List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

This list contains all the Prime Ministers of the Netherlands since 1848.

Chair of the Council of Ministers (title from 1815)

• 1848–1848: Gerrit Graf Schimmelpenninck
• 1848: Dirk Donker Curtius
• 1848–1849: Jacob de Kempenaer
• 1849–1853: Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1st government period)
• 1853–1856: Floris Adriaan Baron van Hall (1st reign)
• 1856–1858: Justinus van der Brugghen
• 1858-1860: Jan Jacob Rochussen
• 1860–1861: Floris Adriaan Baron van Hall (2nd reign)
• 1861–1861: Jacob Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt
• 1861–1862: Schelto Baron van Heemstra
• 1862–1866: Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (2nd government period)
• 1866–1866: Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
• 1866–1868: Count Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt
• 1868–1871: Pieter Philip van Bosse
• 1871–1872: Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (3rd government period)
• 1872–1874: Gerrit de Vries
• 1874–1877: Jan Heemskerk (1st government period)
• 1877–1879: Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello
• 1879–1883: Count Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg
• 1883–1888: Jan Heemskerk (2nd government period)
• 1888–1891: Æneas Baron Mackay the Younger
• 1891–1894: Gijsbert van Tienhoven
• 1894–1897: Joan Baron Röell
• 1897-1901: Nicolaas Pierson
• 1901–1905: Abraham Kuyper
• 1905-1908: Theo de Meester
• 1908–1913: Theo Heemskerk
• 1913–1918: Pieter Cort van der Linden
• 1918–1922: Charles Baron Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1st government period)
• 1922–1925: Charles Baron Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (2nd government period)
• 1925–1926: Hendrikus Colijn (1st government period)
• 1926–1929: Dirk Jan Baron de Geer (1st government period)
• 1929–1933: Charles Baron Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (3rd government period)
• 1933–1939: Hendrikus Colijn (2nd government period)
• 1939–1940: Dirk Jan Baron de Geer (2nd government period)
• 1940–1945: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy

Prime Minister (title since 1945)

Prime Minister
Surname	Political party	Start of term of office	Term expires
Willem Schermerhorn	VDB / PvdA	June 24, 1945	July 3, 1946
Louis Beel	CIP	July 3, 1946	August 7, 1948
Willem Drees	PvdA	August 7, 1948	December 22, 1958
Louis Beel	CIP	December 22, 1958	May 19, 1959
Jan de Quay	CIP	May 19, 1959	July 24, 1963
Victor Marijnen	CIP	July 24, 1963	April 14, 1965
Jo Cals	CIP	April 14, 1965	November 22, 1966
Jelle Zijlstra	ARP	November 22, 1966	April 5th 1967
Piet de Jong	CIP	April 5th 1967	July 6, 1971
Barend Biesheuvel	ARP	July 6, 1971	May 11, 1973
Joop the Uyl	PvdA	May 11, 1973	19th December 1977
Dries van Agt	CDA	19th December 1977	4th November 1982
Ruud Lubbers	CDA	4th November 1982	August 22, 1994
Wim Kok	PvdA	August 22, 1994	July 22, 2002
Jan Peter Balkenende	CDA	July 22, 2002	October 14, 2010
Mark Rutte	VVD	October 14, 2010	officiating

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