State Secretary for Defence |
Portfolio(s) |
Term of office |
Party |
Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
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Vice admiral Harry Moorman (1899–1971) |
• Navy |
1 May 1949 – 27 November 1950 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I) [9][10] |
• Army • Navy • Air Force |
27 November 1950 – 1 June 1951 |
• Navy |
1 June 1951 – 19 May 1959 |
Willem Drees (Drees II • III) [11][12] |
Louis Beel (Beel II) [13] |
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Wim Fockema Andreae (1909–1996) |
• Army • Air Force |
1 May 1949 – 27 November 1950 [Res] |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik) [9] |
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Ferdinand Kranenburg (1911–1994) |
• Army • Air Force |
1 June 1951 – 1 June 1958 [Res] |
Labour Party |
Willem Drees (Drees I • II) [10][11] |
Willem Drees (Drees III) [12] |
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Meine van Veen (1893–1970) |
25 October 1958 – 22 December 1958 |
Labour Party |
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Lieutenant general Michael Calmeyer (1895–1990) |
• Army • Air Force |
19 June 1959 – 24 July 1963 |
Christian Historical Union |
Jan de Quay (De Quay) [14] |
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Captain Piet de Jong (1915–2016) |
• Navy |
25 June 1959 – 24 July 1963 |
Catholic People's Party |
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Vice admiral Adri van Es (1913–1994) |
• Navy |
14 August 1963 – 6 July 1971 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party |
Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [15] |
Jo Cals (Cals) [16] |
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [17] |
Piet de Jong (De Jong) [18] |
• Human Resources • Equipment |
6 July 1971 – 16 September 1972 [Res] |
Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [19] |
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Brigadier general Joop Haex (1911–2002) |
• Army |
14 August 1963 – 14 April 1965 |
Christian Historical Union |
Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [15] |
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Major general Willem den Toom (1911–1998) |
• Air Force |
25 November 1963 – 14 April 1965 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
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Gerard Peijnenburg (1919–2000) |
• Army |
13 May 1965 – 5 April 1967 |
Independent Christian Democratic Catholic |
Jo Cals (Cals) [16] |
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [17] |
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Colonel Jan Borghouts (1910–1966) |
• Air Force |
12 July 1965 – 5 February 1966 [Died] |
Catholic People's Party |
Jo Cals (Cals) [16] |
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Lieutenant general Heije Schaper (1906–1996) |
22 June 1966 – 5 April 1967 |
Independent Conservative Liberal |
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [17] |
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Major general Joop Haex (1911–2002) |
• Army |
18 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 |
Christian Historical Union |
Piet de Jong (De Jong) [18] |
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Bob Duynstee (1920–2014) |
• Air Force |
28 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 |
Catholic People's Party |
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Joep Mommersteeg (1917–1991) |
• Human Resources |
11 May 1973 – 1 March 1974 [Res] |
Catholic People's Party |
Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [20] |
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Brigadier general Cees van Lent (1922–2000) |
11 March 1974 – 11 September 1981 |
Catholic People's Party |
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Christian Democratic Appeal |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [21] |
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Captain Bram Stemerdink (born 1936) |
• Equipment • Justice |
11 May 1973 – 1 January 1977 [App] |
Labour Party |
Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [20] |
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Dr. Wim van Eekelen (born 1931) |
• Equipment • Justice |
20 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [21] |
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Captain Bram Stemerdink (born 1936) |
• Equipment • Justice |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 [Res] |
Labour Party |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) [22] |
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Jan van Houwelingen (1939–2013) |
• Human Resources |
14 September 1981 – 7 November 1989 |
Christian Democratic Appeal |
• Human Resources • Equipment |
Dries van Agt (Van Agt III) [23] |
• Equipment |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) [24] |
• Human Resources • Equipment |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) [25] |
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Charl Schwietert (born 1943) |
• Human Resources |
8 November 1982 – 11 November 1982 [Res] |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) [24] |
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Willem Hoekzema (born 1939) |
19 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
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Baron Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (1944–2023) |
• Human Resources • Equipment • Justice |
7 November 1989 – 1 June 1993 [App] |
Christian Democratic Appeal |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [26] |
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Lieutenant colonel Ton Frinking (1931–2022) |
1 June 1993 – 22 August 1994 |
Christian Democratic Appeal |
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Lieutenant commander Jan Gmelich Meijling (1936–2012) |
• Human Resources • Equipment |
22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok I) [27] |
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Commander Henk van Hoof (born 1947) |
• Human Resources • Equipment |
3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Wim Kok (Kok II) [28] |
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Cees van der Knaap (born 1951) |
• Human Resources • Military Administration • Equipment |
22 July 2002 – 18 December 2007 [App] |
Christian Democratic Appeal |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II • III) [29][30][31] |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [32] |
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Lieutenant Jack de Vries (born 1968) |
18 December 2007 – 18 May 2010 [Res] |
Christian Democratic Appeal |
Vacant |
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Barbara Visser (born 1977) |
• Human Resources • Military Administration • Equipment |
26 October 2017 – 31 August 2021 [App] |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [35] |
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Christophe van der Maat (born 1980) |
• Human Resources • Military Administration • Equipment |
10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [36] |
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Lieutenant Colonel Gijs Tuinman (born 1979) |
• Human Resources • Military Administration • Equipment |
2 July 2024 – Incumbent |
Farmer–Citizen Movement |
Dick Schoof (Schoof) [37] |