Minister of State |
Apointed |
End |
Time |
Appointer |
Former Position(s) |
Party |
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Dr. Dirk Fock (1858–1941) (aged 83) |
24 August 1928 |
17 October 1941 |
13 years, 54 days |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Member of the House of Representatives (1901–1905) (1913–1920) Minister of Colonial Affairs (1905–1908) Speaker of the House of Representatives (1917–1920) Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921–1926) Member of the Senate (1929–1935) Parliamentary leader in the Senate (1932–1935) |
Liberal Union |
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Dr. Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek (1874–1942) (aged 67) |
25 July 1927 |
29 March 1942 |
14 years, 247 days |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Mayor of The Hague (1911–1918) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1918–1927) Queen's Commissioner of South Holland (1928–1942) |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
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Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944) (aged 75) |
31 August 1929 |
18 September 1944 |
15 years, 48 days |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Member of the House of Representatives Minister of War Minister of the Navy Member of the Senate Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Minister of Finance Minister of Colonial Affairs Prime Minister Parliamentary leader in the Senate Minister of Economic Affairs Minister of Water Management Minister of Defence Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of General Affairs |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
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Baron Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk (1859–1947) (aged 87) |
11 July 1946 |
12 April 1947 |
275 days |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Member of the Senate Parliamentary leader in the Senate President of the Senate |
Christian Historical Union |
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Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) (aged 89) |
31 August 1933 |
12 November 1947 [Note] |
14 years, 73 days |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Member of the House of Representatives Mayor of Arnhem Minister of Finance Minister of the Interior and Agriculture Prime Minister Leader of the Christian Historical Union Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Chairman of the Christian Historical Union Minister of General Affairs |
Christian Historical Union (Christian Historical Voters' League, Christian Historical Party) |
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Piet Aalberse (1871–1948) (aged 77) |
31 December 1934 |
5 July 1948 |
13 years, 187 days |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Member of the House of Representatives Minister of Labour Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industry Leader of the Roman Catholic State Party Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Member of the Council of State |
Catholic People's Party (General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses, Roman Catholic State Party) |
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Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956) (aged 84) |
22 December 1936 |
27 March 1956 |
19 years, 96 days |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Ambassador to China Minister of Foreign Affairs Vice-President of the Council of State |
Christian Historical Union |
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Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961) (aged 76) |
5 April 1955 |
7 September 1961 |
6 years, 155 days |
Queen Juliana |
Minister of Justice Prime Minister Minister of Colonial Affairs Minister of General Affairs Member of the House of Representatives |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
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Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) (aged 80) |
15 March 1951 |
23 March 1962 |
11 years, 8 days |
Queen Juliana |
Member of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Minister of Justice Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Minister for Reconstruction of the Kingdon Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Transport and Water Management Minister of the Interior Member of the Council of State |
Catholic People's Party (General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses, Roman Catholic State Party) |
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Pieter Oud (1886–1968) (aged 81) |
9 November 1963 |
12 August 1968 |
4 years, 277 days |
Queen Juliana |
Member of the House of Representatives Minister of Finance Leader of the Free-thinking Democratic League Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Mayor of Rotterdam Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Free-thinking Democratic League, Labour Party) |
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Jo Cals (1914–1971) (aged 57) |
5 December 1966 |
30 December 1971 |
5 years, 25 days |
Queen Juliana |
Member of the House of Representatives State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences Minister of General Affairs Prime Minister |
Catholic People's Party (Roman Catholic State Party) |
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Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977) (aged 74) |
21 November 1956 |
11 February 1977 |
20 years, 82 days |
Queen Juliana |
Minister of the Interior Member of the House of Representatives Prime Minister Minister of General Affairs Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Justice Member of the Council of State Minister of Social Affairs and Health Vice-President of the Council of State |
Catholic People's Party (Roman Catholic State Party) |
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Dr. Jonkheer Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1888–1978) (aged 90) |
28 June 1956 |
16 August 1978 |
22 years, 49 days |
Queen Juliana |
Queen's Commissioner of Groningen Ambassador to Belgium Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Ambassador to France Permanent Representative to the OECD |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
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Dr. Carl Romme (1896–1980) (aged 83) |
16 December 1971 |
16 October 1980 |
8 years, 305 days |
Queen Juliana |
Member of the House of Representatives Member of the Senate Minister of Social Affairs Leader of the Catholic People's Party Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Member of the Council of State |
Catholic People's Party (Roman Catholic State Party) (1971–1980) |
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Christian Democratic Appeal (1980) |
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Dr. Jan Donner (1891–1981) (aged 89) |
16 December 1971 |
2 February 1981 |
9 years, 48 days |
Queen Juliana |
Minister of Justice (1926–1933) Judge of the Supreme Court (1933–1944) (1945–1947) President of the Supreme Court (1947–1961) |
Anti-Revolutionary Party (1971–1980) |
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Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–1981) |
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Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) (aged 88) |
4 July 1950 |
17 June 1983 |
32 years, 348 days |
Queen Juliana |
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1939–1946) Minister for United Nations Affairs (1946–1947) Ambassador to the United States (1947–1949) Ambassador to the United Nations (1947–1949) (1954–1955) Ambassador to Portugal (1950–1956) President of the United Nations General Assembly (1954–1955) Permanent Representatives to NATO (1956–1958) Permanent Representatives to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1956–1958) Permanent Representatives to the European Coal and Steel Community (1958–1967) |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
