Party | 1991–1995 |
| Herman Tjeenk Willink (born 1942) | 11 June 1991 – 11 March 1997 (5 years, 273 days) | Labour Party | 1995–1999 |
| Frits Korthals Altes (1931–2025) | 11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001 (4 years, 205 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1995–1999 |
| Frits Korthals Altes (1931–2025) | 11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001 (4 years, 205 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1999–2003 |
| Gerrit Braks (1933–2017) | 2 October 2001 – 10 June 2003 (1 year, 251 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 1999–2003 |
| Yvonne Timmerman-Buck (born 1956) | 17 June 2003 – 6 October 2009 (6 years, 111 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 2003–2007 |
| Yvonne Timmerman-Buck (born 1956) | 17 June 2003 – 6 October 2009 (6 years, 111 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 2007–2011 |
| René van der Linden (born 1943) | 6 October 2009 – 28 June 2011 (1 year, 265 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | 2007–2011 |
| Fred de Graaf (born 1950) | 28 June 2011 – 2 July 2013 (2 years, 4 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2011–2015 |
| Ankie Broekers-Knol (born 1946) | 2 July 2013 – 11 June 2019 (5 years, 344 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2011–2015 |
| Ankie Broekers-Knol (born 1946) | 2 July 2013 – 11 June 2019 (5 years, 344 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2015–2019 |
| Dr. Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 1958) | 2 July 2019 – Incumbent (5 years, 233 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2019–present |
    $^{Resigned}$
    $^{Retired}$
    $^{Notre-elected}$
    $^{AppointedasVice-PresidentoftheCouncilofState}$
    $^{AppointedasMemberoftheCouncilofState}$
    $^{AppointedasStateSecretaryforJusticeandSecurity}$