Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
Coat of Arms
Incumbent Uri Rosenthal since 14 October 2010
Style	Excellency
Appointer	Mark Rutte as Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Inaugural holder	Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp December 7, 1813
Deputy	Ben Knapen
Website	Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This page is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, since the revision of the constitution in 1848 until present.

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs	In Office	Party	Prime Minister	Cabinet	Note(s)
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	March 25, 1848 - May 17, 1848	Independent	Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	Schimmelpenninck	Prime Minister (Resigned)
Arnold Adolf Bentinck van Nijenhuis	May 17, 1848 - November 21, 1848	Independent	Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	Schimmelpenninck
Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt	November 21, 1848 - November 1, 1849	Independent	Jacob de Kempenaer	De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius
Herman van Sonsbeeck	November 1, 1849 - October 16, 1852	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Thorbecke I	(Resigned)
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	October 16, 1852 - April 19, 1853	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Thorbecke I
Floris Adriaan van Hall	April 19, 1853 - July 1, 1856	Independent	Floris Adriaan van Hall	Van Hall-Donker Curtius Heemstra	Prime Minister
Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest	July 1, 1856 - March 18, 1858	Independent	Justinus van der Brugghen	Van der Brugghen
Jan Karel van Goltstein	March 18, 1858 - February 23, 1860	Independent	Jan Jacob Rochussen	Rochussen
Floris Adriaan van Hall	February 23, 1860 - April 4, 1860	Independent	Floris Adriaan van Hall	Van Hall-Van Heemstra	Prime Minister (Ad interim)
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt	March 8, 1860 - January 14, 1861	Independent	Floris Adriaan van Hall	Van Hall-Van Heemstra	(Resigned)
Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland	January 14, 1861 - March 14, 1861	Independent	Floris Adriaan van Hall	Van Hall-Van Heemstra
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	March 14, 1861 - November 10, 1861	Independent	Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra	Prime Minister (Resigned)
Martin Pascal Hubert Strens	November 10, 1861 - February 1, 1862	Independent	Schelto van Heemstra	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra	(Ad interim)
Anthony Jan Lucas Stratenus	February 1, 1862 - March 12, 1862	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Thorbecke II	(Ad interim)
Paul Therèse van der Maesen de Sombreff	March 12, 1862 - January 2, 1864	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Thorbecke II
Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke	January 2, 1864 - March 15, 1864	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Thorbecke II	Minister of the Marine (Ad interim)
Eppo Cremers	March 15, 1864 - June 1, 1866	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1864–1866) Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1866)	Thorbecke II Fransen van de Putte
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt	June 1, 1866 - June 4, 1868	Independent	Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Prime Minister
Joannes Josephus van Mulken	June 4, 1868 - June 8, 1868	Independent	Pieter Philip van Bosse	Van Bosse-Fock	Minister of War (Ad interim)
Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg	June 8, 1868 - December 12, 1870	Independent	Pieter Philip van Bosse	Van Bosse-Fock	Ad interim from June 8, 1868 until September 1, 1868 (Resigned)
Joannes Josephus van Mulken	December 12, 1870 - January 4, 1871	Independent	Pieter Philip van Bosse	Van Bosse-Fock	Minister of War (Ad interim)
Louis Gericke van Herwijnen	January 18, 1871 - August 27, 1874	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1871–1872) Gerrit de Vries (1972–1974)	Thorbecke III De Vries-Fransen van de Putte
Joseph van der Does de Willebois	August 27, 1874 - November 3, 1877	Independent	Jan Heemskerk	Heemskerk-Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Willem van Heeckeren van Kell	November 3, 1877 - August 19, 1879	Independent	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	Kappeyne van de Coppello
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	August 19, 1879 - September 15, 1881	Independent	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	Van Lynden van Sandenburg	Prime Minister (Resigned)
Willem Frederik Rochussen	September 15, 1881 - April 23, 1883	Independent	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Joseph van der Does de Willebois	April 23, 1883 - November 1, 1885	Independent	Jan Heemskerk	J. Heemskerk	(Resigned)
Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave	August 10, 1885 - November 1, 1885	Independent	Jan Heemskerk	J. Heemskerk	Minister of Justice (Ad interim)
Abraham van Karnebeek	November 1, 1885 - April 21, 1888	Independent	Jan Heemskerk	J. Heemskerk
Cornelis Hartsen	April 21, 1888 - August 21, 1891	Independent	Æneas Mackay	Mackay
