List of ministers of the interior of the Netherlands

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List of ministers of the interior of the Netherlands

The minister of the interior and kingdom relations (Dutch: Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) is the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Judith Uitermark of the New Social Contract (NSC) party who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretaries are Eddie van Marum and Zsolt Szabó.

Quick Facts Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands, Style ...
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands
Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
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Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
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Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
since 2 July 2024; 10 months ago (2024-07-02)
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation12 March 1798; 227 years ago (1798-03-12)
First holderAlexander Gogel
as Secretary for the Interior
DeputyZsolt Szabó
as State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation
Eddie van Marum
as State Secretary for Reparations for Groningen
Salary157,287 (As of 2017)
(including 4,193 of expenses)
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List of ministers

1801–1866

More information Agent of the Interior, Term of office ...
Agent of the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Alexander Gogel
(1765–1821)
19 June 1801 –
4 July 1801
Independent Staatsbewind
Secretary of State for the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Hendrik van Stralen
(1751–1821)
2 May 1805 –
20 June 1806
Independent Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck
Minister of the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Johan Hendrik Mollerus
(1750–1834)
4 July 1806 –
17 May 1808
Independent Louis I
Thumb Frédéric Auguste van Leyden
van Westbarendrecht

(1768–1821)
17 May 1808 –
8 December 1808
Independent
Thumb Adriaan Pieter Twent van Raaphorst
(1745–1816)
8 December 1808 –
27 May 1809
Independent
Minister of Worship and the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Godert van der Capellen
(1778–1848)
27 May 1809 –
1 January 1811
Independent Louis I
Commissioner-General for the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Hendrik van Stralen
(1751–1821)
29 November 1813 –
6 April 1814
Independent William Frederick
Secretary of State for the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Jonkheer
Willem Frederik Röell
(1767–1835)
6 April 1814 –
9 February 1817
Independent William Frederick / William I
Minister of the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Patrice de Coninck
(1770–1827)
21 February 1817 –
1 January 1820
Independent William I
Minister of the Interior, Water Management and Public Works Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Patrice de Coninck
(1770–1827)
1 January 1820 –
30 March 1824
Independent William I
Minister of the Interior, Education and Water Management Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Patrice de Coninck
(1770–1827)
30 March 1824 –
5 April 1825
Independent William I
Minister of the Interior Term of office Party Regime
Thumb Patrice de Coninck
(1770–1827)
5 April 1825 –
22 June 1825
Independent William I
Thumb Pierre van Gobbelschroy
(1784–1850)
22 June 1825 –
1 January 1830
Independent
Thumb Jonkheer
Edmond de la Coste
(1778–1870)
1 January 1830 –
22 October 1830
Independent
Thumb Hendrik Jacob van Doorn
van Westcapelle

(1786–1853)
4 October 1830 –
1 December 1836
Independent
Thumb Hendrik Merkus de Kock
(1779–1845)
1 December 1836 –
1 June 1841
Independent
William II
Thumb Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck
van der Oye

(1800–1872)
1 June 1841 –
15 February 1846
Independent
Thumb Johan Adriaan van der Heim
van Duivendijke

(1791–1870)
15 February 1846 –
1 June 1846
Ad interim
Independent
Thumb Cornelis Vollenhoven
(1778–1849)
1 June 1846 –
12 October 1846
Ad interim
Independent
Thumb Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck
(1807–1891)
12 October 1846 –
1 January 1848
Independent
Thumb Johan Adriaan van der Heim
van Duivendijke

(1791–1870)
1 January 1848 –
25 March 1848
Independent
Minister of the Interior Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Lodewijk Caspar Luzac
(1786–1861)
25 March 1848 –
13 May 1848
[Res]
Independent Gerrit Schimmelpenninck
(Schimmelpenninck)
Thumb Jacob de Kempenaer
(Prime Minister Nov 1848–Nov 1849)
(1793–1870)
13 May 1848 –
1 November 1849
Independent Gerrit Schimmelpenninck
(Schimmelpenninck)
Jacob de Kempenaer
(De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius)
Thumb Dr.
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(Prime Minister)
(1798–1872)
1 November 1849 –
19 April 1853
Independent Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(Thorbecke I)
Thumb Jonkheer
Gerlach Cornelis Joannes van Reenen
(1818–1893)
19 April 1853 –
1 July 1856
Independent Floris Adriaan van Hall
(Van Hall-Donker Curtius)
Thumb Dr.
Gerrit Simons
(1802–1868)
1 July 1856 –
19 January 1857
[Res]
Independent Justinus van der Brugghen
(Van der Brugghen)
Thumb Ridder
Anthony Gerhard Alexander van Rappard
(1799–1869)
19 January 1857 –
18 March 1858
Independent
Thumb Jonkheer
Jacob George Hieronymus
van Tets van Goudriaan

(1812–1885)
18 March 1858 –
23 February 1860
Independent Jan Jacob Rochussen
(Rochussen)
Thumb Baron
Schelto van Heemstra
(1807–1864)
2 March 1860 –
31 January 1862
Independent Floris Adriaan van Hall
(Van Hall-Van Heemstra)
Jacob van Zuylen
van Nijevelt

(Van Zuylen van
Nijevelt-Van Heemstra)
Thumb Dr.
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(Prime Minister)
(1798–1872)
31 January 1862 –
10 February 1866
Independent Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(Thorbecke II)
Thumb Johan Herman Geertsema
(1816–1908)
10 February 1866 –
1 June 1866
Independent Isaäc Dignus Fransen
van de Putte

(Fransen van de Putte)
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1866–1945

More information Minister of the Interior, Term of office ...
Minister of the Interior Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Dr.
Jan Heemskerk
(1818–1897)
1 June 1866 –
4 June 1868
Independent
Conservative

(Liberal Conservative)
Jules van Zuylen
van Nijevelt

(Van Zuylen van Nijevelt)
[1]
Thumb Cornelis Fock
(1828–1910)
4 June 1868 –
4 January 1871
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Pieter Philip
van Bosse

(Van Bosse–Fock)
[2]
Thumb Dr.
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(Prime Minister)
(1798–1872)
4 January 1871 –
4 June 1872
[Died]
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
(Thorbecke III)
[3]
Thumb Pieter Philip van Bosse
(Minister of Colonial Affairs)
(1809–1879)
4 June 1872 –
6 July 1872
[Ad interim]
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Thumb Johan Herman
Geertsema

(1816–1908)
6 July 1872 –
27 August 1874
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Gerrit de Vries
(De Vries–Fransen
van de Putte
)

[4]
Thumb Dr.
Jan Heemskerk
(Prime Minister)
(1818–1897)
27 August 1874 –
3 November 1877
Independent
Conservative

(Liberal Conservative)
Jan Heemskerk
(Heemskerk–Van Lynden
van Sandenburg
)

[5]
Thumb Jan Kappeyne van
de Coppello

(Prime Minister)
(1822–1895)
3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Jan Kappeyne van
de Coppello
(Kappeyne van
de Coppello
)

[6]
Thumb Jonkheer
Willem Six
(1829–1908)
20 August 1879 –
10 February 1882
[Res]
Independent
Liberal

(Conservative Liberal)
Theo van Lynden
van Sandenburg

(Van Lynden
van Sandenburg
)

[7]
Thumb Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk
(1847–1908)
10 February 1882 –
23 April 1883
Independent
Liberal

(Conservative Liberal)
Thumb Dr.
Jan Heemskerk
(Prime Minister)
(1818–1897)
23 April 1883 –
21 April 1888
Independent
Conservative

(Liberal Conservative)
Jan Heemskerk
(J. Heemskerk)
[8]
Thumb Baron
Aeneas Mackay Jr.
(Prime Minister)
(1838–1909)
21 April 1888 –
24 February 1890
[Appt]
Anti-Revolutionary Party Aeneas Mackay
(Mackay)
[9]
Thumb Jonkheer
Alexander de
Savornin Lohman

