List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands

Minister of Finance of the Netherlands Minister van Financiën
Ministry of Finance
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Incumbent Wopke Hoekstra since 26 October 2017
Ministry of Finance
Style	His/Her Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Appointer	Mark Rutte as Prime Minister
Formation	22 January 1798 (1798-01-22)
First holder	Alexander Gogel (as Secretary of Finance)
Deputy	Menno Snel as State Secretary for Finance
Salary	€157,287 (As of 2017) (including €4,193 of expenses)
Website	(in English) Minister of Finance

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The Minister of Finance (Dutch: Minister van Financiën) is the head of the Ministry of Finance and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister of Finance is Wopke Hoekstra of the Christian Democratic Appeal, who has been in office since 26 October 2017.^[1]

Ministers of Finance (since 1874)

For full list, see List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands. (in Dutch)

Minister of Finance			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Jonkheer Hendrik van der Heim (1824–1890)	27 August 1874 – 3 November 1877	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg)
		Johan Gleichman (1834–1906)	3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello)
		Dr. Simon Vissering (1818–1888)	20 August 1879 – 13 June 1881 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg)
		Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Prime Minister) (1826–1885)	13 June 1881 – 23 April 1883	Independent Conservative (Protestant)
		Willem Grobbée (1822–1907)	23 April 1883 – 4 May 1885 [Res]	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) [2]
		Jacobus Bloem (1822–1902)	4 May 1885 – 21 April 1888	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
		Jonkheer Karel Antonie Godin de Beaufort (1850–1921)	21 April 1888 – 21 August 1891	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay) [3]
		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894	Liberal Union	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) [4]
		Jacobus Sprenger van Eyk (1842–1907)	9 May 1894 – 26 July 1897	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Joan Röell (Röell) [5]
		Nicolaas Pierson (Prime Minister) (1839–1909)	26 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union	Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) [6]
		Jan Harte van Tecklenburg (1853–1937)	1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)	Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) [7]
		Theo de Meester (Prime Minister) (1851–1919)	17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908	Liberal Union	Theo de Meester (De Meester) [8]
		Maximilien Kolkman (1853–1924)	12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)	Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) [9]
		Anthonij Bertling (1860–1945)	29 August 1913 – 24 October 1914 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) [10]
		Willem Treub (1858–1931)	24 October 1914 – 8 February 1916 [Res]	Free-thinking Democratic League
		Dr. Anton van Gijn (1866–1933)	8 February 1916 – 22 February 1917 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Willem Treub (1858–1931)	22 February 1917 – 9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
				Economic League
		Simon de Vries (1869–1961)	9 September 1918 – 28 July 1921 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I) [11]
		Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1969)	28 July 1921 – 11 August 1923 [Res]	Christian Historical Union
					Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) [12]
		Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister 1925–1926) (1869–1944)	11 August 1923 – 8 March 1926	Anti-Revolutionary Party
					Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) [13]
		Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (Prime Minister 1926–1929) (1870–1969)	8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933	Christian Historical Union	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) [14]
					Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) [15]
		Pieter Oud (1886–1968)	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Free-thinking Democratic League	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) [16][17]
		Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956)	24 June 1937 – 19 May 1939 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) [18]
		Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	19 May 1939 – 25 July 1939 [Ad interim]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Christiaan Bodenhausen (1869–1966)	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) [19]
		Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (Prime Minister) (1870–1969)	10 August 1939 – 3 September 1940	Christian Historical Union	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) [20]
		Charles Welter (also Minister of Colonial Affairs) (1880–1972)	3 September 1940 – 27 July 1941	Roman Catholic State Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [21]
		Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) (1899–1972)	27 July 1941 – 17 November 1941 [Res]	Roman Catholic State Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) [21]
		Willem Albarda (also Minister of Water Management) (1877–1957)	17 November 1941 – 9 December 1942	Social Democratic Workers' Party
		Johannes van den Broek (also Minister of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture 1944–1945) (1882–1946)	9 December 1942 – 23 February 1945	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Dr. Gerardus Huysmans (1904–1948)	23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945	Roman Catholic State Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III) [22]
		Dr. Piet Lieftinck (1902–1989)	25 June 1945 – 1 July 1952 [Res]	Christian Historical Union	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) [23]
				Labour Party	Louis Beel (Beel I) [24]
					Willem Drees (Drees-Van Schaik) [25]
					Willem Drees (Drees I) [26]
		Dr. Willem Drees (Prime Minister) (1886–1988)	1 July 1952 – 2 September 1952 [Ad interim]	Labour Party
		Jo van de Kieft (1884–1970)	2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees II) [27]
		Henk Hofstra (1904–1999)	13 October 1956 – 22 December 1958	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees III) [28]
		Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (also Minister of Economic Affairs 1958–1959) (1918–2001)	22 December 1958 – 24 July 1963	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Louis Beel (Beel II) [29]
					Jan de Quay (De Quay) [30]
		Dr. Johan Witteveen (born 1921)	24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [31]
		Dr. Anne Vondeling (Deputy Prime Minister) (1916–1979)	14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966 [Res]	Labour Party	Jo Cals (Cals) [32]
		Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (Prime Minister) (1918–2001)	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [33]
		Dr. Johan Witteveen (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1921)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Piet de Jong (De Jong) [34]
		Roelof Nelissen (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs 1971–1972) (born 1931)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [35]
		Dr. Wim Duisenberg (1935–2005)	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Labour Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [36]
		Frans Andriessen (born 1929)	19 December 1977 – 22 February 1980 [Res]	Catholic People's Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [37]
		Gijs van Aardenne (Minister of Economic Affairs) (1930–1995)	22 February 1980 – 5 March 1980 [Ad interim]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Fons van der Stee (also Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs 1977–1981) (1928–1999)	5 March 1980 – 4 November 1982	Catholic People's Party
				Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) [38][39]
		Dr. Onno Ruding (born 1939)	4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) [40][41]
		Wim Kok (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1938)	7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [42]
		Gerrit Zalm (born 1952)	22 August 1994 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I • II) [43][44]
		Hans Hoogervorst (also Minister of Economic Affairs 2002–2003) (born 1956)	22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [45]
		Gerrit Zalm (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1952)	27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III) [46][47]
		Wouter Bos (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1963)	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 [Res]	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [48]
		Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969)	23 February 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal
					Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [49]
		Jeroen Dijsselbloem (born 1966)	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [50]
		Wopke Hoekstra (born 1975)	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [51]
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.

