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)

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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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v • d • e Prime Ministers of the Netherlands since 1877

Kappeyne van de Coppello • Van Lynden van Sandenburg • Heemskerk Azn. • Mackay • Van Tienhoven • Roëll • Pierson • Kuyper • De Meester • Heemskerk • Cort van der Linden • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck • Colijn • De Geer • Gerbrandy • Schermerhorn • Beel • Drees • De Quay • Marijnen • Cals • Zijlstra • De Jong • Biesheuvel • Den Uyl • Van Agt • Lubbers • Kok • Balkenende