# Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

The minister of foreign affairs (Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract (NSC) party, who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function.

## List of agents of foreign affairs (1798–1801)

| Name | Term of office | Party | Regime |
| Willem Berend Buys (1752–1832) | 9 March 1798 – 25 June 1798 | Independent | Uitvoerend Bewind |
| Alexander Gogel (ad interim) (1765–1821) | 7 April 1798 – 2 October 1798 | Independent | Uitvoerend Bewind |
| Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 8 October 1798 – 1 December 1801 | Independent | Uitvoerend Bewind |

## List of secretaries of state of foreign affairs (1801–1806)

| Portrait | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime |
| | | Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 1 December 1801 – 19 June 1806 | Independent | Staatsbewind |

## List of ministers of foreign affairs
### 1806–1868

| Portrait | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime |
| | | Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 19 June 1806 – 8 January 1808 | Independent | Louis Bonaparte |
| | | Willem Frederik Röell (1767–1835) | 8 January 1808 – 15 July 1810 | Independent | Louis Bonaparte |
| | | Johan Hendrik Mollerus (ad interim) (1750–1834) | 27 November 1809 – 3 March 1810 | Independent | Louis Bonaparte |
| | | Paulus van der Heim (ad interim) (1753–1823) | 20 June 1810 – 15 July 1810 | Independent | Louis Bonaparte |
| Annexed by the First French Empire (1810–1813) ||||||
| | | Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834) | 7 December 1813 – 6 April 1814 | Independent | William I |
| | | Anne Willem Carel van Nagell (1756–1851) | 6 April 1814 – 16 May 1824 | Independent | William I |
| | | Johann Gotthard Reinhold (ad interim) (1771–1831) | 1 January 1824 – 16 May 1824 | Independent | William I |
| | | Willem Frederik van Reede (1770–1838) | 16 May 1824 – 24 June 1825 | Independent | William I |
| | | Patrice de Coninck (1770–1827) | 23 June 1825 – 1 December 1825 | Independent | William I |
| | | Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776–1845) | 1 December 1825 – 13 September 1841 | Independent | William I |
| | | Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776–1845) | 1 December 1825 – 13 September 1841 | Independent | William II |
| | | Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt (ad interim) (1781–1853) | 13 September 1841 – 6 October 1841 | Independent | William II |
| | | Johan Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke (1781–1853) | 6 October 1841 – 21 September 1843 | Independent | William II |
| | | Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (ad interim) (1800–1872) | 21 September 1843 – 15 October 1843 | Independent | William II |
| | | James Albert Henry de la Sarraz (1787–1877) | 15 October 1843 – 1 January 1848 | Independent | William II |
| | | Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck (1800–1872) | 1 January 1848 – 25 March 1848 | Independent | William II |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| | | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Prime Minister) (1794–1863) | 25 March 1848 – 17 May 1848 | Independent | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck) |
| | | Arnold Adolf Bentinck van Nijenhuis (1798–1868) | 17 May 1848 – 21 November 1848 | Independent | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck) |
| | | Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt (1795–1873) | 21 November 1848 – 1 November 1849 | Independent | Jacob de Kempenaer (De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius) |
| | | Herman van Sonsbeeck (1796–1865) | 1 November 1849 – 16 October 1852 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke I) |
| | | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890) | 16 October 1852 – 19 April 1853 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke I) |
| | | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Prime Minister) (1791–1866) | 19 April 1853 – 1 July 1856 | Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Donker Curtius) |
| | | Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest (1793–1877) | 1 July 1856 – 18 March 1858 | Independent | Justinus van der Brugghen (Van der Brugghen) |
| | | Jan Karel van Goltstein (1794–1872) | 18 March 1858 – 23 February 1860 | Independent | Jan Jacob Rochussen (Rochussen) |
| | | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Ad interim Prime Minister) (1791–1866) | 23 February 1860 – 4 April 1860 | Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Van Heemstra) |
| | | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894) | 4 April 1860 – 14 January 1861 | Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Van Heemstra) |
| | | Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland (1806–1885) | 14 January 1861 – 14 March 1861 | Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Van Heemstra) |
| | | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Prime Minister) (1816–1890) | 14 March 1861 – 10 November 1861 | Independent | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra) |
| | | Martin Pascal Hubert Strens (Ad interim) (1807–1875) | 10 November 1861 – 1 February 1862 | Independent | Schelto van Heemstra (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra) |
| | | Anthony Jan Lucas Stratenus (Ad interim) (1807–1872) | 1 February 1862 – 12 March 1862 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II) |
| | | Paul Therèse van der Maesen de Sombreff (1827–1902) | 12 March 1862 – 2 January 1864 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II) |
| | | Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke (Ad interim Minister of the Navy) (1816–1866) | 2 January 1864 – 15 March 1864 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II) |
| | | Eppo Cremers (1823–1896) | 15 March 1864 – 1 June 1866 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II) Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (Fransen van de Putte) |
| | | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Prime Minister) (1819–1894) | 1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 | Independent | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) |