(1837–1924)
24 February 1890 –
21 August 1891
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Thumb Johannes Tak
van Poortvliet

(1839–1904)
21 August 1891 –
9 May 1894
Liberal Union Gijsbert van Tienhoven
(Van Tienhoven)
[10]
Thumb Samuel van Houten
(1837–1930)
9 May 1894 –
27 July 1897
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Joan Röell
(Röell)
[11]
Thumb Dr.
Hendrik Goeman
Borgesius

(1847–1917)
27 July 1897 –
1 August 1901
Liberal Union Nicolaas Pierson
(Pierson)
[12]
Thumb Dr.
Abraham Kuyper
(Prime Minister)
(1837–1920)
1 August 1901 –
17 August 1905
Anti-Revolutionary Party Abraham Kuyper
(Kuyper)
[13]
Thumb Pieter Rink
(1851–1941)
17 August 1905 –
10 February 1908
Liberal Union Theo de Meester
(De Meester)
[14]
Thumb Theo Heemskerk
(Prime Minister)
(1852–1932)
11 February 1908 –
29 August 1913
Anti-Revolutionary Party Theo Heemskerk
(T. Heemskerk)
[15]
Thumb Dr.
Pieter Cort van
der Linden

(Prime Minister)
(1846–1935)
29 August 1913 –
9 September 1918
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Pieter Cort van
der Linden
(Cort van der Linden)
[16]
Thumb Jonkheer
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck

(Prime Minister)
(1873–1936)
9 September 1918 –
1 January 1923
Roman Catholic
State Party
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck
(Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)
[17][18]
Minister of the Interior
and Agriculture
Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Jonkheer
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck

(Prime Minister)
(1869–1944)
1 January 1923 –
4 August 1925
Roman Catholic
State Party
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck
(Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II)
[18]
Thumb Jonkheer
Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1960)
4 August 1925 –
8 March 1926
Christian Historical Union Hendrikus Colijn
(Colijn I)
[19]
Thumb Jan Kan
(1873–1947)
8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929
Independent
Liberal

(Social Liberal)
Dirk Jan de Geer
(De Geer I)
[20]
Thumb Jonkheer
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck

(Prime Minister)
(1869–1944)
10 August 1929 –
1 May 1932
Roman Catholic
State Party
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck
(Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)
[21]
Thumb Jonkheer
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck

(Prime Minister)
(1873–1936)
1 May 1932 –
26 May 1933
Roman Catholic
State Party
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck
(Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)
[22]
Thumb Jacob Adriaan
de Wilde

(1879–1956)
26 May 1933 –
24 June 1937
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Hendrikus Colijn
(Colijn IIIII)
[23][24]
Thumb Hendrik van Boeijen
(also Minister of General
Affairs
1940–1944)

(1889–1947)
24 June 1937 –
31 May 1944
[Res]
Christian
Historical Union
Hendrikus Colijn
(Colijn IVV) [25]
Dirk Jan de Geer
(De Geer II) [26]
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
(Gerbrandy I) [27]
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
(Gerbrandy II)
[27]
Thumb Jaap Burger
(1904–1986)
31 May 1944 –
27 January 1945
[Res]
Social Democratic
Workers' Party
Thumb Hendrik van Boeijen
(Minister of General Affairs)
(1889–1947)
27 January 1945 –
23 February 1945
[Ad Interim]
Christian
Historical Union
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Since 1945

More information Minister of the Interior, Term of office ...
Minister of the Interior Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Dr.
Louis Beel
(Prime Minister
1946–1947)

(1902–1977)
23 February 1945 –
15 September 1947
Roman Catholic
State Party
Pieter Sjoerds
Gerbrandy

