List of ministers of finance of the Netherlands

The minister of finance (Dutch: Minister van Financiën) is the head of the Ministry of Finance and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current minister of finance is Eelco Heinen of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, who has been in office since 2 July 2024.

Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
Minister van Financiën
Ministry of Finance
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Eelco Heinen
since 2 July 2024
Ministry of Finance
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation22 January 1978; 46 years ago (1978-01-22)
First holderAlexander Gogel
(as Secretary of Finance)
DeputyTjebbe van Oostenbruggen
as State Secretary for Tax Affairs and the Tax Administration
Nora Achahbar
as State Secretary for Benefits and Customs
Salary170.910 (As of 2020)
(including 4,193 of expenses)
WebsiteMinister of Finance

List of ministers of finance (since 1866)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Cabinet
  Count
Rutger Schimmelpenninck
van Nijenhuis

(1821–1893)
1 June 1866 –
4 June 1868
Independent
(Conservative)
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt
[1]
  Pieter Philip van Bosse
(1809–1879)
4 June 1868 –
4 January 1871
Independent
(Liberal)
Van Bosse–Fock
[2]
  Pieter Blussé
van Oud-Alblas

(1812–1887)
4 January 1871 –
6 July 1872
Independent
(Liberal)
Thorbecke III
[3]
  Albert van Delden
(1828–1898)
6 July 1872 –
27 August 1874
Independent
(Liberal)
De Vries–
Fransen van de Putte

[4]
  Jonkheer
Hendrik van der Heim
(1824–1890)
27 August 1874 –
3 November 1877
Independent
(Conservative)
Heemskerk–Van Lynden
van Sandenburg

[5]
  Johan Gleichman
(1834–1906)
3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
(Liberal)
Kappeyne van
de Coppello

[6]
  Dr.
Simon Vissering
(1818–1888)
20 August 1879 –
13 June 1881
Resigned
Independent
(Liberal)
Van Lynden
van Sandenburg

[7]
  Count
Theo van Lynden
van Sandenburg

(1826–1885)
13 June 1881 –
23 April 1883
Independent
(Protestant Conservative)
  Willem Grobbée
(1822–1907)
23 April 1883 –
4 May 1885
Resigned
Independent
(Conservative)
J. Heemskerk
[8]
  Jacobus Bloem
(1822–1902)
4 May 1885 –
21 April 1888
Independent
(Conservative)
  Jonkheer
Karel Antonie Godin
de Beaufort

(1850–1921)
21 April 1888 –
21 August 1891
Anti-Revolutionary Party Mackay
[9]
  Nicolaas Pierson
(1839–1909)
21 August 1891 –
9 May 1894
Liberal Union Van Tienhoven
[10]
  Jacobus Sprenger
van Eyk

