Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
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Viceminister-president van Nederland | |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 25 June 1945 |
First holder | Willem Drees |
Salary | €144,000 annually (including €7,887.24 expenses) |
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List of unofficial deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister | Position | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Dr. Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) |
Minister of the Interior
|
1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 |
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) |
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Cornelis Fock (1828–1910) |
Minister of the Interior
|
4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) [2] | ||
Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) |
Minister of Colonial Affairs
|
4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) [3] | ||
Ad interim Minister of the Interior
|
4 June 1872 – 6 July 1872 | |||||
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) |
Minister of Colonial Affairs
|
6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 |
Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) |
Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) [4] | ||
Ad interim Minister of the Navy
|
18 December 1873 – 16 May 1874 | |||||
Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885) |
Minister of Justice
|
27 August 1873 – 3 November 1877 |
Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) |
Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) [5] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904) |
Minister of the Interior
|
21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 |
Liberal Union | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) [6] | ||
Samuel van Houten (1837–1930) |
Minister of the Interior
|
9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Joan Röell (Röell) [7] | ||
Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917) |
Minister of the Interior
|
27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) [8] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) |
Minister of Justice
|
9 September 1918 – 4 August 1925 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II) [9][10] | ||
Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
Minister of Finance
|
4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926 |
Christian Historical Union | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) [11] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
Minister of Finance
|
10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933 |
Christian Historical Union | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) [12] | ||
Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) |
Minister of Justice
|
26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 |
Roman Catholic State Party |
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) [13][14] | ||
Carel Goseling (1891–1941) |
Minister of Justice
|
24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939 |
Roman Catholic State Party |
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) [15] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Hendrik van Boeijen (1889–1947) |
Minister of the Interior
|
10 August 1939 – 3 September 1940 |
Christian Historical Union | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) [16] | ||
Minister of the Interior
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3 September 1940 – 27 July 1941 |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [17] | ||||
Minister of General Affairs | ||||||
Minister of Defence
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12 June 1941 – 27 July 1941 | |||||
Minister of General Affairs | 27 July 1941 – 23 February 1945 |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [17] | ||||
Minister of the Interior
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27 July 1941 – 31 May 1944 Ad interim 27 January 1945 – 23 February 1945 | |||||
Minister of War
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27 July 1941 – 15 September 1942 | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek |
List of deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister | Position | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |||
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Willem Drees (1886–1988) |
Minister of Social Affairs
|
25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946 |
Social Democratic Workers' Party |
Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) [18] | |||
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948 |
Labour Party | Louis Beel (Beel I) [19] | |||||
Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) |
Minister without Portfolio
for the Interior |
7 August 1948 – 15 March 1951 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik) [20] | |||
Frans Teulings (1891–1966) |
Minister without Portfolio
for the Interior |
15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees I) [21] | |||
Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977) [Res] |
Minister of the Interior
|
2 September 1952 – 7 July 1956 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees II) [22] | |||
Teun Struycken (1906–1977) |
Minister of the Interior,
Property and Public Sector Organisations |
29 October 1956 – 22 December 1958 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees III) [23] | |||
Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations |
22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 |
Louis Beel (Beel II) [24] | |||||
Minister of Justice
| |||||||
Henk Korthals (1911–1976) |
Minister of Transport
and Water Management |
19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan de Quay (De Quay) [25] | |||
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture
and Fisheries |
24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [26] | |||
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) |
Minister of Finance
|
14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966 |
Labour Party | Jo Cals (Cals) [27] | ||
[2] | Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | ||||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985) |
Minister of Transport
and Water Management |
22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 |
Catholic People's Party |
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [28] | ||
[2] | Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture
and Fisheries |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | ||||
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Dr. Johan Witteveen (1921–2019) |
Minister of Finance
|
5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Piet de Jong (De Jong) [29] | ||
[2] | Joop Bakker (1921–2003) |
Minister of Transport
and Water Management |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | ||||
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Roelof Nelissen (1931–2019) |
Minister of Finance
|
6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 |