(Gerbrandy III) [28]
Catholic
People's Party
Willem
Schermerhorn

(Schermerhorn–
Drees
)
[29]
Louis Beel
(Beel I)
[30]
Thumb Dr.
Piet Witteman
(1892–1972)
15 September 1947 –
7 August 1948
Catholic
People's Party
Thumb Johan van
Maarseveen

(1894–1951)
7 August 1948 –
15 June 1949
[App]
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees–
Van Schaik
)

[31]
Thumb Josef van Schaik
(1882–1962)
[Deputy]
15 June 1949 –
20 September 1949
[Ad interim] [Minister]
Catholic
People's Party
Thumb Frans Teulings
(1891–1966)
20 September 1949 –
15 March 1951
Catholic
People's Party
Thumb Johan van
Maarseveen

(1894–1951)
15 March 1951 –
18 November 1951
[Died]
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees I)
[32]
Thumb Frans Teulings
(1891–1966)
[Deputy]
18 November 1951 –
6 December 1951
[Ad Interim] [Minister]
Catholic
People's Party
Thumb Dr.
Louis Beel
(1902–1977)
[Deputy]
6 December 1951 –
7 July 1956
[App]
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees II)
[33]
Thumb Dr.
Julius Christiaan
van Oven

(1881–1963)
7 July 1956 –
13 October 1956
[Acting] [Minister]
Labour Party
Thumb Ko Suurhoff
(1905–1967)
13 October 1956 –
29 October 1956
[Ad Interim] [Minister]
Labour Party Willem Drees
(Drees III)
[34]
Minister of the Interior, Property
and Public Organisations
Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Teun Struycken
(1906–1977)
[Deputy]
29 October 1956 –
19 May 1959
[Minister]
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees III)
[34]
Louis Beel
(Beel II)
[35]
Minister of the Interior Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Edzo Toxopeus
(1918–2009)
19 May 1959 –
14 April 1965
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Jan de Quay
(De Quay)
[36]
Victor Marijnen
(Marijnen)
[37]
Thumb Jan Smallenbroek
(1909–1974)
14 April 1965 –
31 August 1966
[Res]
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Jo Cals
(Cals)
[38]
Thumb Dr.
Ivo Samkalden
(1912–1995)
31 August 1966 –
5 September 1966
[Ad Interim] [Minister]
Labour Party
Thumb Dr.
Koos Verdam
(1915–1998)
5 September 1966 –
5 April 1967
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Jelle Zijlstra
(Zijlstra)
[39]
Thumb Henk Beernink
(1910–1979)
5 April 1967 –
6 July 1971
Christian
Historical Union
Piet de Jong
(De Jong)
[40]
Thumb Molly Geertsema
(1918–1991)
[Deputy]
6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Barend Biesheuvel
(Biesheuvel III)
[41]
Thumb Dr.
Gaius de
Gaay Fortman

(1911–1997)
[Deputy]
11 May 1973 –
19 December 1977
[Minister] [Minister]
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Joop den Uyl
(Den Uyl)
[42]
Thumb Hans Wiegel
(born 1941)
[Deputy]
19 December 1977 –
11 September 1981
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Dries van Agt
(Van Agt I)
[43]
Thumb Ed van Thijn
(1934–2021)
11 September 1981 –
29 May 1982
[Res]
Labour Party Dries van Agt
(Van Agt II)
[44]
Thumb Dr.
Max Rood
(1927–2001)
29 May 1982 –
4 November 1982
Democrats 66 Dries van Agt
(Van Agt III)
[45]
Thumb Koos Rietkerk
(1927–1986)
4 November 1982 –
20 February 1986
[Died]
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Ruud Lubbers
(Lubbers I)
[46]
Thumb Frits
Korthals Altes

(1931–2025)
20 February 1986 –
12 March 1986
[Ad Interim] [Minister]
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Thumb Dr.
Rudolf de Korte
(1936–2020)
12 March 1986 –
14 July 1986
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Thumb Kees van Dijk
(1931–2008)
14 July 1986 –
26 January 1987
[Note]
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Ruud Lubbers
(Lubbers II)
[47]
Thumb Frits
Korthals Altes

