List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
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Incumbent Ronald Plasterk since 5 November 2012
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Appointer	Mark Rutte as Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Formation	12 March 1798 (1798-03-12)
First holder	Alexander Gogel (as Agent for the Interior)
Deputy	Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector
Salary	€144,000 (including €7,887.24 expenses)
Website	(English) Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands

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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 of the Netherlands. Ronald Plasterk has been the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations since 5 November 2014.

List of Ministers of the Interior

Minister of the Interior		Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
	Lodewijk Caspar Luzac (1786–1861)	25 March 1848 – 13 May 1848 ^[Res]	Independent	Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck)
	Jacob de Kempenaer (Prime Minister Nov 1848–Nov 1849) (1793–1870)	13 May 1848 – 1 November 1849	Independent	Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck)
		13 May 1848 – 1 November 1849	Independent	Jacob de Kempenaer (De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius)
	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Prime Minister) (1798–1872)	1 November 1849 – 19 April 1853	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke I)
	Gerlach Cornelis Joannes van Reenen (1818–1893)	19 April 1853 – 1 July 1856	Independent	Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Donker Curtius)
	Gerrit Simons (1802–1868)	1 July 1856 – 19 January 1857 ^[Res]	Independent	Justinus van der Brugghen (Van der Brugghen)
	Anthony Gerhard Alexander van Rappard (1799–1869)	19 January 1857 – 18 March 1858	Independent	Justinus van der Brugghen (Van der Brugghen)
	Jacob George Hieronymus van Tets van Goudriaan (1812–1885)	18 March 1858 – 23 February 1860	Independent	Jan Jacob Rochussen (Rochussen)
	Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864)	2 March 1860 – 31 January 1862	Independent	Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Van Heemstra)
	Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864)	2 March 1860 – 31 January 1862	Independent	Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra)
	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Prime Minister) (1798–1872)	31 January 1862 – 10 February 1866	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II)
	Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908)	10 February 1866 – 1 June 1866	Independent	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (Fransen van de Putte)
	Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897)	1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868	Independent	Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt)
	Cornelis Fock (1828–1910)	4 June 1868 – 3 January 1871	Independent	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse-Fock)
	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Prime Minister) (1798–1872)	4 January 1871 – 4 June 1872 ^[Died]	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Pieter Philip van Bosse (Thorbecke III)
	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Prime Minister) (1809–1879)	4 June 1872 – 6 July 1872 ^{[Ad interim]}	Independent
	Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908)	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (De Vries-Fransen van de Putte)
	Jan Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1818–1897)	27 August 1872 – 2 November 1877	Independent	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk-Van Lynden van Sandenburg)
	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Prime Minister) (1822–1895)	3 November 1877 – 30 August 1879	Independent	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello)
	Willem Six (1829–1908)	30 August 1879 – 10 February 1882 ^[Res]	Independent	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg)
	Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk (1847–1908)	10 February 1882 – 22 April 1883	Independent	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg)
	Jan Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1818–1897)	22 April 1883 – 20 April 1888	Independent	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk)
	Aeneas Mackay (Prime Minister) (1838–1909)	20 April 1888 – 24 February 1890	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay)
	Alexander de Savornin Lohman (1837–1924)	24 February 1890 – 20 August 1891	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay)
	Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904)	20 August 1891 – 8 May 1894	Independent	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven)
	Samuel van Houten (1837–1930)	8 May 1894 – 27 July 1897	Independent	Joan Röell (Röell)
	Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917)	27 July 1897 – 31 July 1901	Liberal Union	Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson)
	Abraham Kuyper (Prime Minister) (1837–1920)	31 July 1901 – 17 August 1905	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper)
	Pieter Rink (1851–1941)	17 August 1905 – 10 February 1908	Liberal Union	Theo de Meester (De Meester)
	Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	11 February 1908 – 29 August 1913	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Theo Heemskerk (Heemskerk)
	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Prime Minister) (1846–1935)	29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918	Independent	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden)
	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)	9 September 1918 – 4 August 1925	Roman-Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (De Beerenbrouck I • II)
	Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I)
	Jan Kan (1873–1947)	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Independent	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I)
	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)	10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933	Roman-Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (De Beerenbrouck III)
	Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956)	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III)
	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 IV • V) Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I • II)
	Jaap Burger (1904–1986)	31 May 1944 – 27 January 1945 ^[Res]	Social Democratic Workers' Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II)
	Hendrik van Boeijen (Minister of General Affairs) (1889–1947)	27 January 1945 – 23 February 1945 ^{[Ad interim]}	Christian Historical Union	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II)
	Louis Beel (Prime Minister 1946–1947) (1902–1977)	23 February 1945 – 15 September 1947 ^[Res]	Catholic People's Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III) Wim Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn-Drees) Louis Beel (Beel I)
	Piet Witteman (1892–1972)	15 September 1947 – 7 August 1948	Catholic People's Party	Louis Beel (Beel I)
	Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	7 August 1948 – 15 June 1949 ^[Res]	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees-Van Schaik)
	Josef van Schaik (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reconstruction of the Kingdom) (1882–1962)	15 June 1949 – 20 September 1949 ^{[Ad interim]}	Catholic People's Party
	Frans Teulings (1891–1966)	20 September 1949 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party
	Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	15 March 1951 – 18 November 1951 ^[Died]	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)
	Frans Teulings (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Civil Defense) (1891–1966)	21 November 1951 – 6 December 1951 ^{[Ad interim]}	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)
	Louis Beel (Deputy Prime Minister 1952–1956) (1902–1977)	6 December 1951 – 7 July 1956 ^[Res]	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees I • II)
	Julius Christiaan van Oven (Minister of Justice) (1881–1963)	7 July 1956 – 13 October 1956 ^{[Ad interim]}	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees II)
	Ko Suurhoff (Minister of Social Affairs and Health) (1905–1967)	13 October 1956 – 29 October 1956 ^{[Ad interim]}	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees III)
Minister of the Interior, Property and the PBO		Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
	Teun Struycken (also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice 1958–1959) (1906–1977)	29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees III) Louis Beel (Beel II)
Minister of the Interior		Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
	Edzo Toxopeus (1918–2009)	19 May 1959 – 14 April 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay) Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)
	Jan Smallenbroek (1909–1974)	14 April 1965 – 31 August 1966 ^[Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Jo Cals (Cals)
	Ivo Samkalden (Minister of Justice) (1912–1995)	31 August 1966 – 5 September 1966 ^{[Ad interim]}	Labour Party
	Koos Verdam (1915–1998)	5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Koos Verdam (1915–1998)	5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)
	Henk Beernink (1910–1979)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	Christian Historical Union	Piet de Jong (De Jong)
	Molly Geertsema (Deputy Prime Minister) (1918–1991)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)
	Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman (also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Sep–Dec 1977) (1911–1997)	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)
	Hans Wiegel (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1941)	19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)
	Ed van Thijn (born 1934)	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 ^[Res]	Labour Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II)
	Max Rood (1927–2001)	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Democrats 66	Dries van Agt (Van Agt III)
	Koos Rietkerk (1927–1986)	4 November 1982 – 20 February 1986 ^[Died]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)
	Frits Korthals Altes (Minister of Justice) (born 1931)	20 February 1986 – 12 March 1986 ^{[Ad interim]}	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Rudolf de Korte (born 1936)	12 March 1986 – 14 July 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Kees van Dijk (1931–2008)	14 July 1986 – 3 February 1987	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)
	Jan de Koning (1926–1994) ^[1]	3 February 1987 – 6 May 1987 ^{[Ad interim]}	Christian Democratic Appeal
	Kees van Dijk (1931–2008)	6 May 1987 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal
	Ien Dales (1931–1994)	7 November 1989 – 10 January 1994 ^[Died]	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)
	Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Minister of Justice) (born 1950)	10 January 1994 – 18 January 1994 ^{[Ad interim]}	Christian Democratic Appeal
	Ed van Thijn (born 1934)	18 January 1994 – 27 May 1994 ^[Res]	Labour Party
	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (1930–2008)	27 May 1994 – 22 August 1994	Christian Democratic Appeal
	Hans Dijkstal (Deputy Prime Minister) (1943–2010)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I)
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations		Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
	Bram Peper (born 1940)	3 August 1998 – 13 March 2000 ^[Res]	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok II)
	Roger van Boxtel (Minister for Urban Policy and Integration) (born 1954)	13 March 2000 – 24 March 2000 ^{[Ad interim]}	Democrats 66
	Klaas de Vries (born 1943)	24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party
	Johan Remkes (Deputy Prime Minister 2002–2003) (born 1951)	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II • III)
	Guusje ter Horst (born 1952)	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 ^[Res]	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)
	Ernst Hirsch Ballin (also Minister of Justice) (born 1950)	23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)
	Piet Hein Donner (born 1948)	14 October 2010 – 16 December 2011 ^[2]	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)
	Liesbeth Spies (born 1966)	16 December 2011 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)
	Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)	5 November 2014 – Incumbent	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