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Jaap Burger (1904–1986) (aged 81) |
4 January 1975 |
19 August 1986 |
11 years, 227 days |
Queen Juliana |
Minister for Provisional Government Reconstruction (1943–1944) Minister of the Interior (1944–1945) Member of the House of Representatives (1945–1962) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1951) (1952–1962) Leader of the Labour Party (1958–1962) Member of the Senate (1963–1970) Member of the European Parliament (1966–1970) Member of the Council of State (1970–1979) |
Labour Party (Social Democratic Workers' Party) |
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Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) (aged 74) |
17 July 1971 |
28 October 1986 |
15 years, 103 days |
Queen Juliana |
Member of the House of Representatives (1948–1956) (1959) (1963–1966) (1967) Minister of Social Work (1956–1963) Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work (1966–1971) |
Catholic People's Party (1971–1980) |
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Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–1986) |
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Dr. Willem Drees (1886–1988) (aged 101) |
22 December 1958 |
14 May 1988 |
29 years, 144 days |
Queen Juliana |
Member of the House of Representatives (1933–1945) (1946) (1948) (1952) (1956) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (SDAP) (1939–1945) Leader of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (1940–1946) Chairman of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (1943–1945) Minister of Social Affairs (1945–1948) Deputy Prime Minister (1945–1948) Leader of the Labour Party (1946–1958) Minister of General Affairs (1948–1958) Prime Minister (1948–1958) Minister of Colonial Affairs (1951) Minister of Finance (1952) |
Labour Party (Social Democratic Workers' Party) |
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Dr. Marinus Ruppert (1911–1992) (aged 80) |
29 November 1980 |
27 February 1992 |
11 years, 90 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Member of the Senate (1956–1959) Member of the Council of State (1959–1973) Vice-President of the Council of State (1973–1980) |
Christian Democratic Appeal (Anti-Revolutionary Party) |
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Dr. Ivo Samkalden (1912–1995) (aged 82) |
22 January 1985 |
11 May 1995 |
10 years, 109 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Minister of Justice (1956–1958) (1965–1966) Member of the House of Representatives (1959–1960) Member of the Senate (1960–1965) Minister of the Interior (1966) Mayor of Amsterdam (1967–1977) |
Labour Party |
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Jonkheer Emiel van Lennep (1915–1996) (aged 81) |
29 April 1986 |
2 October 1996 |
10 years, 156 days) |
Queen Beatrix |
Treasurer–General (1951–1969) Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1969–1984)
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Christian Democratic Appeal (Christian Historical Union) |
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Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) (aged 83) |
30 April 1983 |
23 December 2001 |
18 years, 237 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Minister of Economic Affairs (1952–1959) Leader of the Anti- Revolutionary Party (1956) (1958–1959) Member of the House of Representatives (1956) (1959) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1956) Minister of Finance (1958–1963) (1966–1967) Member of the Senate (1963–1966) Minister of General Affairs (1966–1967) Prime Minister (1966–1967) President of the Central Bank (1967–1982) |
Christian Democratic Appeal (Anti-Revolutionary Party) |
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Willem Scholten (1927–2005) (aged 77) |
1 July 1997 |
1 January 2005 |
7 years, 184 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Member of the House of Representatives (1963–1971) (1972–1976) State Secretary for Finance (1971–1973) Member of the European Parliament (1973–1976) Member of the Council of State (1976–1978) Minister of Defence (1978–1980) Vice-President of the Council of State (1980–1997) |
Christian Democratic Appeal (Christian Historical Union) |
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Edzo Toxopeus (1918–2009) (aged 91) |
22 January 1985 |
3 August 2009 |
24 years, 213 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Member of the House of Representatives (1956–1959) (1963) (1965–1969) Minister of the Interior (1959–1965) Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (1963–1969) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1963) (1966–1969) President of the Liberal International (1966–1970) Queen's Commissioner of Groningen (1970–1980) Member of the Council of State (1980–1988) |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
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Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) (aged 78) |
24 October 1998 |
11 March 2010 |
11 years, 138 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Leader of the Democrats 66 (1966–1973) (1986–1998) Chairman of the Democrats 66 (1966–1967) Member of the House of Representatives (1967–1977) (1986–1994) (1998) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1967–1973) (1986–1994) Minister of Defence (1981–1982) Member of the Senate (1983–1986) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998) Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998) |
Democrats 66 |
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Dr. Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) (aged 86) |
17 May 1991 |
23 April 2011 |
19 years, 341 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Member of the Senate (1960–1963) Member of the House of Representatives (1963–1965) (1967–1973) (1977) (1978–1981) State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1965–1966) Member of the European Parliament (1971–1973) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–1977) (1981–1982) Ambassador to the United Nations (1983–1983) Member of the Council of State (1986–1993) High Commissioner on National Minorities (1993–2001) |
Labour Party |
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Dr. Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013) (aged 79) |
13 July 2007 |
13 February 2013 |
5 years, 215 days |
Queen Beatrix |
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1973–1977) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1994) Judge of the International Court of Justice (1997–2006) |
Christian Democratic Appeal (Anti-Revolutionary Party) |
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Dr. Els Borst (1932–2014) (aged 81) |
21 December 2012 |
8 February 2014 |
1 year, 49 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (1994–2002) Leader of the Democrats 66 (1998) Member of the House of Representatives (1998) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1998) Deputy Prime Minister (1998–2002) |
Democrats 66 |
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Dr. Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) (aged 78) |
31 January 1995 |
14 February 2018 |
23 years, 14 days |
Queen Beatrix |
Minister of Economic Affairs (1973–1977) Member of the House of Representatives (1977) (1977–1982) (1986) (1989) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1978–1981) (1981–1982) (1986) (1989) Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (1982–1994) Minister of General Affairs (1982–1994) Prime Minister (1982–1994) Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs (1989) (1994) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005) |
Christian Democratic Appeal (Catholic People's Party) |