Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

The **minister of foreign affairs** is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers.

### 1806–1868

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

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Minister of Foreign Affairs
- **body**: the Netherlands
- **native name**: _Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken_
- **flag**: Flag of the Netherlands.svg
- **flagsize**: 250x250px
- **flagcaption**: Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- **insignia**: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Logo.jpg
- **insigniasize**: 250x250px
- **insigniacaption**: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- **image**: Caspar Veldkamp portrait (cropped) (2).jpg
- **imagesize**: 250x250px
- **alt**: Minister of Foreign Affairs Hanke Bruins Slot
- **incumbent**: Caspar Veldkamp
- **incumbentsince**: <small></small>
- **department**: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- **style**: _Excellency, His/Her Excellency_
- **member of**: Council of Ministers (Netherlands), Council of Ministers
- **appointer**: The Monarchy of the Netherlands, Monarch
- **appointer qualified**: on advice of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Prime Minister
- **first**: Willem Berend Buys
 <small>as Secretary for Foreign Affairs</small>
- **deputy**: Reinette Klever as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands), Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
- **salary**: euro sign, €157,287 ()
 (including euro sign, €8,387 of expenses)