thumb|right|Five former officeholders ([[Wim Kok, Dries van Agt, Piet de Jong, Ruud Lubbers and Jan Peter Balkenende) with then Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in July 2011]]
The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands. The Prime Minister is also chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of General Affairs. Although the office of Prime Minister has only existed since 1945, the term has been retroactively applied to informal leaders of cabinets or chairmen of the Council of Ministers since 1848.
Cabinet leader (1848-1874)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2 | Name<br /><small>(born and died)</small>
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Portrait
! colspan=3 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Political affiliation
! rowspan=2 | Cabinet
|-
!Took office
!Left office
!width="10px" |Tenure
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1794–1863)</small>
|75px|Gerrit Schimmelpenninck
| <br/> 1848
| <br/> 1848
|<small></small>
| rowspan="19" style="background:" |
|Independent Liberal
|Schimmelpenninck <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1793–1870)</small>
|75px|Jacob de Kempenaer
| <br/> 1848
| <br/> 1849
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|De Kempenaer—<br />Donker Curtius <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1798–1872)</small>
|75px|Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
| <br/> 1849
| <br/> 1853
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Thorbecke I <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1791–1866)</small>
|75px|Floris Adriaan van Hall
| <br/> 1853
| <br/> 1856
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Van Hall—<br />Donker Curtius <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1804–1863)</small>
|75px|Justinus van der Brugghen
| <br/> 1856
| <br/> 1858
|<small></small>
|Independent Antirevolutionary
|Van der Brugghen <br/>
|-
! scope="row" | <br /><small>(1797–1871)</small>
|75px|Jan Jacob Rochussen
| <br/> 1858
| <br/> 1860
|<small></small>
|Independent Conservative
|Rochussen <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1791–1866)</small>
|75px|Floris Adriaan van Hall
| <br/> 1860
| <br/> 1861
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Van Hall—Van Heemstra <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1816–1890)</small>
|75px|Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt
| <br/> 1861
| <br/> 1861
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|rowspan=2|Van Zuylen van Nijevelt—Van Heemstra <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1807–1864)</small>
|75px|Schelto van Heemstra
| <br/> 1861
| <br/> 1862
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1798–1872)</small>
|75px|Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
| <br/> 1862
| <br/> 1866
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Thorbecke II <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1822–1902)</small>
|75px|Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
| <br/> 1866
| <br/> 1866
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Fransen van de Putte <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1819–1894)</small>
|75px|Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt
| <br/> 1866
| <br/> 1868
|<small></small>
|Independent Conservative
|Van Zuylen van Nijevelt <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1809–1879)</small>
|75px|Pieter Philip van Bosse
| <br/> 1868
| <br/> 1871
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Van Bosse-Fock cabinet <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1798–1872)</small>
|75px|Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
| <br/> 1871
| <br/> 1872
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Thorbecke III <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1818–1900)</small>
|75px|Gerrit de Vries
| <br/> 1872
| <br/> 1874
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|De Vries-Fransen van de Putte <br/>
|}
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1874-1945)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2 | Name<br /><small>(born and died)</small>
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Portrait
! colspan=3 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Political affiliation
! rowspan=2 | Cabinet
|-
!Took office
!Left office
!width="10px" |Tenure
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1818–1897)</small>
|75px|Jan Heemskerk
| <br/> 1874
| <br/> 1877
|<small></small>
|
|Independent Conservative
|Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1822–1895)</small>
|75px|Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
| <br/> 1877
| <br/> 1879
|<small></small>
|
|Independent Liberal
|Kappeyne van de Coppello <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1826–1885)</small>
|75px|Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg
| <br/> 1879
| <br/> 1883
|<small></small>
|
|Independent Antirevolutionary
|Van Lynden van Sandenburg <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1838–1909)</small>
| 75px|Aeneas Mackay Jr.
