# List of prime ministers of the Netherlands

The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands. The Prime Minister is also chairman of the Council of Minister and Minister of General Affairs. Although the office of Prime Minister has ony existed since the inception of that office in 1945, the term has been retroactively applied to chairmen of the Council of Ministers since 1848.

## List of prime ministers

| Name (born and died) | Portrait | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Cabinet | Monarch (reign) |
| Name (born and died) | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Political party | Political party | Cabinet | Monarch (reign) |
| Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863) | | 25 March 1848 | 17 May 1848 | 53 days | | Independent Liberal | Schimmelpenninck Conservative | Willem II (1840–1849) |
| Jacob de Kempenaer (1793–1870) | | 21 November 1848 | 1 November 1849 | 345 days | | Independent Liberal | De Kempenaer— Donker Curtius Liberal | Willem II (1840–1849) |
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | | 1 November 1849 | 19 April 1853 | 3 years, 169 days | | Independent Liberal | Thorbecke I Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) | | 19 April 1853 | 1 July 1856 | 3 years, 73 days | | Independent Liberal | Van Hall— Donker Curtius Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863) | | 1 July 1856 | 18 March 1858 | 1 year, 260 days | | Independent Antirevolutionary | Van der Brugghen Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871) | | 18 March 1858 | 23 February 1860 | 1 year, 342 days | | Independent Conservative | Rochussen Liberal–Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791–1866) | | 23 February 1860 | 14 March 1861 | 1 year, 19 days | | Independent Liberal | Van Hall— Van Heemstra Liberal–Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890) | | 14 March 1861 | 10 November 1861 | 241 days | | Independent Liberal | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt —Van Heemstra Liberal–Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864) | | 10 November 1861 | 1 February 1862 | 83 days | | Independent Liberal | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt —Van Heemstra Liberal–Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | | 1 February 1862 | 10 February 1866 | 4 years, 9 days | | Independent Liberal | Thorbecke II Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) | | 10 February 1866 | 1 June 1866 | 111 days | | Independent Liberal | Fransen van de Putte Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894) | | 1 June 1866 | 4 June 1868 | 2 years, 3 days | | Independent Conservative | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) | | 4 June 1868 | 4 January 1871 | 2 years, 214 days | | Independent Liberal | Van Bosse—Fock Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798–1872) | | 4 January 1871 | 4 June 1872 | 1 year, 152 days | | Independent Liberal | Thorbecke III Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900) | | 4 June 1872 | 27 August 1874 | 2 years, 84 days | | Independent Liberal | De Vries— Fransen van de Putte Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) | | 27 August 1874 | 3 November 1877 | 3 years, 68 days | | Independent Conservative | Heemskerk— Van Lynden van Sandenburg Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895) | | 3 November 1877 | 20 August 1879 | 1 year, 290 days | | Independent Liberal | Kappeyne van de Coppello Liberal | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885) | | 20 August 1879 | 23 April 1883 | 3 years, 246 days | | Independent Antirevolutionary | Van Lynden van Sandenburg Liberal–Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) | | 23 April 1883 | 21 April 1888 | 4 years, 363 days | | Independent Conservative | J. Heemskerk Liberal–Conservative | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Aeneas Mackay Jr. (1838–1909) | | 21 April 1888 | 21 August 1891 | 3 years, 123 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Mackay Coalition | Willem III (1849–1890) |
| Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914) | | 21 August 1891 | 9 May 1894 | 2 years, 261 days | | Independent Liberal | Van Tienhoven Liberal | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Joan Röell (1844–1914) | | 9 May 1894 | 27 July 1897 | 3 years, 79 days | | Independent Liberal | Röell Liberal | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909) | | 27 July 1897 | 1 August 1901 | 4 years, 5 days | | Liberal Union | Pierson Liberal | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) | | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | 4 years, 16 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Kuyper Coalition | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Theo de Meester (1851–1919) | | 17 August 1905 | 12 February 1908 | 2 years, 179 days | | Liberal Union | De Meester Liberal | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) | | 12 February 1908 | 29 August 1913 | 5 years, 198 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | T. Heemskerk Coalition | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935) | | 29 August 1913 | 9 September 1918 | 5 years, 11 days | | Independent Liberal | Cort van der Linden Liberal | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) | | 9 September 1918 | 4 August 1925 | 6 years, 329 days | | General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations | Ruijs de B. I RKSP – ARP – CHU | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) | | 9 September 1918 | 4 August 1925 | 6 years, 329 days | | General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations | Ruijs de B. II RKSP – ARP – CHU | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) | | 4 August 1925 | 8 March 1926 | 216 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Colijn I RKSP – ARP – CHU | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) | | 8 March 1926 | 10 August 1929 | 3 years, 155 days | | Christian Historical Union | De Geer I RKSP – ARP – CHU | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936) | | 10 August 1929 | 26 May 1933 | 3 years, 289 days | | Roman Catholic State Party | Ruijs de B. III RKSP – ARP – CHU | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) | | 26 May 1933 | 10 August 1939 | 6 years, 76 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Colijn II, III RKSP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) | | 26 May 1933 | 10 August 1939 | 6 years, 76 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Colijn IV, V RKSP – ARP – CHU | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) | | 10 August 1939 | 3 September 1940 | 1 year, 24 days | | Christian Historical Union | De Geer II RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961) | | 