List of State Secretaries for Finance

State Secretary for Finance			Portfolio	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dr. Willem Hendrik van den Berge (1905–1987)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration	2 February 1953 – 13 October 1956	Independent Socialist (Social Democrat)	Willem Drees (Drees II) [27]
Vacant
		Dr. Willem Hendrik van den Berge (1905–1987)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration	27 May 1959 – 14 April 1965	Independent Socialist (Social Democrat)	Jan de Quay (De Quay) [30]
						Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [31]
		Dr. Wiel Hoefnagels (1929–1978)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration	31 May 1965 – 22 November 1966	Catholic People's Party	Jo Cals (Cals) [32]
Vacant
		Dr. Ferd Grapperhaus (1927–2010)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration	10 May 1967 – 6 July 1971	Catholic People's Party	Piet de Jong (De Jong) [34]
		Willem Scholten (1927–2005)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration	14 July 1971 – 19 March 1973 [Res]	Christian Historical Union	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [35]
		Fons van der Stee (1928–1999)	• Local Government Finances • National Mint • Gambling Policy • State Lottery	14 July 1971 – 12 March 1973 [Res]	Catholic People's Party
		Fons van der Stee (1928–1999)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • National Mint	11 May 1973 – 1 November 1973 [Appt]	Catholic People's Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [36]
		Martin van Rooijen (born 1942)		21 December 1973 – 14 October 1977 [Res]	Catholic People's Party
		Aar de Goede (1928–2016)	• Local Government Finances • Gambling Policy • State Lottery	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Democrats 66
		Ad Nooteboom (born 1928)	• Fiscal Affairs • National Mint • Gambling Policy • State Lottery	28 December 1977 – 22 February 1980 [Res]	Christian Historical Union	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [37]
		Marius van Amelsvoort (1930–2006)		16 April 1980 – 11 September 1981	Catholic People's Party
					Christian Democratic Appeal
		Hans Kombrink (born 1946)	• Fiscal Affairs • National Mint • Gambling Policy • State Lottery	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 [Res]	Labour Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) [38]
Vacant
		Henk Koning (1933–2016)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • State Lottery	4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) [40][41]
		Marius van Amelsvoort (1930–2006)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • State Lottery	7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [42]
		Dr. Willem Vermeend (born 1948)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • National Mint • Gambling Policy • State Lottery	22 August 1994 – 24 March 2000 [Appt]	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok I) [43]
						Wim Kok (Kok II) [44]
		Wouter Bos (born 1963)		24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party
		Steven van Eijck (born 1959)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • National Mint • State Lottery	22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003	Pim Fortuyn List	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [45]
		Joop Wijn (born 1969)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • National Mint	27 May 2003 – 7 July 2006 [Appt]	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) [46]
Vacant
		Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • National Mint • State Lottery	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 [Appt]	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [48]
		Frans Weekers (born 1967)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • National Mint • State Lottery	14 October 2010 – 30 January 2014 [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [49]
						Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [50]
		Eric Wiebes (born 1963)		4 February 2014 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Menno Snel (born 1970)	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration • Local Government Finances • National Mint • Gambling Policy • State Lottery	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	Democrats 66	Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [51]
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek

^Res Resigned.

^Appt Appointment: Fons van der Stee appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; Willem Vermeend appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Employment; Joop Wijn appointed Minister of Economic Affairs; Jan Kees de Jager appointed Minister of Finance.

See also

• Ministry of Finance

References