### 1868–1918

| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| Lieutenant general Joannes Josephus van Mulken (1796–1879) | 4 June 1868 – 8 June 1868 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) |
| Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg (1806–1887) | 8 June 1868 – 12 December 1870 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) |
| Lieutenant general Joannes Josephus van Mulken (1796–1879) | 12 December 1870 – 18 January 1871 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) |
| Lieutenant general Joannes Josephus van Mulken (1796–1879) | 12 December 1870 – 18 January 1871 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) |
| Baron Louis Gericke van Herwijnen (1814–1899) | 18 January 1871 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) |
| Baron Louis Gericke van Herwijnen (1814–1899) | 18 January 1871 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) |
| Jonkheer Joseph van der Does de Willebois (1816–1892) | 27 August 1873 – 3 November 1877 | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) |
| Baron Willem van Heeckeren van Kell (1815–1914) | 3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello) |
| Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Prime Minister) (1818–1897) | 20 August 1879 – 15 September 1881 | Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) | Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) |
| Jonkheer Willem Frederik Rochussen (1832–1912) | 15 September 1881 – 23 April 1883 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) |
| Jonkheer Joseph van der Does de Willebois (1816–1892) | 23 April 1883 – 10 August 1885 | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) |
| Baron Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave (1835–1908) | 10 August 1885 – 14 September 1885 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) |
| Jonkheer Joseph van der Does de Willebois (1816–1892) | 14 September 1885 – 1 November 1885 | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) |
| Jonkheer Abraham van Karnebeek (1836–1925) | 1 November 1885 – 21 April 1888 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) |
| Jonkheer Cornelis Hartsen (1823–1895) | 21 April 1888 – 21 August 1891 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Aeneas Mackay (Mackay) |
| Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Prime Minister) (1841–1914) | 21 August 1891 – 21 March 1894 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) |
| Joannes Coenraad Jansen (Minister of the Navy) (1840–1925) | 21 March 1894 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) |
| Jonkheer Joan Röell (Prime Minister) (1844–1914) | 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Joan Röell (Röell) |
| Willem de Beaufort (1845–1918) | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) |
| Baron Robert Melvil van Lynden (1843–1910) | 1 August 1901 – 9 March 1905 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) |
| Vice admiral Abraham George Ellis (Minister of the Navy) (1846–1916) | 9 March 1905 – 22 April 1905 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) |
| Jonkheer Willem van Weede van Berencamp (1848–1925) | 22 April 1905 – 7 August 1905 | Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) | Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) |
| Vice admiral Abraham George Ellis (Minister of the Navy) (1846–1916) | 7 August 1905 – 17 August 1905 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) |
| Jonkheer Dirk van Tets van Goudriaan (1844–1930) | 17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908 | Independent Classical Liberal | Theo de Meester (De Meester) |
| Dr. Jonkheer René de Marees van Swinderen (1860–1955) | 12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913 | Independent Christian Democratic Protestant | Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) |
| Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (Prime Minister) (1846–1935) | 29 August 1913 – 27 September 1913 | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) |
| Dr. Jonkheer John Loudon (1866–1955) | 27 September 1913 – 9 September 1918 | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) |

