List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

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This is a list of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands since 1848.

Start End Name Party Personal Religion
25 March 1848 21 November 1848 Gerrit Schimmelpenninck conservative Dutch Reformed
21 November 1848 1 November 1849 Jacob de Kempenaer conservative liberal Dutch Reformed
1 November 1849 19 April 1853 Johan Rudolf Thorbecke liberal Lutheran[1]
19 April 1853 1 July 1856 Floris Adriaan van Hall liberal Dutch Reformed
1 July 1856 18 March 1858 Justinus van der Brugghen anti-revolutionary Walloon Reformed[2]
18 March 1858 23 February 1860 Jan Jacob Rochussen conservative Dutch Reformed
23 February 1860 14 March 1861 Floris Adriaan van Hall conservative liberal Dutch Reformed
14 March 1861 10 November 1861 Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt conservative liberal Dutch Reformed
10 November 1861 1 February 1862 Schelto van Heemstra liberal Dutch Reformed
1 February 1862 10 February 1866 Johan Rudolf Thorbecke liberal Lutheran
10 February 1866 1 June 1866 Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte conservative Dutch Reformed
1 June 1866 4 June 1868 Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt conservative Dutch Reformed (also a Freemason)[3]
4 June 1868 4 January 1871 Pieter Philip van Bosse liberal Dutch Reformed
4 January 1871 6 July 1872 Johan Rudolf Thorbecke liberal Lutheran
6 July 1872 27 August 1874 Gerrit de Vries Azn liberal mennonite[4]
27 August 1874 3 November 1877 Jan Heemskerk Abrahamzoon conservative Remonstrant[5]
3 November 1877 20 August 1879 Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello liberal Dutch Reformed
20 August 1879 23 April 1883 Teo van Lynden van Sandenburg conservative protestant Dutch Reformed
23 April 1883 21 April 1888 Jan Heemskerk Abrahamzoon conservative Remonstrant
23 April 1888 21 August 1891 Æneas Mackay ARP Dutch Reformed[6]
21 August 1891 9 May 1894 Gijsbert van Tienhoven liberal Dutch Reformed
9 May 1894 27 July 1897 Joan Röell conservative liberal Dutch Reformed
27 July 1897 1 August 1901 Nicolaas Pierson LU Dutch Reformed
1 August 1901 17 August 1905 Abraham Kuyper ARP Reformed
17 August 1905 12 February 1908 Theo de Meester LU Dutch Reformed/none[7]
12 February 1908 29 August 1913 Theo Heemskerk ARP Reformed
29 August 1913 9 September 1918 Pieter Cort van der Linden liberal Remonstrant[8]
9 September 1918 4 August 1925 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck RKSP Roman Catholic
4 August 1925 8 March 1926 Hendrik Colijn ARP Reformed
8 March 1926 10 August 1929 Dirk Jan de Geer CHU Dutch Reformed[9]
10 August 1929 26 May 1933 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck RKSP Roman Catholic
26 May 1933 10 August 1939 Hendrik Colijn ARP Reformed
10 August 1939 3 September 1940 Dirk Jan de Geer CHU Dutch Reformed
3 September 1940 June 24, 1945 Pieter Gerbrandy ARP Reformed
June 24, 1945 July 3, 1946 Willem Schermerhorn VDB / PvdA Dutch Reformed/Remonstrant[10]
July 3, 1946 August 7, 1948 Louis Beel KVP Roman Catholic
August 7, 1948 December 22, 1958 Willem Drees PvdA Dutch Reformed/none[11]
December 22, 1958 May 19, 1959 Louis Beel KVP Roman Catholic
May 19, 1959 July 24, 1963 Jan de Quay KVP Roman Catholic
July 24, 1963 April 14, 1965 Victor Marijnen KVP Roman Catholic
April 14, 1965 November 22, 1966 Jo Cals KVP Roman Catholic
November 22, 1966 April 5, 1967 Jelle Zijlstra ARP Reformed
April 5, 1967 July 6, 1971 Piet de Jong KVP Roman Catholic
July 6, 1971 May 11, 1973 Barend Biesheuvel ARP Reformed
May 11, 1973 December 19, 1977 Joop den Uyl PvdA Reformed/none[12]
December 19, 1977 November 4, 1982 Dries van Agt CDA Roman Catholic
November 4, 1982 August 22, 1994 Ruud Lubbers CDA Roman Catholic
August 22, 1994 July 22, 2002 Wim Kok PvdA none
July 22, 2002 present Jan Peter Balkenende CDA Protestant (Reformed)

[edit] Time line

This is a time line of Dutch prime ministers since 1848. Note that the colours denote parties

     CDA (formed in 1973 as a merger of KVP, ARP and CHU)      PvdA      KVP      ARP and anti-revolutionaries      CHU      LU and liberals      Conservatives

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