Gijsbert van Tienhoven	August 21, 1891 - March 21, 1894	Independent	Gijsbert van Tienhoven	Van Tienhoven	Prime Minister (Resigned)
Joannes Coenraad Jansen	March 21, 1894 - May 8, 1894	Liberal Union	Gijsbert van Tienhoven	Van Tienhoven	Minister of the Marine (Ad interim)
Joan Röell	May 8, 1894 - July 27, 1897	Independent	Joan Röell	Röell	Prime Minister
Willem Hendrik de Beaufort	July 27, 1897 - August 1, 1901	Independent	Nicolaas Pierson	Pierson
Robert Melvil van Lynden	August 1, 1901 - March 9, 1905	Anti Revolutionary Party	Abraham Kuyper	Kuyper	(Resigned)
Abraham George Ellis	March 9, 1905 - April 22, 1905	Independent	Abraham Kuyper	Kuyper	Minister of the Marine (Ad interim)
Willem Marcus van Weede van Berencamp	April 22, 1905 - August 7, 1905	Independent	Abraham Kuyper	Kuyper	(Resigned)
Abraham George Ellis	August 7, 1905 - August 17, 1905	Independent	Abraham Kuyper	Kuyper	Minister of the Marine (Ad interim)
Dirk Arnold Willem van Tets van Goudriaan	August 17, 1905 - February 12, 1908	Independent	Theo de Meester	Meester
René de Marees van Swinderen	February 12, 1908 - August 29, 1913	Independent	Theo Heemskerk	T. Heemskerk
Pieter Cort van der Linden	August 29, 1913 - September 27, 1913	Independent	Pieter Cort van der Linden	Cort van der Linden	Prime Minister (Ad interim)
John Loudon	September 27, 1913 - September 9, 1918	Independent	Pieter Cort van der Linden	Cort van der Linden
Herman van Karnebeek	September 9, 1918 - April 1, 1927	Independent	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1918–1925) Hendrikus Colijn (1925–1926) Dirk Jan de Geer (1926–1927)	Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II Colijn I De Geer I	(Resigned)
Frans Beelaerts van Blokland	April 1, 1927 - April 20, 1933	Christian Historical Union	Dirk Jan de Geer (1927–1929) Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1929–1933)	De Geer I Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III	(Resigned)
Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff	April 20, 1933 - May 26, 1933	Roman-Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III	Prime Minister (Ad interim)
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	May 26, 1933 - June 24, 1937	Independent	Hendrikus Colijn	Colijn II Colijn III
Hendrikus Colijn	June 24, 1937 - October 1, 1937	Anti Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn	Colijn IV	Prime Minister (Ad interim)
Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn	October 1, 1937 - August 10, 1939	Independent	Hendrikus Colijn	Colijn IV Colijn V
Eelco van Kleffens	August 10, 1939 - March 1, 1946	Independent	Dirk Jan de Geer (1939–1940) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1940–1945) Wim Schermerhorn (1945–1946)	De Geer II Gerbrandy I Gerbrandy II Gerbrandy III Schermerhorn-Drees	(Resigned)
Herman van Roijen	March 1, 1946 - July 3, 1946	Independent	Wim Schermerhorn	Schermerhorn-Drees
Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout	July 3, 1946 - August 7, 1948	Independent	Louis Beel	Beel I
Dirk Stikker	August 7, 1948 - September 2, 1952	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Willem Drees	Drees-Van Schaik Drees I
Johan Willem Beyen	September 2, 1952 – July 7, 1956	Independent	Willem Drees	Drees II	Dual serving with Joseph Luns
Joseph Luns	September 2, 1952 – July 6, 1971	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (1952–1958) Louis Beel (1958–1959) Jan de Quay (1959–1963) Victor Marijnen (1963–1965) Jo Cals (1965–1966) Jelle Zijlstra (1966–1967) Piet de Jong (1967–1971)	Drees II Drees III Beel II De Quay Marijnen Cals Zijlstra De Jong	Dual serving with Johan Willem Beyen from 1952 until 1956
Norbert Schmelzer	July 6, 1971 – May 11, 1973	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel	Biesheuvel I Biesheuvel II
Max van der Stoel	May 11, 1973 – December 19, 1977	Labour Party	Joop den Uyl	Den Uyl
Chris van der Klaauw	December 19, 1977 - September 11, 1981	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dries van Agt	Van Agt I
Max van der Stoel	September 11, 1981 – May 29, 1982	Labour Party	Dries van Agt	Van Agt II	(Resigned)
Dries van Agt	May 29, 1982 – November 4, 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt	Van Agt III	Prime Minister
Hans van den Broek	November 4, 1982 - January 2, 1993	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers	Lubbers I Lubbers II Lubbers III	(Resigned)
Pieter Kooijmans	January 2, 1993 – August 22, 1994	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers	Lubbers III
Hans van Mierlo	August 22, 1994 – August 3, 1998	Democrats 66	Wim Kok	Kok I	Deputy Prime Minister
Jozias van Aartsen	August 3, 1998 – July 22, 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok	Kok II
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer	July 22, 2002 – December 3, 2003	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende I Balkenende II	(Resigned)
Ben Bot	December 3, 2003 – February 22, 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende II Balkenende III
Maxime Verhagen	February 22, 2007 – October 14, 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende IV
Uri Rosenthal	Since October 14, 2010	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte	Rutte

Living Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Last former Ministers of Foreign Affairs who died

See also

• Foreign relations of the Netherlands