Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands Viceminister-president van Nederland
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Incumbent Lodewijk Asscher since 5 November 2012
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Appointer	Mark Rutte as Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Formation	24 June 1945 (1945-06-24)
First holder	Willem Drees
Salary	€144,000 (including €7,887.24 expenses)
Website	Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

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The Vice Minister-President of the Netherlands (Dutch: Viceminister-president van Nederland), commonly referred to in English as the Deputy Prime Minister, is the official Deputy of the Head of Government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands the Deputy Prime Minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. Conventionally, all of the junior partners in the coalition get one deputy. They are ranked according to the size of their respective parties. Incumbent Lodewijk Asscher is the sixth Deputy Prime Minister of the Labour Party.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

	Position	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Willem Drees (1886–1988)	Minister of Social Affairs	24 June 1945 – 7 August 1948	Social Democratic Workers' Party (1945–1946) Labour Party (1946–1948)	Wim Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn-Drees) Louis Beel (Beel I)
Josef van Schaik (1882–1962)	Minister without Portfolio Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management Minister of the Interior	7 August 1948 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees-Van Schaik)
Frans Teulings (1891–1966)	Minister without Portfolio Minister of the Interior	15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)
Louis Beel (1902–1977) ^[Res]	Minister of the Interior Minister of Social Work Minister of Education, Arts and Science Minister of Justice Minister of Colonial Affairs	2 September 1952 – 7 October 1956	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees II)
Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	Minister of the Interior (Drees III and Beel II) Minister of Justice (Beel II)	13 October 1956 – 19 May 1959	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees III) Louis Beel (Beel II)
Henk Korthals (1911–1976)	Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay)
Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs	24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)
(1) Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) (2) Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Minister of Finance (Vondeling) Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs (Biesheuvel)	14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966	Labour Party (Vondeling) Anti-Revolutionary Party (Biesheuvel)	Jo Cals (Cals)
(1) Jan de Quay (1901–1985) (2) Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (De Quay) Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs (Biesheuvel)	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party (Vondeling) Anti-Revolutionary Party (Biesheuvel)	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)
(1) Johan Witteveen (born 1921) (2) Joop Bakker (1921–2003)	Minister of Finance (Witteveen) Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Bakker)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Witteveen) Anti-Revolutionary Party (Bakker)	Piet de Jong (De Jong)
(1) Roelof Nelissen (born 1931) (2) Molly Geertsema (1918–1991)	Minister of Finance (Nelissen) Minister of the Interior (Geertsema)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	Catholic People's Party (Nelissen) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Geertsema)	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)
Dries van Agt (born 1931) ^[Res]	Minister of Justice	11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977	Catholic People's Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)
Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997)	Minister of the Interior Minister of Justice	8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)
Hans Wiegel (born 1941)	Minister of the Interior	19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)
(1) Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) ^[Res] (2) Jan Terlouw (born 1931)	Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs (Den Uyl) Minister of Economic Affairs (Terlouw)	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982	Labour Party (Den Uyl) Democrats 66 (Terlouw)	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II)
Jan Terlouw (born 1931)	Minister of Economic Affairs	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Democrats 66	Dries van Agt (Van Agt III)
Gijs van Aardenne (1930–1995)	Minister of Economic Affairs	4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)
Rudolf de Korte (born 1936)	Minister of Economic Affairs	14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)
Wim Kok (born 1938)	Minister of Finance	7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)
(1) Hans Dijkstal (1943–2010) (2) Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010)	Minister of the Interior (Dijkstal) Minister of Foreign Affairs (Van Mierlo)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Dijkstal) Democrats 66 (Van Mierlo)	Wim Kok (Kok I)
(1) Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950) (2) Els Borst (1932–2014)	Minister of Economic Affairs (Jorritsma) Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (Borst)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Jorritsma) Democrats 66 (Borst)	Wim Kok (Kok II)
(1) Eduard Bomhoff (born 1944) ^[Res] (2) Johan Remkes (born 1951)	Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (Bomhoff) Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Remkes)	22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002	Pim Fortuyn List (Bomhoff) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Remkes)	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)
Johan Remkes (born 1951)	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	16 October 2002 – 18 October 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
(1) Johan Remkes (born 1951) (2) Roelf de Boer (born 1949)	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Remkes) Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (De Boer)	18 October 2002 – 27 May 2003	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Remkes) Pim Fortuyn List (De Boer)
(1) Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) (2) Thom de Graaf (born 1957) ^[Res]	Minister of Finance (Zalm) Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations (De Graaf)	27 May 2003 – 23 March 2005	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Zalm) Democrats 66 (De Graaf)	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II)
Gerrit Zalm (born 1952)	Minister of Finance	23 March 2005 – 31 March 2005	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
(1) Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) (2) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) ^[Res]	Minister of Finance (Zalm) Minister of Economic Affairs (Brinkhorst)	31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Zalm) Democrats 66 (Brinkhorst)
Gerrit Zalm (born 1952)	Minister of Finance	3 July 2006 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III)
(1) Wouter Bos (born 1963) ^[Res] (2) André Rouvoet (born 1962)	Minister of Finance (Bos) Minister for Youth and Family (Rouvoet)	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010	Labour Party (Bos) ChristianUnion (Rouvoet)	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)
André Rouvoet (born 1962)	Minister for Youth and Family Minister of Education, Culture and Science	23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010	ChristianUnion	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)
Maxime Verhagen (born 1956)	Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)
Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974)	Minister of Social Affairs and Employment	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

