List of ministers of kingdom relations of the Netherlands

Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands
Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
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Incumbent Hanke Bruins Slot since 10 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-10)
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Style	His/Her Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Appointer	Mark Rutte as Prime Minister
First holder	Paulus van der Heim as Secretary for India Affairs and Commerce 29 June 1806; 217 years ago (1806-06-29)
Deputy	Alexandra van Huffelen as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Salary	€157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €4,193 of expenses)
Website	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

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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 and dual serves as the minister of the interior. The current minister is Hanke Bruins Slot of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretary is Alexandra van Huffelen of the Democrats 66 (D66) party who also has been in office since 10 January 2022 and has been assigned the portfolios of kingdom relations, local government and digital government.

List of ministers

Colonial affairs (1866–1946)

For full list, see List of ministers of kingdom relations of the Netherlands. (in Dutch)

Minister of Colonial Affairs			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Pieter Mijer (1812–1881)	1 June 1866 – 17 September 1866 [Res]	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) [1]
		Nicolaas Trakranen (1819–1890)	17 September 1866 – 20 July 1867 [Res]	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
		Johannes Hasselman (1815–1895)	20 July 1867 – 4 June 1868	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
		Engelbertus de Waal (1821–1905)	4 June 1868 – 16 November 1870 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) [2]
		Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (Minister of the Navy) (1819–1880)	16 November 1870 – 4 January 1871 [Ad interim]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) [3]
		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)	Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) [4]
		Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901)	27 August 1873 – 11 September 1876 [Res]	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) [5]
		Fokko Alting Mees (1819–1900)	11 September 1876 – 3 November 1877	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)	3 November 1877 – 21 February 1879 [Died]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello) [6]
		Jonkheer Captain Hendrikus Wichers (Minister of the Navy) (1831–1889)	21 February 1879 – 12 March 1879 [Ad interim]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Otto van Rees (1823–1892)	12 March 1879 – 20 August 1879	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901)	20 August 1879 – 1 September 1882 [Res]	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) [7]
		Jonkheer Willem Maurits de Brauw (1838–1898)	1 September 1882 – 23 February 1883 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Willem van Erp Taalman Kip (Minister of the Navy) (1824–1905)	23 February 1883 – 23 April 1883 [Ad interim]	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Gerard van Bloemen Waanders (1825–1892)	23 April 1883 – 25 November 1883 [Res]	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) [8]
		Major general August Willem Philip Weitzel (Minister of War) (1816–1896)	25 November 1883 – 27 February 1884 [Ad interim]	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Jacobus Sprenger van Eyk (1842–1907)	27 February 1884 – 21 April 1888	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Levinus Keuchenius (1822–1893)	21 April 1888 – 24 February 1890 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay) [9]
		Baron Aeneas Mackay (Prime Minister) (1838–1909)	24 February 1890 – 21 August 1891	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Baron Willem van Dedem (1839–1895)	21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894	Liberal Union	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) [10]
		Jacob Bergsma (1838–1915)	9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Joan Röell (Röell) [11]
		Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1847–1923)	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union	Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) [12]
		Jonkheer Titus van Asch van Wijck (1849–1902)	1 August 1901 – 9 September 1902 [Died]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) [13]
		Lieutenant general Johannes Bergansius (Minister of War) (1836–1913)	9 September 1902 – 25 September 1902 [Ad interim]	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)
		Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	25 September 1902 – 17 August 1905	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Dr. Dirk Fock (1858–1941)	17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908	Liberal Union	Theo de Meester (De Meester) [14]
		Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	12 February 1908 – 20 May 1908 [Ad interim]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) [15]
		Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	20 May 1908 – 16 August 1909 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt (1852–1931)	16 August 1909 – 29 August 1913	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926)	29 August 1913 – 8 December 1915 [Note]	Free-thinking Democratic League	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) [16]
		Rear admiral Jean Jacques Rambonnet (Minister of the Navy) (1864–1942)	8 December 1915 – 17 January 1916 [Ad interim]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926)	17 January 1916 – 9 September 1918	Free-thinking Democratic League
		Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	9 September 1918 – 13 August 1919 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I) [17]
		Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)	13 August 1919 – 13 November 1919 [Ad interim]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Simon de Graaff (1861–1953)	13 November 1919 – 4 August 1925	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)
					Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) [18]
		Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	4 August 1925 – 1 October 1925 [Ad interim]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) [19]
		Charles Welter (1880–1972)	1 October 1925 – 8 March 1926	Roman Catholic State Party
		Dr. Jacob Koningsberger (1867–1951)	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) [20]
		Simon de Graaff (1861–1953)	10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) [21]
		Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) [22][23]
		Charles Welter (1880–1972)	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) [24]
		Cornelis van den Bussche (1884–1941)	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) [25]
		Charles Welter (also Minister of Finance 1940–1941) (1880–1972)	10 August 1939 – 17 November 1941 [Res]	Roman Catholic State Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) [26]
					Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [27]
					Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) [27]
		Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister) (1885–1961)	17 November 1941 – 21 May 1942	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Dr. Huib van Mook (1894–1965)	21 May 1942 – 23 February 1945	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
		Dr. Josef Schmutzer (1882–1946)	23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945	Roman Catholic State Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III) [28]
		Dr. Johann Logemann (1892–1969)	25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946	Independent Social Democrat	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) [29]
				Labour Party

