Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands Viceminister-president van Nederland | |
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Style | His or Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | Mark Rutte as Prime Minister |
Formation | 25 June 1945 |
First holder | Willem Drees |
Salary | €144,000 (including €7,887.24 expenses) |
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The Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (Dutch: Viceminister-president van Nederland) is the official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands the Deputy Prime Minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. Conventionally, all of the junior partners in the coalition get one deputy, and the deputies are ranked according to the size of their respective parties. The incumbent Deputy Prime Ministers are Hugo de Jonge (Christian Democratic Appeal), Kajsa Ollongren (Democrats 66) and Carola Schouten (Christian Union).
List of unofficial deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands[]
Deputy Prime Minister | Position | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Dr. Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) |
Minister of the Interior | 1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 |
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) |
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) [1] | ||
(1828–1910) |
Minister of the Interior | 4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) [2] | ||
Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) |
Minister of Colonial Affairs | 4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) [3] | ||
Ad interim Minister of the Interior |
4 June 1872 – 6 July 1872 | |||||
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) |
Minister of Colonial Affairs | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 |
Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) |
Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) [4] | ||
Ad interim Minister of the Navy |
18 December 1873 – 16 May 1874 | |||||
Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885) |
Minister of Justice | 27 August 1873 – 3 November 1877 |
Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) |
Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) [5] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904) |
Minister of the Interior | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 |
Liberal Union | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) [6] | ||
Samuel van Houten (1837–1930) |
Minister of the Interior | 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
Joan Röell (Röell) [7] | ||
Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917) |
Minister of the Interior | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) [8] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) |
Minister of Justice | 9 September 1918 – 4 August 1925 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II) [9][10] | ||
Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
Minister of Finance | 4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926 |
Christian Historical Union | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) [11] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) |
Minister of Finance | 10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933 |
Christian Historical Union | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) [12] | ||
Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) |
Minister of Justice | 26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 |
Roman Catholic State Party |
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) [13][14] | ||
Carel Goseling (1891–1941) |
Minister of Justice | 24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939 |
Roman Catholic State Party |
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) [15] | ||
Not in use | ||||||
Hendrik van Boeijen (1889–1947) |
Minister of the Interior | 10 August 1939 – 3 September 1940 |
Christian Historical Union | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) [16] | ||
Minister of the Interior | 3 September 1940 – 27 July 1941 |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [17] | ||||
Minister of General Affairs | ||||||
Minister of Defence | 12 June 1941 – 27 July 1941 | |||||
Minister of General Affairs | 27 July 1941 – 23 February 1945 |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [17] | ||||
Minister of the Interior | 27 July 1941 – 31 May 1944 Ad interim 27 January 1945 – 23 February 1945 | |||||
Minister of War | 27 July 1941 – 15 September 1942 | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek |
List of deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands[]
Deputy Prime Minister | Position | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |||
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Willem Drees (1886–1988) |
Minister of Social Affairs | 25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946 |
Social Democratic Workers' Party |
Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) [18] | |||
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948 |
Labour Party | Louis Beel (Beel I) [19] | |||||
Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) |
Minister without Portfolio for the Interior |
7 August 1948 – 15 March 1951 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik) [20] | |||
Frans Teulings (1891–1966) |
Minister without Portfolio for the Interior |
15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees I) [21] | |||
Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977) [Res] |
Minister of the Interior | 2 September 1952 – 7 July 1956 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees II) [22] | |||
Teun Struycken (1906–1977) |
Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations |
29 October 1956 – 22 December 1958 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees III) [23] | |||
Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations |
22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 |
Louis Beel (Beel II) [24] | |||||
Minister of Justice | |||||||
Henk Korthals (1911–1976) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan de Quay (De Quay) [25] | |||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [26] | |||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) |
Minister of Finance | 14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966 |
Labour Party | Jo Cals (Cals) [27] | ||
[2] | Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | ||||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 |
Catholic People's Party |
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [28] | ||
[2] | Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | ||||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Dr. Johan Witteveen (1921–2019) |
Minister of Finance | 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Piet de Jong (De Jong) [29] | ||
[2] | Joop Bakker (1921–2003) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | ||||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[1] | Roelof Nelissen (1931–2019) |
Minister of Finance | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 |
Catholic People's Party |
Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [30] | ||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
6 July 1971 – 28 January 1972 | ||||||
[2] | Molly Geertsema (1918–1991) |
Minister of the Interior | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973 | ||||||
Dries van Agt (born 1931) [Res] |
Minister of Justice | 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 |
Catholic People's Party |
Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [31] | |||
Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997) |
8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||||
Minister of the Interior | |||||||
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
Hans Wiegel (born 1941) |
Minister of the Interior | 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [32] | |||
[1] | Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) [Res] |
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Labour Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) [33] | ||
Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |||||||
[2] | Dr. Jan Terlouw (born 1931) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | Democrats 66 | ||||
29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt III) [34] | ||||||
Gijs van Aardenne (1930–1995) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) [35] | |||
Dr. Rudolf de Korte (1936–2020) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) [36] | |||
Wim Kok (1938–2018) |
Minister of Finance | 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 |
Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [37] | |||
[1] | Hans Dijkstal (1943–2010) |
Minister of the Interior | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok I) [38] | ||
[2] | Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Democrats 66 | ||||
[1] | Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950) |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok II) [39] | ||
[2] | Dr. Els Borst (1932–2014) |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
Democrats 66 | ||||
[1] | Dr. Eduard Bomhoff (born 1944) [Res] |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 |
Pim Fortuyn List | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [40] | ||
[2] | Johan Remkes (born 1951) |
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
[1] | 16 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 | ||||||
[2] | Roelf de Boer (born 1949) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
18 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
Pim Fortuyn List | |||
[1] | Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) |
Minister of Finance | 27 May 2003 – 7 July 2006 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) [41] | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs [Ad interim] |
3 July 2006 – 7 July 2006 | ||||||
[2] | Thom de Graaf (born 1957) [Res] |
Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations |
27 May 2003 – 23 March 2005 |
Democrats 66 | |||
[2] | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) [Res] |
Minister of Economic Affairs | 31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006 |
Democrats 66 | |||
Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) |
Minister of Finance | 7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) [42] | |||
[1] | Wouter Bos (born 1963) [Res] |
Minister of Finance | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 |
Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [43] | ||
[2] | André Rouvoet (born 1962) |
Minister of Youth and Family Policy |
Christian Union | ||||
Minister of Education, Culture and Science |
23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 | ||||||
Minister of Youth and Family Policy | |||||||
Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) |
Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation |
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [44] | |||
Dr. Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974) |
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment |
5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 |
Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [45] | |||
[1] | Hugo de Jonge (born 1977) |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
26 October 2017 – Incumbent |
Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [46] | ||
[2] | Jonkvrouw Kajsa Ollongren (born 1967) [Leave] |
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
26 October 2017 – 1 November 2019 |
Democrats 66 | |||
14 May 2020 – Incumbent | |||||||
[3] | Carola Schouten (born 1977) |
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality |
26 October 2017 – Incumbent |
Christian Union | |||
[2] | Wouter Koolmees (born 1977) [Acting] |
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment |
1 November 2019 – 14 May 2020 |
Democrats 66 | |||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek |
- First Deputy Prime Minister
- Second Deputy Prime Minister
- Third Deputy Prime Minister
- Resigned
- Acting
- Ad interim
- Extended medical leave of absence from 1 November 2019 until 14 May 2020
Living deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands[]
Deputy Prime Minister | Term | Age |
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Dries van Agt | 1973–1977 | 2 February 1931 |
Hans Wiegel | 1977–1981 | 16 July 1941 |
Jan Terlouw | 1981–1982 | 15 November 1931 |
Annemarie Jorritsma | 1998–2002 | 1 June 1950 |
Eduard Bomhoff | 2002 | 30 September 1944 |
Johan Remkes | 2002-2003 | 15 June 1951 |
Roelf de Boer | 2002–2003 | 9 October 1949 |
Gerrit Zalm | 2003–2007 | 6 May 1952 |
Thom de Graaf | 2003–2005 | 11 June 1957 |
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | 2005–2006 | 18 March 1937 |
Wouter Bos | 2007–2010 | 14 July 1963 |
André Rouvoet | 2007–2010 | 4 January 1962 |
Maxime Verhagen | 2010–2012 | 14 September 1956 |
Lodewijk Asscher | 2012–2017 | 27 September 1974 |
Wouter Koolmees | 2019–2020 | 20 March 1977 |
Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands by term length[]
Ranking | Deputy Prime Minister | Political party | Term | Duration |
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1st | Lodewijk Asscher | Labour Party | 2012–2017 | 4 years, 355 days |
2nd | Wim Kok | Labour Party | 1989–1994 | 4 years, 288 days |
3rd | Dries van Agt | Catholic People's Party | 1973–1977 | 4 years, 120 days |
4th | Johan Witteveen | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1967–1971 | 4 years, 92 days |
Joop Bakker | Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||
5th | Henk Korthals | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1959–1963 | 4 years, 66 days |
6th | Louis Beel | Catholic People's Party | 1952–1956 | 4 years, 41 days |
7th | Annemarie Jorritsma | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1998–2002 | 3 years, 353 days |
Els Borst | Democrats 66 | |||
8th | Hans Dijkstal | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1994–1998 | 3 years, 346 days |
Hans van Mierlo | Democrats 66 | |||
9th | Hugo de Jonge | Christian Democratic Appeal | 2017–present | 3 years, 317 days |
Carola Schouten | Christian Union | |||
10th | Gerrit Zalm | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2003–2007 | 3 years, 271 days |
11th | Hans Wiegel | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1977–1981 | 3 years, 266 days |
12th | Barend Biesheuvel | Anti-Revolutionary Party | 1963–1967 | 3 years, 255 days |
13th | Gijs van Aardenne | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1982–1986 | 3 years, 252 days |
14th | André Rouvoet | Christian Union | 2007–2010 | 3 years, 234 days |
15th | Kajsa Ollongren | Democrats 66 | 2017–2019 | 3 years, 123 days |
2020–present | ||||
16th | Rudolf de Korte | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1986–1989 | 3 years, 116 days |
17th | Willem Drees | Social Democratic Workers' Party (1945–1946) Labour Party (1946–1948) |
1945–1948 | 3 years, 44 days |
18th | Wouter Bos | Labour Party | 2007–2010 | 3 years, 1 day |
19th | Josef van Schaik | Catholic People's Party | 1948–1951 | 2 years, 220 days |
20th | Teun Struycken | Catholic People's Party | 1956–1959 | 2 years, 218 days |
21st | Maxime Verhagen | Christian Democratic Appeal | 2010–2012 | 2 years, 22 days |
22nd | Roelof Nelissen | Catholic People's Party | 1971–1973 | 1 year, 309 days |
Molly Geertsema | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
23rd | Thom de Graaf | Democrats 66 | 2003–2005 | 1 year, 302 days |
24th | Anne Vondeling | Labour Party | 1965–1966 | 1 year, 222 days |
25th | Frans Teulings | Catholic People's Party | 1951–1952 | 1 year, 171 days |
26th | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | Democrats 66 | 2005–2006 | 1 year, 94 days |
27th | Jan Terlouw | Democrats 66 | 1981–1982 | 1 year, 54 days |
28th | Johan Remkes | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2002–2003 | 309 days |
29th | Joop den Uyl | Labour Party | 1981–1982 | 260 days |
30th | Roelf de Boer | Pim Fortuyn List | 2002–2003 | 221 days |
31st | Wouter Koolmees | Democrats 66 | 2019–2020 | 195 days |
32nd | Jan de Quay | Catholic People's Party | 1966–1967 | 134 days |
33rd | Gaius de Gaay Fortman | Anti-Revolutionary Party | 1977 | 102 days |
34th | Eduard Bomhoff | Pim Fortuyn List | 2002 | 86 days |
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