^Res Resigned.

Living Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Deputy Prime Minister	Term	Age
Johan Witteveen	1967–1971	(1921-06-12) 12 June 1921
Roelof Nelissen	1971–1973	(1931-04-04) 4 April 1931
Dries van Agt	1973–1977	(1931-02-02) 2 February 1931
Hans Wiegel	1977–1981	(1941-07-16) 16 July 1941
Jan Terlouw	1981–1982	(1931-11-15) 15 November 1931
Rudolf de Korte	1986–1989	(1936-07-08) 8 July 1936
Wim Kok	1989–1994	(1938-09-29) 29 September 1938
Annemarie Jorritsma	1998–2002	(1950-06-01) 1 June 1950
Eduard Bomhoff	2002	(1944-09-30) 30 September 1944
Johan Remkes	2002-2003	(1951-06-15) 15 June 1951
Roelf de Boer	2002–2003	(1949-10-09) 9 October 1949
Gerrit Zalm	2003–2007	(1952-05-06) 6 May 1952
Thom de Graaf	2003–2005	(1957-06-11) 11 June 1957
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	2005–2006	(1937-03-18) 18 March 1937
Wouter Bos	2007–2010	(1963-07-14) 14 July 1963
André Rouvoet	2007–2010	(1962-01-04) 4 January 1962
Maxime Verhagen	2010–2012	(1956-09-14) 14 September 1956
Lodewijk Asscher	2012–	(1974-09-27) 27 September 1974

Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands by term length

Ranking	Deputy Prime Minister	Political Party	Term	Duration
1st	Wim Kok	Labour Party	1989–1994	7008151113600000000♠4 years, 288 days
2nd	Dries van Agt	Catholic People's Party	1973–1977	7008136598400000000♠4 years, 120 days
3rd	Johan Witteveen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1967–1971	7008134179200000000♠4 years, 92 days
	Joop Bakker	Anti-Revolutionary Party	1967–1971	7008134179200000000♠4 years, 92 days
4th	Henk Korthals	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1959–1963	7008131932800000000♠4 years, 66 days
5th	Louis Beel	Catholic People's Party	1952–1956	7008129772800000000♠4 years, 41 days
6th	Annemarie Jorritsma	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1998–2002	7008125172000000000♠3 years, 353 days
	Els Borst	Democrats 66	1998–2002	7008125172000000000♠3 years, 353 days
7th	Hans Dijkstal	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1994–1998	7008124567200000000♠3 years, 346 days
	Hans van Mierlo	Democrats 66	1994–1998	7008124567200000000♠3 years, 346 days
8th	Gerrit Zalm	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	2003–2007	7008118087200000000♠3 years, 271 days
9th	Hans Wiegel	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1977–1981	7008117655200000000♠3 years, 266 days
10th	Barend Biesheuvel	Anti-Revolutionary Party	1963–1967	7008116704800000000♠3 years, 255 days
11th	Gijs van Aardenne	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1982–1986	7008116445600000000♠3 years, 252 days
12th	André Rouvoet	ChristianUnion	2007–2010	7008114890400000000♠3 years, 234 days
13th	Rudolf de Korte	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1986–1989	7008104695200000000♠3 years, 116 days
14th	Lodewijk Asscher	Labour Party	2012–	7007987336000000000♠3 years, 47 days
15th	Willem Drees	Social Democratic Workers' Party (1945–1946) Labour Party (1946–1948)	1945–1948	7007984744000000000♠3 years, 44 days
16th	Wouter Bos	Labour Party	2007–2010	7007947592000000000♠3 years, 1 day
17th	Josef van Schaik	Catholic People's Party	1948–1951	7007821232000000000♠2 years, 220 days
18th	Teun Struycken	Catholic People's Party	1956–1959	7007819504000000000♠2 years, 218 days
19th	Maxime Verhagen	Christian Democratic Appeal	2010–2012	7007650160000000000♠2 years, 22 days
20th	Roelof Nelissen	Catholic People's Party	1971–1973	7007582552000000000♠1 year, 309 days
	Molly Geertsema	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	1971–1973	7007582552000000000♠1 year, 309 days
21st	Thom de Graaf	Democrats 66	2003–2005	7007576504000000000♠1 year, 302 days
22nd	Anne Vondeling	Labour Party	1965–1966	7007507384000000000♠1 year, 222 days
23rd	Frans Teulings	Catholic People's Party	1951–1952	7007463320000000000♠1 year, 171 days
24th	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Democrats 66	2005–2006	7007396792000000000♠1 year, 94 days
25th	Jan Terlouw	Democrats 66	1981–1982	7007362232000000000♠1 year, 54 days
26th	Johan Remkes	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	2002–2003	7007266976000000000♠309 days
27th	Joop den Uyl	Labour Party	1981–1982	7007224640000000000♠260 days
28th	Roelf de Boer	Pim Fortuyn List	2002–2003	7007190944000000000♠221 days
29th	Jan de Quay	Catholic People's Party	1966–1967	7007115776000000000♠134 days
30th	Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman	Anti-Revolutionary Party	1977	7006881280000000000♠102 days
31st	Eduard Bomhoff	Pim Fortuyn List	2002	7006743040000000000♠86 days

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(English) Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands Government of the Netherlands

Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Drees Van Schaik Teulings Beel Struycken Korthals Biesheuvel Vondeling De Quay Witteveen Bakker Nelissen Geertsema Van Agt De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Den Uyl Terlouw Van Aardenne De Korte Kok Dijkstal Van Mierlo Jorritsma Borst Bomhoff Remkes De Boer Zalm De Graaf Brinkhorst Bos Rouvoet Verhagen Asscher

Government of the Netherlands

Structure and process

Structure

Government	Monarch and the Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio

Council of Ministers	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and one or more Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Cabinet (list)	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio and State Secretaries

Process

Demissionary cabinet
Dutch cabinet formation
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Current ministries

General Affairs Interior and Kingdom Relations Foreign Affairs Finance Security and Justice Economic Affairs Defence Health, Welfare and Sport Education, Culture and Science Infrastructure and the Environment Social Affairs and Employment

Cabinets

Schimmelpenninck
De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius
Thorbecke I
Van Hall-Donker Curtius
Van der Brugghen
Rochussen
Van Hall-Van Heemstra
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra
Thorbecke II
Fransen van de Putte
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Van Bosse-Fock
Thorbecke III
De Vries-Fransen van de Putte
Heemskerk-Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Kappeyne van de Coppello
Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Heemskerk Azn.
Mackay
Van Tienhoven
Röell
Pierson
Kuyper
De Meester
Heemskerk
Cort van der Linden
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II
Colijn I
De Geer I
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III
Colijn II
Colijn III
Colijn IV
Colijn V
De Geer II
Gerbrandy I
Gerbrandy II
Gerbrandy III
Schermerhorn-Drees
Beel I
Drees-Van Schaik
Drees I
Drees II
Drees III
Beel II
De Quay
Marijnen
Cals
Zijlstra
De Jong
Biesheuvel I
Biesheuvel II
Den Uyl
Van Agt I
Van Agt II
Van Agt III
Lubbers I
Lubbers II
Lubbers III
Kok I
Kok II
Balkenende I
Balkenende II
Balkenende III
Balkenende IV
Rutte I
Rutte II

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