| <br/> 1888
| <br/> 1891
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Anti-Revolutionary Party
|Mackay <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1841–1914)</small>
|75px|Gijsbert van Tienhoven
| <br/> 1891
| <br/> 1894
|<small></small>
| rowspan="2" style="background:" |
|Independent Liberal
|Van Tienhoven <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br />
|75px|Joan Röell
| <br/> 1894
| <br/> 1897
|<small></small>
|Independent Liberal
|Röell <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1839–1909)</small>
|75px|Nicolaas Pierson
| <br/> 1897
| <br/> 1901
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Liberal Union
|Pierson <br/>
|-
! scope="row" | <br /><small>(1837–1920)</small>
|75px|Abraham Kuyper
| <br/> 1901
| <br/> 1905
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Anti-Revolutionary Party
|Kuyper <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1851–1919)</small>
|75px|Theo de Meester
| <br/> 1905
| <br/> 1908
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Liberal Union
|De Meester <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |
<br /><small>(1852–1932)</small>
|75px|Theo Heemskerk
| <br/> 1908
| <br/> 1913
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Anti-Revolutionary Party
|T. Heemskerk <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1846–1935)</small>
|75px|Pieter Cort van der Linden
| <br/> 1913
| <br/> 1918
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Independent Liberal
|Cort van der Linden <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 | <br />
|rowspan=2 | 75px|Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 1918
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 1925
|rowspan=2 | <small></small>
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=2 | General League of Roman Associations
|Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I <br/>
|-
|Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1869–1944)</small>
|75px|Hendrikus Colijn
| <br/> 1925
| <br/> 1926
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Anti-Revolutionary Party
|Colijn I <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br />
|75px|Dirk Jan de Geer
| <br/> 1926
| <br/> 1929
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Christian Historical Union
|De Geer I <br/>
|-
! scope="row" | <br />
|75px|Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
| <br/> 1929
| <br/> 1933
|<small></small>
|style="background:;"|
|Roman Catholic State Party
|Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 | <br /><small>(1869–1944)</small>
|rowspan=2 | 75px|Hendrikus Colijn
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 1933
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 1939
|rowspan=2 | <small></small>
|rowspan=2 style="background:"|
|rowspan=2 | Anti-Revolutionary Party
|Colijn II, III <br/>
|-
|Colijn IV, V <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br />
|75px|Dirk Jan de Geer
| <br/> 1939
| <br/> 1940
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Christian Historical Union
|De Geer II <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=3 | <br /><small>(1885–1961)</small>
|rowspan=3 | 75px|Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
|rowspan=3 | <br/> 1940
|rowspan=3 | <br/> 1945
|rowspan=3 | <small></small>
|rowspan=3 style="background:"|
|rowspan=3 | Anti-Revolutionary Party
|Gerbrandy I <br/>
|-
|Gerbrandy II <br/>
|-
|Gerbrandy III <br/>
|}
Prime Ministers (1945-present)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2 | Name<br /><small>(born and died)</small>
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Portrait
! colspan=3 | Term of office
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Political affiliation
! rowspan=2 | Cabinet
|-
!Took office
!Left office
!width="10px" |Tenure
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 | <br /><small>(1894–1977)</small>
|rowspan=2 | 75px|Willem Schermerhorn
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 1945
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 1946
|rowspan=2 | <small></small>
|style="background:;"|
|Free-thinking Democratic League <br/> <small>until 1946</small>
|rowspan=2 | Schermerhorn—Drees <br/>
|-
|style="background:"|
