Leader |
Term of office |
Age as Leader |
Position(s) as Leader |
Further position(s) |
Lijsttrekker |
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Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) |
14 September 1966 – 1 September 1973 (6 years, 352 days) [1] |
35–42 |
Chairman of the Democrats 66 (1966–1967) Member of the House of Representatives (1967–1977) (1986–1994) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1967–1973) (1986–1994) Member of the Senate (1983–1986) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998) Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998) |
Minister of Defence (1981–1982) Member of the House of Representatives (1998) Minister of State (1998–2011) |
1967 |
1971 |
1972 |
1986 |
1989 |
1994 |
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Dr. Jan Terlouw (born 1931) |
1 September 1973 – 8 September 1982 (9 years, 7 days) [1] |
41–50 |
Member of the House of Representatives (1971–1981) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1973–1981) Minister of Economic Affairs (1981–1982) Deputy Prime Minister (1981–1982) |
Queen's Commissioner of Gelderland (1991–1996) Member of the Senate (1999–2003) |
1977 |
1981 |
1982 |
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Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) |
8 September 1982 – 10 November 1982 (63 days) [1] |
45 |
Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1982) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1981–1982) |
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1973–1977) Ambassador of the European Union to Japan (1982–1987) Member of the European Parliament (1994–1999) Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries (1999–2002) Minister of Economic Affairs (2003–2006) Deputy Prime Minister (2005–2006) |
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Maarten Engwirda (born 1943) |
10 November 1982 – 25 January 1986 (3 years, 76 days) [1] |
39–42 |
Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1989) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1982–1986) |
Member of the House of Representatives (1971–1972) Member of the European Parliament (1971–1973) Member of the European Court of Auditors (1996–2011) |
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Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) |
25 January 1986 – 15 February 1998 (12 years, 21 days) [1] |
54–66 |
Chairman of the Democrats 66 (1966–1967) Member of the House of Representatives (1967–1977) (1986–1994) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1967–1973) (1986–1994) Member of the Senate (1983–1986) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998) Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998) |
Minister of Defence (1981–1982) Member of the House of Representatives (1998) Minister of State (1998–2011) |
1967 |
1971 |
1972 |
1986 |
1989 |
1994 |
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Dr. Els Borst (1932–2014) |
15 February 1998 – 30 May 1998 (104 days) [1] |
65–66 |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (1994–2002) Member of the House of Representatives (1998) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1998) |
Deputy Prime Minister (1998–2002) Minister of State (2012–2014) |
1998 |
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Thom de Graaf (born 1957) |
30 May 1998 – 22 January 2003 (4 years, 237 days) [1] |
40–45 |
Member of the House of Representatives (1994–2003) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1998–2003) |
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1997–1998) Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations (2003–2005) Deputy Prime Minister (2003–2005) Mayor of Nijmegen (2007–2012) Member of the Senate (2011–2018) Parliamentary leader in the Senate (2015–2018) Vice-President of the Council of State (since 2018) |
2002 |
2003 |
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Boris Dittrich (born 1955) |
22 January 2003 – 3 February 2006 (3 years, 12 days) [1] |
47–50 |
Member of the House of Representatives (1994–2006) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2003–2006) |
Senate Candidate (2019) |
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Vacant (3 February 2006 – 24 June 2006) |
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Alexander Pechtold (born 1965) |
24 June 2006 – 6 October 2018 (12 years, 104 days) [1] |
40–52 |
Member of the House of Representatives (2006–2018) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2006–2018) |
Chairman of the Democrats 66 (2002–2005) Mayor of Wageningen (2003–2005) Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations (2005–2006) |
2006 |
2010 |
2012 |
2017 |
Vacant (since 6 October 2018) |