(1842–1907)
9 May 1894 –
26 July 1897
Independent
(Conservative Liberal)
Röell
[11]
  Nicolaas Pierson
(1839–1909)
26 July 1897 –
1 August 1901
Liberal Union Pierson
[12]
  Jan Harte van Tecklenburg
(1853–1937)
1 August 1901 –
17 August 1905
Independent
(Catholic)
Kuyper
[13]
  Theo de Meester
(1851–1919)
17 August 1905 –
12 February 1908
Liberal Union De Meester
[14]
  Maximilien Kolkman
(1853–1924)
12 February 1908 –
29 August 1913
Independent
(Catholic)
T. Heemskerk
[15]
  Anthonij Bertling
(1860–1945)
29 August 1913 –
24 October 1914
Resigned
Independent
(Liberal)
Cort van der Linden
[16]
  Willem Treub
(1858–1931)
24 October 1914 –
8 February 1916
Resigned
Free-thinking
Democratic League
Independent
(Liberal)
  Dr.
Anton van Gijn
(1866–1933)
8 February 1916 –
22 February 1917
Resigned
Liberal Union
  Willem Treub
(1858–1931)
22 February 1917 –
9 September 1918
Independent
(Liberal)
Economic League
  Simon de Vries
(1869–1961)
9 September 1918 –
28 July 1921
Resigned
Anti-Revolutionary Party Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I
[17]
  Jonkheer
Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1969)
28 July 1921 –
11 August 1923
Resigned
Christian Historical Union
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II
[18]
  Hendrikus Colijn
(1869–1944)
11 August 1923 –
8 March 1926
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Colijn I
[19]
  Jonkheer
Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1969)
8 March 1926 –
26 May 1933
Christian Historical Union De Geer I
[20]
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III
[21]
  Pieter Oud
(1886–1968)
26 May 1933 –
24 June 1937
Free-thinking
Democratic League
Colijn IIIII
[22][23]
  Jacob Adriaan de Wilde
(1879–1956)
24 June 1937 –
19 May 1939
Resigned
Anti-Revolutionary Party Colijn IV
[24]
  Dr.
Hendrikus Colijn
(1869–1944)
19 May 1939 –
25 July 1939
Ad interim
Anti-Revolutionary Party
  Christiaan Bodenhausen
(1869–1966)
25 July 1939 –
10 August 1939
Independent
(Liberal)
Colijn V
[25]
  Jonkheer
Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1969)
10 August 1939 –
3 September 1940
Christian Historical Union De Geer II
[26]
  Charles Welter
(1880–1972)
3 September 1940 –
27 July 1941
Roman Catholic
State Party
Gerbrandy I
[27]
  Max Steenberghe
(1899–1972)
27 July 1941 –
17 November 1941
Resigned
Roman Catholic
State Party
Gerbrandy II
[27]
  Willem Albarda
(1877–1957)
17 November 1941 –
9 December 1942
Social Democratic
Workers' Party
  Johannes van den Broek
(1882–1946)
9 December 1942 –
23 February 1945
Independent
(Liberal)
  Dr.
Gerardus Huysmans
(1904–1948)
23 February 1945 –
25 June 1945
Roman Catholic
State Party
Gerbrandy III
[28]
  Dr.
Piet Lieftinck
(1902–1989)
25 June 1945 –
1 July 1952
Resigned
Christian Historical Union Schermerhorn–Drees
[29]
Labour Party Beel I[30]
Drees–Van Schaik[31]
Drees I[32]
  Dr.
Willem Drees
(1886–1988)
1 July 1952 –
2 September 1952
Acting
Labour Party
  Jo van de Kieft
(1884–1970)
2 September 1952 –
13 October 1956
Labour Party Drees II
[33]
  Henk Hofstra
(1904–1999)
13 October 1956 –
22 December 1958
Labour Party Drees III
[34]
  Dr.
Jelle Zijlstra
(1918–2001)
22 December 1958 –
24 July 1963
Anti-Revolutionary Party Beel II
[35]
De Quay
[36]
  Dr.
Johan Witteveen
(1921–2019)
24 July 1963 –
14 April 1965
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Marijnen
[37]
  Dr.
Anne Vondeling
(1916–1979)
14 April 1965 –
22 November 1966
Resigned
Labour Party Cals
[38]
  Dr.
Jelle Zijlstra
(1918–2001)
22 November 1966 –
5 April 1967
Anti-Revolutionary Party Zijlstra
[39]
  Dr.
Johan Witteveen
(1921–2019)
5 April 1967 –
6 July 1971
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
De Jong
[40]
  Roelof Nelissen
(1931–2019)
6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
Catholic
People's Party
Biesheuvel III
[41]
  Dr.
Wim Duisenberg
(1935–2005)
11 May 1973 –
19 December 1977
Labour Party Den Uyl
[42]
  Frans Andriessen
(1929–2019)
19 December 1977 –
22 February 1980
Resigned
Catholic
People's Party
Van Agt I
[43]
  Gijs van Aardenne
(1930–1995)
22 February 1980 –
5 March 1980
Ad Interim
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
  Fons van der Stee
(1928–1999)
5 March 1980 –
4 November 1982
Catholic
People's Party
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Van Agt IIIII
[44][45]
  Dr.
Onno Ruding
(born 1939)
4 November 1982 –
7 November 1989
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Lubbers III
[46][47]
  Wim Kok
(1938–2018)
7 November 1989 –
22 August 1994
Labour Party Lubbers III
[48]
  Gerrit Zalm
(born 1952)
22 August 1994 –
4 June 1996
[Note]
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Kok I
[49]
  Dr.
Hans Wijers
(born 1951)
4 June 1996 –
26 June 1996
Acting
Democrats 66
  Gerrit Zalm
(born 1952)
26 June 1996 –
22 July 2002
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Kok II
[50]
  Hans Hoogervorst
(born 1956)
22 July 2002 –
27 May 2003
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Balkenende I
[51]
  Gerrit Zalm
(born 1952)
27 May 2003 –
22 February 2007
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Balkenende IIIII
[52][53]
  Wouter Bos
(born 1963)
22 February 2007 –
23 February 2010
Resigned
Labour Party Balkenende IV
[54]
  Jan Kees de Jager
(born 1969)
23 February 2010 –
5 November 2012
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Mark Rutte
(Rutte I)
[55]
  Jeroen Dijsselbloem
(born 1966)
5 November 2012 –
26 October 2017
Labour Party Rutte II
[56]
  Wopke Hoekstra
(born 1975)
26 October 2017 –
10 January 2022
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Rutte III
[57]
  Sigrid Kaag
(born 1961)
10 January 2022 –
8 January 2024
Democrats 66 Rutte IV
  Rob Jetten
(born 1987)
8 January 2024 –
12 January 2024
Acting
Democrats 66
  Steven van Weyenberg
(born 1973)
12 January 2024 –
2 July 2024
Democrats 66
Eelco Heinen
(born 1981)
2 July 2024 –
Incumbent
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Schoof
Medical leave of absence from 4 June 1996 until 26 June 1996