|Labour Party <br/> <small>from 1946</small>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1902–1977)</small>
|75px|Louis Beel
| <br/> 1946
| <br/> 1948
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Catholic People's Party
|Beel I <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4 | <br /><small>(1886–1988)</small>
|rowspan=4 | 75px|Willem Drees
|rowspan=4 | <br/> 1948
|rowspan=4 | <br/> 1958
|rowspan=4 | <small></small>
|rowspan=4 style="background:"|
|rowspan=4 | Labour Party
|Drees—Van Schaik <br/>
|-
|Drees I <br/>
|-
|Drees II <br/>
|-
|Drees III <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1902–1977)</small>
|75px|Louis Beel
| <br/> 1958
| <br/> 1959
|<small></small>
| rowspan="4" style="background:" |
|Catholic People's Party
|Beel II <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1901–1985)</small>
|75px|Jan de Quay
| <br/> 1959
| <br/> 1963
|<small></small>
|Catholic People's Party
|De Quay <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1917–1975)</small>
|75px|Victor Marijnen
| <br/> 1963
| <br/> 1965
|<small></small>
|Catholic People's Party
|Marijnen <br/>
|-
! scope="row" | <br /><small>(1914–1971)</small>
|75px|Jo Cals
| <br/> 1965
| <br/> 1966
|<small></small>
|Catholic People's Party
|Cals <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1918–2001)</small>
|75px|Jelle Zijlstra
| <br/> 1966
| <br/> 1967
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Anti-Revolutionary Party
|Zijlstra <br/>
|-
! scope="row" |<br /><small>(1915–2016)</small>
|75px|Piet de Jong
| <br/> 1967
| <br/> 1971
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Catholic People's Party
|De Jong <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2| <br /><small>(1920–2001)</small>
|rowspan=2| 75px|Barend Biesheuvel
|rowspan=2| <br/> 1971
|rowspan=2| <br/> 1973
|rowspan=2| <small></small>
|rowspan=2 style="background:"|
|rowspan=2| Anti-Revolutionary Party
|Biesheuvel I <br/>
|-
|Biesheuvel II <br/>
|-
! scope="row" | <br /><small>(1919–1987)</small>
|75px|Joop den Uyl
| <br/> 1973
| <br/> 1977
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Labour Party
|Den Uyl <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=3 | <br /><small>(1931–2024)</small>
|rowspan=3 | 75px|Dries van Agt
|rowspan=3 | <br/> 1977
|rowspan=3 | <br/> 1982
|rowspan=3 | <small></small>
! rowspan="6" style="background:" |
|rowspan=3 | Christian Democratic Appeal
|Van Agt I <br/>
|-
|Van Agt II <br/>
|-
|Van Agt III <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=3 | <br /><small>(1939–2018)</small>
|rowspan=3 | 75px|Ruud Lubbers
|rowspan=3 | <br/> 1982
|rowspan=3 | <br/> 1994
|rowspan=3 | <small></small>
|rowspan=3 | Christian Democratic Appeal
|Lubbers I <br/>
|-
|Lubbers II <br/>
|-
|Lubbers III <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 | <br /><small>(1938–2018)</small>
|rowspan=2 | 75px|Wim Kok
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 1994
|rowspan=2 | <br/> 2002
|rowspan=2 | <small></small>
|rowspan=2 style="background:"|
|rowspan=2 | Labour Party
|Kok I <br/>
|-
|Kok II <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4 | <br /><small>(born 1956)</small>
|rowspan=4 | 75px|Jan Peter Balkenende
|rowspan=4 | <br/> 2002
|rowspan=4 | <br/> 2010
|rowspan=4 | <small></small>
|rowspan=4 style="background:"|
|rowspan=4 | Christian Democratic Appeal
|Balkenende I <br/>
|-
|Balkenende II <br/>
|-
|Balkenende III <br/>
|-
|Balkenende IV <br/>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4 | <br /><small>(born 1967)</small>
|rowspan=4 | 112x112px|Mark Rutte
|rowspan=4 | <br/> 2010
|rowspan=4 | <br/> 2024
|rowspan=4 | <small></small>
|rowspan=4 style="background:"|
|rowspan=4 | People's Party
|Rutte I <br/>
|-
|Rutte II <br/>
|-
|Rutte III <br/>
|-
|Rutte IV <br/>
|-
! scope="row" | <br/> <small>(born 1957)</small>
|alt=Dick Schoof|75px
| <br/> 2024
| <br/> 2026
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Independent
|Schoof <br/>
|-
! scope="row" | <br/> <small>(born 1987)</small>
|100x100px|Rob Jetten
| <br/> 2026
|Incumbent
|<small></small>
|style="background:"|
|Democrats 66
|Jetten <br/>
|}
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See also
- Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands
- Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands