List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

This is a list of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands since 1848.

Time line

This is a time line of Dutch prime ministers since 1848. Note that the colours denote parties

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from:1847 till:1848 color:purple text:Gerrit Schimmelpenninck from:1848 till:1849 color:blue text:Jacob De Kempenaer from:1849 till:1853 color:blue text:Johan Thorbecke from:1853 till:1856 color:purple text:Floris Adriaan Van Hall from:1856 till:1858 color:orange text:Justinus Van der Brugghen from:1858 till:1860 color:purple text:Jan Jacob Rochussen from:1860 till:1861 color:purple text:Floris Adriaan Van Hall from:1861 till:1861 text: Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt from:1861 till:1862 color:purple text:Schelto baron van Heemstra from:1862 till:1866 color:blue text:Johan Thorbecke from:1866 till:1866 text:Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte from:1866 till:1868 color:blue text:Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt from:1868 till:1871 color:blue text:Pieter Philip van Bosse from:1871 till:1872 color:blue text:Johan Thorbecke from:1872 till:1874 color:blue text:Gerrit de Vries Azn. from:1874 till:1877 color:purple text:Jan Heemskerk Azn from:1877 till:1879 color:blue text:Johannes Kappeyne van de Coppello from:1879 till:1883 color:purple text:Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg from:1883 till:1888 color:purple text:Jan Heemskerk Azn from:1888 till:1891 color:orange text:Aeneas Mackay jr. from:1891 till:1894 color:blue text:Gijsbert van Tienhoven from:1894 till:1897 color:purple text:Joan Röell from:1897 till:1901 color:blue text:Nicolaas Pierson from:1901 till:1905 color:orange text:Abraham Kuyper from:1905 till:1908 color:blue text:Theo de Meester from:1908 till:1913 color:orange text:Theo Heemskerk from:1913 till:1918 color:blue text:Pieter Cort van der Linden from:1918 till:1925 color:yellow text:Charles Ruys de Beerenbrouck from:1925 till:1926 color:orange text:Hendrik Colijn from:1926 till:1929 color:pink text:Dirk Jan de Geer from:1929 till:1933 color:yellow text:Charles Ruys de Beerenbrouck from:1933 till:1939 color:orange text:Hendrik Colijn from:1939 till:1940 color:pink text:Dirk Jan de Geer from:1940 till:1945 color:orange text:Pieter Gerbrandy from:1945 till:1946 color:red text:Willem Schermerhorn from:1946 till:1948 color:yellow text:Louis Beel from:1948 till:1958 color:red text:Willem Drees from:1958 till:1959 color:yellow text:Louis Beel from:1959 till:1963 color:yellow text:Jan de Quay from:1963 till:1965 color:yellow text:Victor Marijnen from:1965 till:1966 color:yellow text:Jo Cals from:1966 till:1967 color:orange text:Jelle Zijlstra from:1967 till:1971 color:yellow text:Piet de Jong from:1971 till:1973 color:orange text:Barend Biesheuvel from:1973 till:1977 color:red text:Joop den Uyl from:1977 till:1982 color:green text:Dries van Agt from:1982 till:1994 color:green text:Ruud Lubbers from:1994 till:2002 color:red text:Wim Kok from:2002 till:end color:green text:Jan Peter Balkenende

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