List of state secretaries for finance

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Portfolio Term of office Party Cabinet
  Dr.
Willem Hendrik
van den Berge

(1905–1987)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
2 February 1953 –
13 October 1956
Independent
Social Democrat
Drees II
[33]
Vacant
  Dr.
Willem Hendrik
van den Berge

(1905–1987)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
27 May 1959 –
14 April 1965
Independent
Social Democrat
De Quay
[36]
Marijnen
[37]
  Dr.
Wiel Hoefnagels
(1929–1978)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
31 May 1965 –
22 November 1966
Catholic People's Party Cals
[38]
Vacant
  Dr.
Ferd Grapperhaus I
(1927–2010)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
10 May 1967 –
6 July 1971
Catholic People's Party De Jong
[40]
  Willem Scholten
(1927–2005)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
14 July 1971 –
19 March 1973
Resigned
Christian Historical Union Biesheuvel III
[41]
  Fons van der Stee
(1928–1999)
Governmental
Budget
14 July 1971 –
12 March 1973
Resigned
Catholic People's Party
  Fons van der Stee
(1928–1999)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
11 May 1973 –
1 November 1973
[Appt]
Catholic People's Party Den Uyl
[42]
  Martin van Rooijen
(born 1942)
21 December 1973 –
14 October 1977
Resigned
Catholic People's Party
  Aar de Goede
(1928–2016)
Governmental
Budget
11 May 1973 –
19 December 1977
Democrats 66
  Ad Nooteboom
(1928–2023)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
28 December 1977 –
22 February 1980
Resigned
Christian Historical Union Van Agt I
[43]
  Marius van Amelsvoort
(1930–2006)
16 April 1980 –
11 September 1981
Catholic People's Party
Christian
Democratic Appeal
  Hans Kombrink
(born 1946)
Fiscal Policy
Governmental
Budget
11 September 1981 –
29 May 1982
Resigned
Labour Party Van Agt II
[44]
Vacant
  Henk Koning
(1933–2016)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
4 November 1982 –
7 November 1989
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Lubbers III
[46][47]
  Marius van Amelsvoort
(1930–2006)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
7 November 1989 –
22 August 1994
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Lubbers III
[48]
  Dr.
Willem Vermeend
(born 1948)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
22 August 1994 –
24 March 2000
[Appt]
Labour Party Kok I
[49]
Kok II
[50]
  Wouter Bos
(born 1963)
24 March 2000 –
22 July 2002
Labour Party
  Steven van Eijck
(born 1959)
Fiscal Policy
Governmental
Budget
22 July 2002 –
27 May 2003
Pim Fortuyn List Balkenende I
[51]
  Joop Wijn
(born 1969)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
27 May 2003 –
7 July 2006
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Balkenende II
[52]
Vacant
  Jan Kees de Jager
(born 1969)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
22 February 2007 –
23 February 2010
[Appt]
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Balkenende IV
[54]
  Frans Weekers
(born 1967)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
14 October 2010 –
30 January 2014
Resigned
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Rutte I
[55]
Rutte II
[56]
  Eric Wiebes
(born 1963)
4 February 2014 –
26 October 2017
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
  Menno Snel
(born 1970)
Fiscal Policy
Tax and Customs
Governmental
Budget
26 October 2017 –
18 December 2019
Resigned
Democrats 66 Rutte III
[57]
  Dr.
Hans Vijlbrief
(born 1963)
Fiscal Policy
Taxes
Governmental
Budget

[58]
29 January 2020 –
10 January 2022
Democrats 66
  Alexandra van Huffelen
(born 1968)
Customs
Benefits
29 January 2020 –
10 January 2022
Democrats 66
  Marnix van Rij
(born 1960)
Fiscal Policy
Tax
Governmental
Budget
10 January 2022 –
2 July 2024
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Rutte IV
  Aukje de Vries
(born 1964)
Customs
Benefits
10 January 2022 –
2 July 2024
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
  Folkert Idsinga
(born 1971)
Fiscal Policy
Tax Administration
2 July 2024 –
1 November 2024
New Social Contract Schoof
[59]
  Nora Achahbar
(born 1982)
Customs
Benefits
2 July 2024 –
Incumbent
New Social Contract
  Tjebbe van Oostenbruggen
(born 1979)
Fiscal Policy
Tax Administration
15 November 2024 –
Incumbent
New Social Contract
Appt Appointment: Fons van der Stee appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; Willem Vermeend appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Employment; Joop Wijn appointed Minister of Economic Affairs; Jan Kees de Jager appointed Minister of Finance.

See also

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References

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