### Since 1918

| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| Dr. Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek (1874–1942) | 9 September 1918 – 1 April 1927 | Independent Classical Liberal | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II) |
| Dr. Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek (1874–1942) | 9 September 1918 – 1 April 1927 | Independent Classical Liberal | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) |
| Dr. Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek (1874–1942) | 9 September 1918 – 1 April 1927 | Independent Classical Liberal | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) |
| Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956) | 1 April 1927 – 20 April 1933 | Christian Historical Union | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) |
| Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956) | 1 April 1927 – 20 April 1933 | Christian Historical Union | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) |
| Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 20 April 1933 – 26 May 1933 | Roman Catholic State Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) |
| Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (1872–1957) | 26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 | Independent Classical Liberal | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) |
| Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 24 June 1937 – 1 October 1937 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) |
| Jacob Adriaan Patijn (1873–1961) | 1 October 1937 – 10 August 1939 | Independent Classical Liberal | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) |
| Jacob Adriaan Patijn (1873–1961) | 1 October 1937 – 10 August 1939 | Independent Classical Liberal | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) |
| Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | 10 August 1939 – 1 March 1946 | Independent Classical Liberal | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) |
| Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | 10 August 1939 – 1 March 1946 | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I • II • III) |
| Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | 10 August 1939 – 1 March 1946 | Independent Classical Liberal | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) |
| Dr. Herman van Roijen (1905–1991) | 1 March 1946 – 3 July 1946 | Independent Social Democrat | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) |
| Baron Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout (1892–1986) | 3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948 | Independent Conservative Liberal | Louis Beel (Beel I) |
| Dirk Stikker (1897–1979) | 7 August 1948 – 2 September 1952 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I) |
| Johan Beyen (1897–1976) | 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | Independent Conservative Liberal | Willem Drees (Drees II) |
| Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Willem Drees (Drees III) |
| Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Louis Beel (Beel II) |
| Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Jan de Quay (De Quay) |
| Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) |
| Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Jo Cals (Cals) |
| Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) |
| Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Piet de Jong (De Jong) |
| Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008) | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 | Catholic People's Party | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) |
| Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Labour Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
| Dr. Chris van der Klaauw (1924–2005) | 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) | 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 | Labour Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) |
| Dries van Agt (Prime Minister) (1931–2024) | 29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt III) |
| Hans van den Broek (1936–2025) | 4 November 1982 – 3 January 1993 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) |
| Hans van den Broek (1936–2025) | 4 November 1982 – 3 January 1993 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) |
| Dr. Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013) | 3 January 1993 – 22 August 1994 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) |
| Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 | Democrats 66 | Wim Kok (Kok I) |
| Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947) | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok II) |
| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948) | 22 July 2002 – 3 December 2003 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) |
| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948) | 22 July 2002 – 3 December 2003 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) |
| Dr. Ben Bot (born 1937) | 3 December 2003 – 22 February 2007 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) |
| Dr. Ben Bot (born 1937) | 3 December 2003 – 22 February 2007 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) |
| Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) | 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) |
| Dr. Uri Rosenthal (born 1945) | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) |
| Frans Timmermans (born 1961) | 5 November 2012 – 17 October 2014 | Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) |
| Bert Koenders (born 1958) | 17 October 2014 – 26 October 2017 | Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) |
| Halbe Zijlstra (born 1969) | 26 October 2017 – 13 February 2018 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) | 13 February 2018 – 7 March 2018 | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| Stef Blok (born 1964) | 7 March 2018 – 25 May 2021 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) | 25 May 2021 – 17 September 2021 | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| Tom de Bruijn (born 1948) | 17 September 2021 – 24 September 2021 | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| Dr. Ben Knapen (born 1951) | 24 September 2021 – 10 January 2022 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| Wopke Hoekstra (born 1975) | 10 January 2022 – 1 September 2023 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) |
| Liesje Schreinemacher (born 1983) | 1 September 2023 – 5 September 2023 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) |
| Hanke Bruins Slot (born 1977) | 5 September 2023 – 2 July 2024 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) |
| Caspar Veldkamp (born 1964) | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | New Social Contract | Dick Schoof (Schoof) |
    $^{Resigned}$
    $^{Acting}$
    $^{Actingfrom25May2021until10August2021}$
    $^{AdInterim}$
    $^{Diedinoffice}$
    $^{DeputyPrimeMinister}$
    $^{MinisterforDevelopmentCooperationfrom23February2010}$
    $^{MinisterforForeignTradeandDevelopmentCooperation}$
    $^{MinisterforForeignTradeandDevelopmentCooperationuntil10August2021}$
    $^{AppointedasVice-PresidentoftheCouncilofState}$
    $^{AppointedasMinisterwithoutPortfolioforForeignAffairs}$
    $^{AppointedasEuropeanCommissioner}$
    $^{AppointedasSecretaryGeneralofNATO}$
    $^{AppointedasMinisterofEconomicAffairsandClimatePolicy}$

## List of ministers without portfolio

| Minister without Portfolio | Minister without Portfolio | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| | Jonkheer Edgar Michiels van Verduynen (1885–1952) | • Foreign Policy | 1 January 1942 – 25 June 1945 | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II • III) |
| | Dr. Herman van Roijen (1905–1991) | • United Nations | 25 June 1945 – 1 March 1946 | Independent Social Democrat | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) |
| | Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | • United Nations | 1 March 1946 – 1 July 1947 | Independent Classical Liberal | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) |
| | Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | • United Nations | 1 March 1946 – 1 July 1947 | Independent Classical Liberal | Louis Beel (Beel I) |
| Not in use (1947–1952) |||||||
| | Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | • United Nations • Netherlands- Indonesian Union • Netherlands New Guinea • Benelux • International Organizations | 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | Catholic People's Party | Willem Drees (Drees II) |
| Not in use (since 1956) |||||||
    $^{Resigned}$
    $^{AppointedasMinisterofForeignAffairs}$

## List of state secretaries for foreign affairs (since 1950)

| State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| | Nico Blom (1899–1972) | • Dutch East Indies | 16 February 1950 – 2 September 1952 | Independent Conservative Liberal | Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I) |
| Vacant |||||||
| | Ernst van der Beugel (1918–2004) | • European Economic Community • European Union • Benelux | 8 January 1957 – 22 December 1958 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees III) |
| Vacant |||||||
| | Dr. Hans van Houten (1907–1996) | • European Union • NATO • Benelux • International Organizations | 24 August 1959 – 24 July 1963 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan de Quay (De Quay) |
| | Leo de Block (1904–1988) | • European Union • Benelux | 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) |
| | Leo de Block (1904–1988) | • European Union • Benelux | 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | Jo Cals (Cals) |
| | Leo de Block (1904–1988) | • European Union • Benelux | 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) |
| | Dr. Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst (1907–1976) | • Development Cooperation • United Nations • International Organizations | 28 September 1963 – 14 April 1965 | Christian Historical Union | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) |
| | Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) | • United Nations • International Organizations | 22 July 1965 – 22 November 1966 | Labour Party | Jo Cals (Cals) |
| | Hans de Koster (1914–1992) | • European Union • Benelux • NATO | 12 June 1967 – 6 July 1971 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Piet de Jong (De Jong) |
| | Tjerk Westerterp (1930–2023) | • European Union • Benelux | 17 August 1971 – 7 March 1973 | Catholic People's Party | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) |
| | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) | • European Union • Benelux • NATO | 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 | Democrats 66 | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
| | Dr. Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013) | • United Nations • International Organizations | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
| | Durk van der Mei (1924–2018) | • European Union • Benelux | 28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | Christian Historical Union | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| | Durk van der Mei (1924–2018) | • European Union • Benelux | 28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| | Hans van den Broek (1936–2025) | • European Union • Benelux | 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) |
| | Dr. Wim van Eekelen (born 1931) | • European Union • Benelux | 5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) |
| | René van der Linden (born 1943) | • European Union • Benelux | 14 July 1986 – 9 September 1988 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) |
| | Baron Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (1944–2023) | • European Union • Benelux | 27 September 1988 – 7 November 1989 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) |
| | Piet Dankert (1934–2003) | • European Union • Benelux | 7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994 | Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) |
| | Michiel Patijn (born 1942) | • European Union • Benelux | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok I) |
| | Dick Benschop (born 1957) | • European Union • Benelux | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok II) |
| | Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950) | • Development Cooperation | 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) |
| | Atzo Nicolaï (1960–2020) | • European Union • Benelux | 22 July 2002 – 7 July 2006 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) |
| | Atzo Nicolaï (1960–2020) | • European Union • Benelux | 22 July 2002 – 7 July 2006 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) |
| Vacant |||||||
| | Frans Timmermans (born 1961) | • European Union • Benelux | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 | Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) |
| | Dr. Ben Knapen (born 1951) | • European Union • Benelux • Development Cooperation | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) |
| Not in use (since 2012) |||||||
    $^{Resigned}$
    $^{ResignedfollowingelectiontotheEuropeanParliament}$
    $^{DesignatedwiththediplomaticrankofMinister}$