List of Grand Pensionaries
The following is a list of Grand pensionaries of Holland, Zeeland and the Batavian Republic. During the time of the Dutch Republic, the Grand Pensionary was the most prominent member of the government. Though officially only a civil servant of the Estates, the Grand Pensionary was the de facto leader of the entire republic, second only to the stadtholder, and often served in a capacity similar to that of today's prime ministers.
Holland
In the Seventeen Provinces
Grand Pensionaries of the province of Holland during the time of the Seventeen Provinces:
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
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| Barthout van Assendelft (ca. 1440–1502) |
1480 | 1489 | |
| Jan Bouwensz (ca. 1452–1514) |
1489 | 1494 | |
| Barthout van Assendelft (ca. 1440–1502) |
1494 | 1497 | |
| Frans Coebel van der Loo (ca. 1470–1532) |
1500 | 1513 | |
| Albrecht van Loo (ca. 1470–1532) |
1513 | 1524 | |
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Aert van der Goes (1475–1545) |
May 1525 |
January 1544 |
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Adriaen van der Goes (ca. 1505-1560) |
30 January 1544 |
5 November 1560 |
| Jacob van den Eynde (ca. 1515-1570) |
1560 | 1568 | |
In the Dutch Republic
Holland formally adopted the Act of Abjuration in 1581 to become a province in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Grand Pensionaries of the province of Holland during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands:
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | ||
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Paulus Buys (1531–1594) |
1572 | 16 March 1584 | |
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547–1619) |
16 March 1586 |
12 May 1619 | |
| Andries de Witt (1573–1637) |
12 May 1619 |
1621 | ||
| Anthonie Duyck (1560–1629) |
1621 | 1629 | ||
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Jacob Cats (1577–1660) |
1629 | 1631 | |
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Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653) |
1631 | 1636 | |
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Jacob Cats (1577–1660) |
1636 | 1651 | |
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Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653) |
1651 | 30 July 1653 | |
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Johan de Witt (1625–1672) |
30 July 1653 |
4 August 1672 | |
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Gaspar Fagel (1634–1688) |
20 August 1672 |
5 December 1688 | |
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Michiel ten Hove (1640–1689) |
5 December 1688 |
24 March 1689 | |
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Anthonie Heinsius (1641–1720) |
27 May 1689 |
3 August 1720 | |
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Isaac van Hoornbeek (1655–1727) |
12 September 1720 |
17 June 1727 | |
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Simon van Slingelandt (1664–1736) |
17 July 1727 |
1 December 1736 | |
| Anthonie van der Heim (1693–1746) |
4 April 1737 |
7 July 1746 | ||
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Willem Buys (1661–1749) |
7 July 1746 |
23 September 1746 | |
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Jacob Gilles (1691–1765) |
23 September 1747 |
18 June 1749 | |
| Pieter Steyn (1706–1772) |
18 June 1749 |
5 November 1772 | ||
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Pieter van Bleiswijk (1724–1790) |
18 June 1772 |
5 November 1787 | |
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Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (1736–1800) |
9 November 1787 |
9 February 1795 | |
Zeeland
Grand Pensionaries of the province of Zeeland during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands:
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | ||
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| Christoffel Roels | 1578 | 1597 | ||
| Johan van de Warck | 1599 | 1614 | ||
| Bonifacius de Jonge | 1615 | 1625 | ||
| Johan Boreel | 1625 | 1629 | ||
| Boudewijn de Witte | 1630 | 1641 | ||
| Cornelis Adriaansz. Stavenisse | 1641 | 1649 | ||
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Johan de Brune (1588–1658) |
1649 | 1658 | |
| Adriaan Veth | 1658 | 1663 | ||
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Pieter de Huybert | 1664 | 1687 | |
| Jacob Verheije (1640–1718) |
1687 | 1718 | ||
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Caspar van Citters (1674–1734) |
1718 | 1734 | |
| Johan Pieter Recxstoot | 1751 | 1756 | ||
| Jacob du Bon | 1757 | 1760 | ||
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Wilhem van Citters (1723–1802) |
1760 | 1766 | |
| Adriaan Steengracht | 1766 | 1770 | ||
| Johan Marinus Chalmers | 1770 | 1785 | ||
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Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (1736–1800) |
1785 | 1787 | |
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Willem Aarnoud van Citters (1741–1811) |
1788 | 1795 | |
Batavian Republic
Grand Pensionaries of the Batavian Republic:
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Faction | |
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Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761–1825) |
15 May 1805 |
4 June 1806 |
Moderate |
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Carel de Vos van Steenwijk (1759–1830) |
4 June 1806 |
18 June 1806 |
Federalist |