(1931–2025)
26 January 1987 –
3 February 1987
[Ad Interim] [Minister]
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Thumb Jan de Koning
(1926–1994)
3 February 1987 –
6 May 1987
[Acting]
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Kees van Dijk
(1931–2008)
6 May 1987 –
7 November 1989
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Ien Dales
(1931–1994)
7 November 1989 –
10 January 1994
[Died]
Labour Party Ruud Lubbers
(Lubbers III)
[48]
Thumb Dr.
Ernst
Hirsch Ballin

(born 1950)
10 January 1994 –
18 January 1994
[Ad Interim] [Minister]
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Ed van Thijn
(1934–2021)
18 January 1994 –
27 May 1994
[Res]
Labour Party
Thumb Dieuwke de
Graaff-Nauta

(1930–2008)
27 May 1994 –
22 August 1994
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Hans Dijkstal
(1943–2010)
[Deputy]
22 August 1994 –
3 August 1998
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Wim Kok
(Kok I)
[49]
Minister of the Interior
and Kingdom Relations
Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Dr.
Bram Peper
(1940–2022)
3 August 1998 –
13 March 2000
[Res]
Labour Party Wim Kok
(Kok II)
[50]
Thumb Roger van Boxtel
(born 1954)
13 March 2000 –
24 March 2000
[Ad Interim]
Democrats 66
Thumb Klaas de Vries
(born 1943)
24 March 2000 –
22 July 2002
Labour Party
Thumb Johan Remkes
(born 1951)
[Deputy]
22 July 2002 –
22 February 2007
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Jan Peter
Balkenende

(Balkenende
I
IIIII)

[51][52][53]
Thumb Dr.
Guusje ter Horst
(born 1952)
22 February 2007 –
23 February 2010
[Res]
Labour Party Jan Peter
Balkenende

(Balkenende IV)
[54]
Thumb Dr.
Ernst
Hirsch Ballin

(born 1950)
23 February 2010 –
14 October 2010
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Piet Hein Donner
(born 1948)
14 October 2010 –
16 December 2011
[App]
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Mark Rutte
(Rutte I)
[55]
Thumb Liesbeth Spies
(born 1966)
16 December 2011 –
5 November 2012
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Dr.
Ronald Plasterk
(born 1957)
5 November 2012 –
29 June 2016
[Note]
Labour Party Mark Rutte
(Rutte II)
[56]
Thumb Stef Blok
(born 1964)
29 June 2016 –
16 September 2016
[Acting]
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Thumb Dr.
Ronald Plasterk
(born 1957)
16 September 2016 –
26 October 2017
Labour Party
Thumb Jonkvrouw
Kajsa Ollongren
(born 1967)
[Deputy]
26 October 2017 –
1 November 2019
[Note]
Democrats 66 Mark Rutte
(Rutte III)
[57]
Thumb Raymond Knops
(born 1971)
1 November 2019 –
14 April 2020
[Acting]
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Jonkvrouw
Kajsa Ollongren
(born 1967)
[Deputy]
14 April 2020 –
10 January 2022
Democrats 66
Thumb Hanke
Bruins Slot

(born 1977)
10 January 2022 –
5 September 2023
[App]
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Mark Rutte
(Rutte IV)
[58]
Thumb Hugo de Jonge
(born 1977)
5 September 2023 –
2 July 2024
Christian
Democratic
Appeal
Thumb Judith
Uitermark

(born 1971)
2 July 2024–
Incumbent
New Social Contract Dick Schoof
(Schoof)
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Resigned
Ad interim
Died in Office
Medical leave of absence from 29 June 2016 until 16 September 2016
Medical leave of absence from 1 November 2019 until 14 April 2020
Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister from 2 September 1952
Deputy Prime Minister from 8 September 1977
Deputy Prime Minister until 27 May 2003
Minister without Portfolio for the Interior
Minister of Justice
Minister of Social Affairs and Health
Minister of Justice from 22 December 1958
Minister for Kingdom Relations
Acting Minister of Justice from 8 September 1977
Appointed as Minister of Colonial Affairs
Appointed as Chairman of the Special State Commission
Appointed as Vice-President of the Council of State
Appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs

List of ministers without portfolio

More information Minister without Portfolio, Portfolio(s) ...
Minister without Portfolio Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Jaap Burger
(1904–1986)
Provisional
Governmental
Affairs
11 August 1943 –
31 May 1944
[App]
Social Democratic
Workers' Party
Pieter Sjoerds
Gerbrandy

(Gerbrandy II)
[27]
Vacant
Thumb Josef van Schaik
(1882–1962)
[Deputy]
Civil Reform
Decolonization
Policy
7 August 1948 –
15 March 1951
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees–
Van Schaik
)

[31]
Thumb Frans Teulings
(1891–1966)
[Deputy]
Civil Defence 15 March 1951 –
2 September 1952
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees I)
[32]
Thumb Dr.
Guus Albregts
(1900–1980)
Public
Organisations

Small and
Medium-sized
Businesses
15 March 1951 –
2 September 1952
Catholic
People's Party
Thumb Ad de Bruijn
(1887–1968)
Public
Organisations
2 September 1952 –
13 October 1956
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees II)
[33]
Not in use
(1956–1998)
Thumb Roger van Boxtel
(born 1954)
Urban Planning
Integration
Minorities
3 August 1998 –
22 July 2002
Democrats 66 Wim Kok
(Kok II)
[50]
Not in use
(2002–2003)
Thumb Thom de Graaf
(born 1957)
[Deputy]
Civil Reform
Municipalities
Urban Planning
Kingdom
Relations
27 May 2003 –
23 March 2005
[Res]
Democrats 66 Jan Peter
Balkenende

(Balkenende II)
[52]
Thumb Alexander Pechtold
(born 1965)
31 March 2005 –
3 July 2006
[Res]
Democrats 66
Thumb Atzo Nicolaï
(1960–2020)
7 July 2006 –
22 February 2007
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Jan Peter
Balkenende

(Balkenende III)
[53]
Not in use
(2007–2010)
Thumb Gerd Leers
(born 1951)
Immigration
and Asylum
14 October 2010 –
16 December 2011
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Mark Rutte
(Rutte I)
[55]
Immigration
and Asylum

Integration
Minorities
16 December 2011 –
5 November 2012
Thumb Stef Blok
(born 1964)
State-owned
Businesses

Independent
Government
Agencies

Government
Buildings
5 November 2012 –
27 January 2017
[App]
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Mark Rutte
(Rutte II)
[56]
Not in use
(2017–2019)
Thumb Stientje van
Veldhoven

(born 1973)
Environmental
Policy

Public Housing
Spatial Planning
Government
Buildings
1 November 2019 –
14 April 2020
[Acting]
Democrats 66 Mark Rutte
(Rutte III)
[57]
Thumb Ank Bijleveld
(born 1962)
Intelligence and
Security Service
1 November 2019 –
14 April 2020
[Acting]
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Thumb Hugo de Jonge
(born 1977)
Public Housing
Spatial Planning
10 January 2022 –
2 July 2024
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Mark Rutte
(Rutte IV)
[58]
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Resigned
Acting
Deputy Prime Minister
Appointed as Minister of the Interior
Appointed as Minister of Security and Justice

List of state secretaries for the interior

More information State Secretary for the Interior, Portfolio(s) ...
State Secretary for
the Interior
Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Norbert Schmelzer
(1921–2008)
Public
Organisations
29 October 1956 –
19 May 1959
Catholic
People's Party
Willem Drees
(Drees III)
[34]
Louis Beel
(Beel II)
[35]
Thumb Theo Bot
(1911–1984)
Netherlands
New Guinea
23 November 1959 –
24 July 1963
Catholic
People's Party
Jan de Quay
(De Quay)
[36]
Thumb Theo Westerhout
(1922–1987)
Municipalities
Provinces
12 July 1965 –
22 November 1966
Labour Party Jo Cals
(Cals)
[38]
Thumb Chris van Veen
(1922–2009)
Municipalities
Provinces
Civil Service
10 May 1967 –
6 July 1971
Christian
Historical Union
Piet de Jong
(De Jong)
[40]
Thumb Jan van
Stuijvenberg