Catholic People's Party |
Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [30] | ||
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
6 July 1971 – 28 January 1972 | ||||||
[2] | Molly Geertsema (1918–1991) |
Minister of the Interior
|
6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973 | ||||||
Dries van Agt (1931–2024) [Res] |
Minister of Justice
|
11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 |
Catholic People's Party |
Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [31] | |||
Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997) |
8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||||
Minister of the Interior
| |||||||
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
Hans Wiegel (born 1941) |
Minister of the Interior
|
19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [32] | |||
[1] | Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) [Res] |
Minister of Social Affairs
and Employment |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Labour Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) [33] | ||
Minister for Netherlands
Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[2] | Dr. Jan Terlouw (born 1931) |
Minister of Economic Affairs
|
Democrats 66 | ||||
29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt III) [34] | ||||||
Gijs van Aardenne (1930–1995) |
Minister of Economic Affairs
|
4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) [35] | |||
Dr. Rudolf de Korte (1936–2020) |
Minister of Economic Affairs
|
14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) [36] | |||
Wim Kok (1938–2018) |
Minister of Finance
|
7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 |
Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [37] | |||
[1] | Hans Dijkstal (1943–2010) |
Minister of the Interior
|
22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok I) [38] | ||
[2] | Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs
|
Democrats 66 | ||||
[1] | Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950) |
Minister of Economic Affairs
|
3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok II) [39] | ||
[2] | Dr. Els Borst (1932–2014) |
Minister of Health,
Welfare and Sport |
Democrats 66 | ||||
[1] | Dr. Eduard Bomhoff (born 1944) [Res] |
Minister of Health,
Welfare and Sport |
22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 |
Pim Fortuyn List | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [40] | ||
[2] | Johan Remkes (born 1951) |
Minister of the Interior
and Kingdom Relations |
22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
[1] | 16 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 | ||||||
[2] | Roelf de Boer (born 1949) |
Minister of Transport
and Water Management |
18 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
Pim Fortuyn List | |||
[1] | Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) |
Minister of Finance
|
27 May 2003 – 7 July 2006 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) [41] | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs
[Ad interim] |
3 July 2006 – 7 July 2006 | ||||||
[2] | Thom de Graaf (born 1957) [Res] |
Minister for Government Reform
and Kingdom Relations |
27 May 2003 – 23 March 2005 |
Democrats 66 | |||
[2] | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) [Res] |
Minister of Economic Affairs
|
31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006 |
Democrats 66 | |||
Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) |
Minister of Finance
|
7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) [42] | |||
[1] | Wouter Bos (born 1963) [Res] |
Minister of Finance
|
22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 |
Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [43] | ||
[2] | André Rouvoet (born 1962) |
Minister of Youth
and Family Policy |
Christian Union | ||||
Minister of Education,
Culture and Science |
23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 | ||||||
Minister of Youth
and Family Policy | |||||||
Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) |
Agriculture and Innovation
|
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [44] | |||
Dr. Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974) |
Minister of Social Affairs
and Employment |
5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 |
Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [45] | |||
[1] | Hugo de Jonge (born 1977) |
Minister of Health,
Welfare and Sport |
26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [46] | ||
[2] | Jonkvrouw Kajsa Ollongren (born 1967) [Leave] |
Minister of the Interior
and Kingdom Relations |
26 October 2017 – 1 November 2019 |
Democrats 66 | |||
14 May 2020 – 10 January 2022 | |||||||
[3] | Carola Schouten (born 1977) |
Minister of Agriculture,
Nature and Food Quality |
26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 |
Christian Union | |||
[2] | Wouter Koolmees (born 1977) [Acting] |
Minister of Social Affairs
and Employment |
1 November 2019 – 14 May 2020 |
Democrats 66 | |||
[1] | Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) |
Minister of Finance
|
10 January 2022 – 8 January 2024 |
Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) | ||
[2] | Wopke Hoekstra (born 1975) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs
|
10 January 2022 – 1 September 2023 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||
[3] | Carola Schouten (born 1977) |
Minister for
Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions |
10 January 2022 – Incumbent |
Christian Union | |||
[2] | Karien van Gennip (born 1968) |
Minister for
Social Affairs and Employment |
5 September 2023 – Incumbent |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||
[1] | Rob Jetten (born 1987) |
Minister of Finance
|
8 January 2024 – Incumbent |
Democrats 66 | |||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek |
- First Deputy Prime Minister
- Second Deputy Prime Minister
- Third Deputy Prime Minister
- Resigned
- Acting
- Ad interim
- Extended medical leave of absence from 1 November 2019 until 14 May 2020
Living deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister | Term | Age |
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Hans Wiegel | 1977–1981 | 16 July 1941 |
Jan Terlouw | 1981–1982 | 15 November 1931 |
Annemarie Jorritsma | 1998–2002 | 1 June 1950 |
Eduard Bomhoff | 2002 | 30 September 1944 |
Johan Remkes | 2002–2003 | 15 June 1951 |
Roelf de Boer | 2002–2003 | 9 October 1949 |
Gerrit Zalm | 2003–2007 | 6 May 1952 |
Thom de Graaf | 2003–2005 | 11 June 1957 |
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | 2005–2006 | 18 March 1937 |
Wouter Bos | 2007–2010 | 14 July 1963 |
André Rouvoet | 2007–2010 | 4 January 1962 |
Maxime Verhagen | 2010–2012 | 14 September 1956 |
Lodewijk Asscher | 2012–2017 | 27 September 1974 |
Wouter Koolmees | 2019–2020 | 20 March 1977 |
Hugo de Jonge | 2017–2022 | 26 September 1977 |
Kajsa Ollongren | 2017–2019 2020–2022 |
28 May 1967 |
Wopke Hoekstra | 2022–2023 | 30 September 1975 |
Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands by term length
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