3 September 1940 | 25 June 1945 | 4 years, 295 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Gerbrandy I RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – VDB | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961) | | 3 September 1940 | 25 June 1945 | 4 years, 295 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Gerbrandy II RKSP – SDAP – ARP – CHU – LSP – VDB | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961) | | 3 September 1940 | 25 June 1945 | 4 years, 295 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Gerbrandy III RKSP – ARP – VDB | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977) | | 25 June 1945 | 3 July 1946 | 1 year, 8 days | | Free-thinking Democratic League until 1946 | Schermerhorn—Drees VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977) | | 25 June 1945 | 3 July 1946 | 1 year, 8 days | | Labour Party from 1946 | Schermerhorn—Drees VDB – SDAP – KVP – ARP | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Louis Beel (1902–1977) | | 3 July 1946 | 7 August 1948 | 2 years, 35 days | | Catholic People's Party | Beel I KVP – PvdA | Wilhelmina (1890–1948) |
| Willem Drees (1886–1988) | | 7 August 1948 | 22 December 1958 | 10 years, 137 days | | Labour Party | Drees—Van Schaik PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Willem Drees (1886–1988) | | 7 August 1948 | 22 December 1958 | 10 years, 137 days | | Labour Party | Drees I (II) PvdA – KVP – CHU – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Willem Drees (1886–1988) | | 7 August 1948 | 22 December 1958 | 10 years, 137 days | | Labour Party | Drees II (III) PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Willem Drees (1886–1988) | | 7 August 1948 | 22 December 1958 | 10 years, 137 days | | Labour Party | Drees III (IV) PvdA – KVP – ARP – CHU | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Louis Beel (1902–1977) | | 22 December 1958 | 19 May 1959 | 148 days | | Catholic People's Party | Beel II KVP – ARP – CHU | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Jan de Quay (1901–1985) | | 19 May 1959 | 24 July 1963 | 4 years, 66 days | | Catholic People's Party | De Quay KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) | | 24 July 1963 | 14 April 1965 | 1 year, 264 days | | Catholic People's Party | Marijnen KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Jo Cals (1914–1971) | | 14 April 1965 | 22 November 1966 | 1 year, 222 days | | Catholic People's Party | Cals KVP – ARP – PvdA | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | | 22 November 1966 | 5 April 1967 | 134 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Zijlstra ARP – KVP | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Piet de Jong (1915–2016) | | 5 April 1967 | 6 July 1971 | 4 years, 92 days | | Catholic People's Party | De Jong KVP – ARP – CHU – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) | | 6 July 1971 | 11 May 1973 | 1 year, 309 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Biesheuvel I ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD – DS70 | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) | | 6 July 1971 | 11 May 1973 | 1 year, 309 days | | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Biesheuvel II ARP – KVP – CHU – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) | | 11 May 1973 | 19 December 1977 | 4 years, 222 days | | Labour Party | Den Uyl PvdA – KVP – ARP – D66 – PPR | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Dries van Agt (1931–2024) | | 19 December 1977 | 4 November 1982 | 4 years, 320 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Van Agt I CDA – VVD | Juliana (1948–1980) |
| Dries van Agt (1931–2024) | | 19 December 1977 | 4 November 1982 | 4 years, 320 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Van Agt II CDA – PvdA – D66 | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Dries van Agt (1931–2024) | | 19 December 1977 | 4 November 1982 | 4 years, 320 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Van Agt III CDA – D66 | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) | | 4 November 1982 | 22 August 1994 | 11 years, 291 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Lubbers I CDA – VVD | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) | | 4 November 1982 | 22 August 1994 | 11 years, 291 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Lubbers II CDA – VVD | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) | | 4 November 1982 | 22 August 1994 | 11 years, 291 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Lubbers III CDA – PvdA | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Wim Kok (1938–2018) | | 22 August 1994 | 22 July 2002 | 7 years, 334 days | | Labour Party | Kok I PvdA – VVD – D66 | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Wim Kok (1938–2018) | | 22 August 1994 | 22 July 2002 | 7 years, 334 days | | Labour Party | Kok II PvdA – VVD – D66 | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) | | 22 July 2002 | 14 October 2010 | 8 years, 84 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende I CDA – LPF – VVD | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) | | 22 July 2002 | 14 October 2010 | 8 years, 84 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende II CDA – VVD – D66 | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) | | 22 July 2002 | 14 October 2010 | 8 years, 84 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende III CDA – VVD | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) | | 22 July 2002 | 14 October 2010 | 8 years, 84 days | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende IV CDA – PvdA – CU | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Mark Rutte (born 1967) | | 14 October 2010 | 2 July 2024 | 13 years, 262 days | | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte I VVD – CDA | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Mark Rutte (born 1967) | | 14 October 2010 | 2 July 2024 | 13 years, 262 days | | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte II VVD – PvdA | Beatrix (1980–2013) |
| Mark Rutte (born 1967) | | 14 October 2010 | 2 July 2024 | 13 years, 262 days | | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte II VVD – PvdA | Willem-Alexander (2013–present) |
| Mark Rutte (born 1967) | | 14 October 2010 | 2 July 2024 | 13 years, 262 days | | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte III VVD – CDA – D66 – CU | Willem-Alexander (2013–present) |
| Mark Rutte (born 1967) | | 14 October 2010 | 2 July 2024 | 13 years, 262 days | | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte IV VVD – CDA – D66 – CU | Willem-Alexander (2013–present) |
| Dick Schoof (born 1957) | | 2 July 2024 | Incumbent | 255 days | | Independent | Schoof PVV – VVD – NSC – BBB | Willem-Alexander (2013–present) |