Dutch Prime Ministers

This list is comprised of Prime Ministers (Dutch Minister-president) of the Netherlands. This has been the highest position in Dutch government since 1848, when the constitution was amended to reduce the power of the King.
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NameYearsOther Names
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck1848
Jacob de Kempenaer1848-1849(Jacobus, Mattheüs)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke1849-1853; 1862-1866; 1871-1872
Floris Adriaan van Hall1853-1856; 1860-1861
Justinus van der Brugghen1856-1858(Jacob, Leonard)
Jan Jacob Rochussen1858-1860
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt1861(Pompejus, Pieter)
Schelto van Heemstra1861-1862(Schelte)
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte1866
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt1866-1868(Julius, Philip, Jacob, Adriaan)
Pieter Philip van Bosse1868-1871
Gerrit de Vries1872-1874
Jan Heemskerk1874-1877; 1883-1888
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello1877-1879(Johannes)
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg1879-1883(Constantijn, Theodoor)
Æneas Mackay1888-1891
Gijsbert van Tienhoven1891-1894
Joan Röell1894-1897
Nicolaas Pierson1897-1901(Gerard)
Abraham Kuyper1901-1905
Theo de Meester1905-1908(Theodoor, Herman)
Theo Heemskerk1908-1913(Theodorus)
Pieter Cort van der Linden1913-1918(Wilhelm, Adrianus, Cort)
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck1918-1925; 1929-1933(Joseph, Marie)
Hendrik Colijn1925-1926; 1933-1939(Hendrikus)
Dirk Jan de Geer1926-1929; 1939-1940
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy1940-1945
Wim Schermerhorn1945-1946(Willem)
Louis Beel1946-1948; 1958-1959(Joseph, Maria)
Willem Drees1948-1958
Jan de Quay1959-1963(Eduard)
Victor Marijnen1963-1965(Vic, Gerard, Marie)
Jo Cals1965-1966(Jozef, Maria, Laurens, Theo)
Jelle Zijlstra1966-1967
Piet de Jong1967-1971(Petrus, Jozef, Sietse)
Barend Biesheuvel1971-1973(Willem)
Joop den Uyl1973-1977(Johannes, Marten)
Dries van Agt1977-1982(Andreas, Antonius, Maria)
Ruud Lubbers1982-1994(Rudolphus, Franciscus, Marie)
Wim Kok1994-2002(Willem)
Jan Peter Balkenende2002-2010(Pieter)
Mark Rutte2010-2024
Dick Schoof2024-(Hendrikus, Wilhelmus, Maria)