Colonial affairs (1946–1959)

Minister of Colonial Affairs			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Jan Jonkman (1891–1976)	3 July 1946 – 30 August 1947 [Note]	Labour Party	Louis Beel (Beel I) [30]
		Dr. Louis Beel (Prime Minister) (1902–1977)	30 August 1947 – 3 November 1947 [Acting]	Catholic People's Party
		Jan Jonkman (1891–1976)	3 November 1947 – 7 August 1948	Labour Party
		Maan Sassen (1911–1995)	7 August 1948 – 14 February 1949 [Res]	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees– Van Schaik) [31]
		Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	14 February 1949 – 15 March 1951 [Minister]	Catholic People's Party
		Willem Drees (Prime Minister) (1886–1988)	15 March 1951 – 30 March 1951 [Ad Interim]	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees I) [32]
		Leonard Peters (1900–1984)	30 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Willem Kernkamp (1899–1956)	2 September 1952 – 18 July 1956 [Died]	Christian Historical Union	Willem Drees (Drees II) [33]
		Kees Staf (1905–1973)	18 July 1956 – 16 February 1957 [Acting] [Minister]	Christian Historical Union
					Willem Drees (Drees III) [34]
		Gerard Helders (1905–2013)	16 February 1957 – 19 May 1959	Christian Historical Union
					Louis Beel (Beel II) [35]

Kingdom relations (since 1959)

Minister of Overseas Affairs			Position	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Henk Korthals (1911–1976) [Deputy]	Minister of Transport and Water Management	19 May 1959 – 1 September 1959	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay) [36]
Minister of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs			Position(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Henk Korthals (1911–1976) [Deputy]	Minister of Transport and Water Management	1 September 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay) [36]
		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) [Deputy]	Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries	24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [37]
						Jo Cals (Cals) [38]
						Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [39]
		Joop Bakker (1921–2003) [Deputy]	Minister of Transport and Water Management	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Piet de Jong (De Jong) [40]
		Roelof Nelissen (1931–2019) [Deputy]	Minister of Finance	6 July 1971 – 28 January 1972	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I) [41]
		Pierre Lardinois (1924–1987)	Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries	28 January 1972 – 1 January 1973 [App]	Catholic People's Party
						Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel II) [41]
		Molly Geertsema (1918–1991) [Deputy]	Minister of the Interior	1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997)	Minister of the Interior	11 May 1973 – 25 November 1975	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [42]
Minister of Netherlands Antilles Affairs			Position(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997) [Deputy]	Minister of the Interior	25 November 1975 – 19 December 1977 [Minister]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [42]
		Fons van der Stee (1928–1999)	Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries (1973–1980)	19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	Catholic People's Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [43]
			Minister of Finance (1980–1981)		Christian Democratic Appeal
		Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) [Deputy]	Minister of Social Affairs and Employment	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 [Res]	Labour Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) [44]
		Jan de Koning (1926–1994)	Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries Van Agt (Van Agt III) [45]
Minister of Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs			Position(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Jan de Koning (1926–1994)	Minister of Social Affairs and Employment	4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) [46][47]
		Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018)	Prime Minister	7 November 1989 – 14 November 1989 [Ad Interim]	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [48]
		Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (born 1950)	Minister of Justice	14 November 1989 – 27 May 1994 [Res]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018)	Prime Minister	27 May 1994 – 22 August 1994 [Acting]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Dr. Joris Voorhoeve (born 1945)	Minister of Defence	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			Position	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dr. Bram Peper (1940–2022)	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	3 August 1998 – 13 March 2000 [Res]	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok II) [50]
		Roger van Boxtel (born 1954)		13 March 2000 – 24 March 2000 [Ad Interim] [Minister]	Democrats 66
		Klaas de Vries (born 1943)		24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party
		Johan Remkes (born 1951) [Deputy]	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [51]
		Thom de Graaf (born 1957) [Deputy]	Minister without Portfolio for the Interior	27 May 2003 – 23 March 2005 [Res]	Democrats 66	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) [52]
		Alexander Pechtold (born 1965)		31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006 [Res]	Democrats 66
		Atzo Nicolaï (1960–2020)		7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) [53]
		Dr. Guusje ter Horst (born 1952)	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 [Res]	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [54]
		Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (born 1950)		23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 [Minister]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Piet Hein Donner (born 1948)	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	14 October 2010 – 16 December 2011 [App]	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [55]
		Liesbeth Spies (born 1966)		16 December 2011 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Dr. Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	5 November 2012 – 29 June 2016 [Note]	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [56]
		Stef Blok (born 1964)		29 June 2016 – 16 September 2016 [Acting] [Minister]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)		16 September 2016 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Jonkvrouw Kajsa Ollongren (born 1967) [Deputy]	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	26 October 2017 – 1 November 2019 [Note]	Democrats 66	Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [57]
		Raymond Knops (born 1971)		1 November 2019 – 14 April 2020 [Acting]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Jonkvrouw Kajsa Ollongren (born 1967) [Deputy]		14 April 2020 – 10 January 2022	Democrats 66
		Hanke Bruins Slot (born 1977)	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	10 January 2022 – Incumbent	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [58]