(born 1928)
Municipalities
Civil Service
17 July 1971 –
21 July 1972
[Res]
Democratic
Socialists '70
Barend Biesheuvel
(Biesheuvel I)
[41]
Thumb Wim Polak
(1924–1999)
Municipalities
Civil Service
11 May 1973 –
1 May 1977
[App]
Labour Party Joop den Uyl
(Den Uyl)
[42]
Thumb Henk Koning
(1933–2016)
Municipalities
Civil Service
28 December 1977 –
11 September 1981
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Dries van Agt
(Van Agt I)
[43]
Thumb Saskia Stuiveling
(1945–2017)
Municipalities 11 September 1981 –
29 May 1982
[Res]
Labour Party Dries van Agt
(Van Agt II)
[44]
Thumb Gerard van
Leijenhorst

(1928–2001)
Emergency
Management

Minorities
11 September 1981 –
4 November 1982
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Municipalities
Emergency
Management

Minorities
Dries van Agt
(Van Agt III)
[45]
Thumb Marius van
Amelsvoort

(1930–2006)
Municipalities
Emergency
Services

Emergency
Management
8 November 1982 –
14 July 1986
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Ruud Lubbers
(Lubbers I)
[46]
Thumb Dieuwke de
Graaff-Nauta

(1930–2008)
Municipalities
Emergency
Services

Emergency
Management

Regional
Languages
14 July 1986 –
27 May 1994
[App]
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Ruud Lubbers
(Lubbers IIIII)
[47][48]
Thumb Tonny van de
Vondervoort

(born 1950)
Municipalities 22 August 1994 –
3 August 1998
Labour Party Wim Kok
(Kok I)
[49]
Thumb Jacob Kohnstamm
(born 1949)
Public Security
Emergency
Services

Emergency
Management

Urban Planning
22 August 1994 –
3 August 1998
Democrats 66
State Secretary for
the Interior and
Kingdom Relations
Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Thumb Gijs de Vries
(born 1956)
Kingdom
Relations

Emergency
Services

Emergency
Management

Regional
Languages
3 August 1998 –
22 July 2002
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Wim Kok
(Kok II)
[50]
Thumb Rob Hessing
(born 1942)
Public Security
Emergency
Services

Emergency
Management
22 July 2002 –
27 May 2003
Pim Fortuyn List Jan Peter
Balkenende

(Balkenende I)
[51]
Thumb Ank Bijleveld
(born 1962)
Kingdom
Relations

Municipalities
Provinces
Emergency
Management
22 February 2007 –
14 October 2010
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Jan Peter
Balkenende

(Balkenende IV)
[54]
Thumb Raymond Knops
(born 1971)
Kingdom
Relations

Civil Service
Digital Government
26 October 2017 –
1 November 2019
[App]
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Mark Rutte
(Rutte III)
[57]
14 April 2020 –
10 January 2022
Thumb Alexandra
van Huffelen

(born 1968)
Kingdom
Relations

Municipalities
Provinces
Digital Government
10 January 2022 –
2 July 2024
Democrats 66 Mark Rutte
(Rutte IV)
[58]
Thumb Zsolt Szabó
(born 1961)
Kingdom
Relations

Digital Government
2 July 2024 –
Incumbent
Party for Freedom Dick Schoof
(Schoof)
[59]
Thumb Eddie van Marum
(born 1968)
Reparations for
Groningen
2 July 2024 –
Incumbent
Farmer–Citizen Movement
Close
Resigned
Appointed as Mayor of Amsterdam
Appointed as acting Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

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