^Res. Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Ad interim.

^Died Died in office.

¹ Jan de Koning served Ad interim, while Kees van Dijk took medical leave of absence.

² Appointed Vice President of the Council of State.

Living former Ministers of the Interior

Minister of the Interior	Term	Age
Hans Wiegel	1977–1981	(1941-07-16) 16 July 1941
Ed van Thijn	1981–1982 / 1994	(1934-08-16) 16 August 1934
Frits Korthals Altes	1986	(1931-05-15) 15 May 1931
Rudolf de Korte	1986	(1936-07-08) 8 July 1936
Ernst Hirsch Ballin	1994 / 2010	(1950-12-15) 15 December 1950
Bram Peper	1998–2000	(1940-02-13) 13 February 1940
Roger van Boxtel	2000	(1954-02-08) 8 February 1954
Klaas de Vries	2000–2002	(1943-04-28) 28 April 1943
Johan Remkes	2002–2007	(1951-06-15) 15 June 1951
Guusje ter Horst	2007–2010	(1952-03-22) 22 March 1952
Piet Hein Donner	2010–2011	(1948-10-20) 20 October 1948
Liesbeth Spies	2011–2012	(1966-04-06) 6 April 1966
Ronald Plasterk	2012–	(1957-04-12) 12 April 1957

List of Ministers without Portfolio for the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

		Portfolio	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
	Josef van Schaik (Deputy Prime Minister) (1882–1962)	Minister for Reconstruction of the Kingdom	7 August 1948 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees-Van Schaik
	Frans Teulings (Deputy Prime Minister) (1891–1966)	Minister for Civil Defense	15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)
	Guus Albregts (1900–1980)	Minister for The Middle Class, PBO and Productivity promotion	15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)
	Adrianus Cornelis de Bruijn (1887–1968)	Minister for the PBO	2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees II)
Vacancy
	Roger van Boxtel (born 1954)	Minister for Urban Policy and Integration	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66	Wim Kok (Kok II)
Vacancy
	Thom de Graaf (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1957)	Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations	27 May 2003 – 23 March 2005 ^[Res]	Democrats 66	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II)
	Alexander Pechtold (born 1965)	Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations	31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006 ^[Res]	Democrats 66	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II)
	Atzo Nicolaï (born 1960)	Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations	7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III)
Vacancy
	Gerd Leers (born 1951)	Minister for Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)
	Stef Blok (born 1964)	Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)