^Resigned

^Acting

^{Ad Interim}

^{Died in Office}

^{Deputy Prime Minister}

^{Deputy Prime Minister from 8 September 1977}

^{Minister of the Interior until 15 June 1949}

^{Minister of Defence}

^{Minister of Justice from 8 September 1977}

^{Minister without Portfolio for the Interior}

^{Minister of Justice}

^{Leave of absence during extended Foreign travels from 30 August 1947 until 3 November 1947}

^{Medical leave of absence from 29 June 2016 until 16 September 2016}

^{Medical leave of absence from 1 November 2019 until 14 April 2020}

^{Appointed as European Commissioner}

^{Appointed as Vice-President of the Council of State}

List of ministers without portfolio

Minister without portfolio			Ministry	Portfolio(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Pangeran Adipati Soejono (1886–1943)	Colonial Affairs	• Dutch East Indies	9 June 1942 – 5 January 1943 [Died]	Independent Liberal Conservative	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) [27]
		Lubbertus Götzen (1894–1979)	Colonial Affairs	• Colonial Fiscal Policy	11 November 1947 – 15 March 1951	Independent Christian Democratic Protestant	Louis Beel (Beel I) [30]
							Willem Drees (Drees– Van Schaik) [31]
		Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Foreign Affairs	• United Nations • Netherlands- Indonesian Union • Netherlands New Guinea • Benelux • International Organizations	2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees II) [33]

^{Died in Office}

List of state secretaries

State Secretary			Ministry	Portfolio(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Nico Blom (1899–1972)	Foreign Affairs	• Dutch East Indies	16 February 1950 – 2 September 1952	Independent Conservative Liberal	Willem Drees (Drees– Van Schaik • Drees I) [31][32]
		Lubbertus Götzen (1894–1979)	Colonial Affairs	• Netherlands- Indonesian Union • Colonial Fiscal Policy	15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Independent Christian Democratic Protestant	Willem Drees (Drees I) [32]
		Theo Bot (1911–1984)	Interior	• Netherlands New Guinea	23 November 1959 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party	Jan de Quay (De Quay) [36]
		Gijs de Vries (born 1956)	Interior and Kingdom Relations	• 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]
		Ank Bijleveld (born 1962)	Interior and Kingdom Relations	• Kingdom Relations • Municipalities • Provinces • Emergency Management	22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [54]
		Raymond Knops (born 1971)	Interior and Kingdom Relations	• 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
		Alexandra van Huffelen (born 1968)	Interior and Kingdom Relations	• Kingdom Relations • Municipalities • Provinces • Digital Government	10 January 2022 – Incumbent	Democrats 66	Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [58]

^{Appointed as acting Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations}

See also

• Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
• List of ministers of the interior of the Netherlands

References