List of mayors of The Hague

Peace and Justice

Below is a list of mayors of The Hague since it was decided in 1824 that only one mayor at a time would govern the city.

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1824–1956[]

Portrait		Name	Term in office		Party	Notes
		(1771–1842)	23 February 1824	16 December 1842	Pro-government
		(1779–1872)	20 December 1842	15 May 1858	Pro-government	Acting Mayor until 28 March 1843
		(1814–1882)	1 June 1858	1 June 1882	Anti-revolutionary
		(1836–1911)	16 September 1882	8 September 1887	Liberal
		(1837–1920)	21 September 1887	1 July 1897	Liberal
		(1852–1898)	15 September 1897	16 April 1898
		(1848–1904)	25 May 1898	4 April 1904	Liberal
		(1852–1928)	15 July 1904	1 May 1911	Anti-Revolutionary
			1 May 1911	1 August 1911	Liberal	Acting Mayor
		Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1874–1942)	1 Augustus 1911	9 September 1918	Old liberal
		Jacob Patijn (1873–1961)	30 September 1918	1 October 1930	Liberal
		(1852–1928)	1 December 1930	1 June 1934	Christian Historical
		(1880–1961)	1 July 1934	1 July 1940	Liberal
			1 July 1940	15 June 1942	Liberal	Acting Mayor
		(1883–1959)	1 July 1942	15 March 1945	National Socialist
			15 March 1945	7 May 1945	National Socialist	Acting Mayor
		(1880–1961)	5 May 1945	1 January 1947	Liberal
		(1904–1975)	1 June 1947	27 May 1949	Christian Historical
		(1908–1990)	1 November 1949	1 August 1956	Christian Historical

1957–present[]

Mayor of the Hague			Term of office	Party
		Hans Kolfschoten (1908–1990)	10 February 1957 – 16 October 1968 (11 years, 249 days)	Catholic People's Party
		Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	16 October 1968 – 5 April 1975 (6 years, 155 days) [Died]	Catholic People's Party
		Gerard Wallis de Vries (1936–2018)	5 April 1975 – 14 October 1975 (192 days) [Ad Interim]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		(1926–2000)	14 October 1975 – 1 June 1985 (9 years, 230 days)	Catholic People's Party (1975–1980)
				Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–1985)
		(1927–2002)	1 June 1985 – 1 September 1985 (92 days) [Ad Interim]	Labour Party
		Dr. (born 1934)	1 September 1985 – 1 August 1996 (10 years, 335 days)	Christian Democratic Appeal
		(born 1948)	1 August 1996 – 1 December 1996 (122 days) [Ad Interim]	Labour Party
		Wim Deetman (born 1945)	1 December 1996 – 1 January 2008 (11 years, 31 days)	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957)	1 January 2008 – 26 March 2008 (85 days) [Ad Interim]	Labour Party
		Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947)	26 March 2008 – 1 March 2017 (8 years, 340 days) [1]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Tom de Bruijn (born 1948)	1 March 2017 – 17 March 2017 (16 days) [Ad Interim]	Democrats 66
		Pauline Krikke (born 1961)	17 March 2017 – 6 October 2019 (2 years, 203 days) [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Boudewijn Revis (born 1974)	6 October 2019 – 12 October 2019 (6 days) [Ad Interim]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Johan Remkes (born 1951)	12 October 2019 – 1 July 2020 (263 days) [Acting]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Jan van Zanen (born 1961)	1 July 2020 – Incumbent (1 year, 226 days)	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

^Resigned

^Acting

^{Ad Interim}

^{Died in Office}

See also[]

• Timeline of The Hague

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