The minister of foreign affairs (Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract (NSC) party, who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken | |
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![]() Incumbent since 2 July 2024Caspar Veldkamp | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 9 March 1798 |
First holder | as Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
Deputy | Reinette Klever as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €8,387 of expenses) |
List of agents of foreign affairs (1798–1801)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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![]() | (1752–1832) | 9 March 1798 – 25 June 1798 | Independent | Uitvoerend Bewind | |
![]() | Alexander Gogel (ad interim) (1765–1821) | 7 April 1798 – 2 October 1798 | Independent | ||
![]() | Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 8 October 1798 – 1 December 1801 | Independent |
List of secretaries of state of foreign affairs (1801–1806)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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![]() | Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 1 December 1801 – 19 June 1806 | Independent | Staatsbewind |
List of ministers of foreign affairs
1806–1868
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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![]() | Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 19 June 1806 – 8 January 1808 | Independent | Louis Bonaparte | |
![]() | (1767–1835) | 8 January 1808 – 15 July 1810 | Independent | ||
![]() | (ad interim) (1750–1834) | 27 November 1809 – 3 March 1810 | Independent | ||
![]() | (ad interim) (1753–1823) | 20 June 1810 – 15 July 1810 | Independent | ||
Annexed by the First French Empire (1810–1813) | |||||
![]() | Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834) | 7 December 1813 – 6 April 1814 | Independent | William I | |
![]() | (1756–1851) | 6 April 1814 – 16 May 1824 | Independent | ||
![]() | (ad interim) (1771–1831) | 1 January 1824 – 16 May 1824 | Independent | ||
![]() | (1770–1838) | 16 May 1824 – 24 June 1825 | Independent | ||
![]() | (1770–1827) | 23 June 1825 – 1 December 1825 | Independent | ||
![]() | (1776–1845) | 1 December 1825 – 13 September 1841 | Independent | ||
William II | |||||
![]() | (ad interim) (1781–1853) | 13 September 1841 – 6 October 1841 | Independent | ||
![]() | (1781–1853) | 6 October 1841 – 21 September 1843 | Independent | ||
![]() | Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (ad interim) (1800–1872) | 21 September 1843 – 15 October 1843 | Independent | ||
![]() | (1787–1877) | 15 October 1843 – 1 January 1848 | Independent | ||
![]() | (1800–1872) | 1 January 1848 – 25 March 1848 | Independent | ||
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |
![]() | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Prime Minister) (1794–1863) | 25 March 1848 – 17 May 1848 [Res] | Independent | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck () | |
![]() | (1798–1868) | 17 May 1848 – 21 November 1848 | Independent | ||
![]() | Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt (1795–1873) | 21 November 1848 – 1 November 1849 | Independent | Jacob de Kempenaer () | |
![]() | (1796–1865) | 1 November 1849 – 16 October 1852 [Res] | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke () | |
![]() | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890) | 16 October 1852 – 19 April 1853 | Independent | ||
![]() | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Prime Minister) (1791–1866) | 19 April 1853 – 1 July 1856 | Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall () | |
![]() | Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest (1793–1877) | 1 July 1856 – 18 March 1858 | Independent | Justinus van der Brugghen () | |
![]() | Jan Karel van Goltstein (1794–1872) | 18 March 1858 – 23 February 1860 | Independent | Jan Jacob Rochussen () | |
![]() | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Ad interim Prime Minister) (1791–1866) | 23 February 1860 – 4 April 1860 | Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall () | |
![]() | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894) | 4 April 1860 – 14 January 1861 [Res] | Independent | ||
![]() | Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland (1806–1885) | 14 January 1861 – 14 March 1861 | Independent | ||
![]() | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Prime Minister) (1816–1890) | 14 March 1861 – 10 November 1861 [Res] | Independent | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt () | |
![]() | Martin Pascal Hubert Strens (Ad interim) (1807–1875) | 10 November 1861 – 1 February 1862 | Independent | Schelto van Heemstra () | |
![]() | (Ad interim) (1807–1872) | 1 February 1862 – 12 March 1862 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke () | |
![]() | Paul Therèse van der Maesen de Sombreff (1827–1902) | 12 March 1862 – 2 January 1864 [Res] | Independent | ||
![]() | Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke (Ad interim Minister of the Navy) (1816–1866) | 2 January 1864 – 15 March 1864 | Independent | ||
![]() | Eppo Cremers (1823–1896) | 15 March 1864 – 1 June 1866 | Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke () Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte () | |
![]() | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Prime Minister) (1819–1894) | 1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 | Independent | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) |
1868–1918
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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![]() | Lieutenant general Joannes Josephus van Mulken (1796–1879) | 4 June 1868 – 8 June 1868 [Ad interim] | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) | |
![]() | Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg (1806–1887) | 8 June 1868 – 12 December 1870 [Res] | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | ||
![]() | Lieutenant general Joannes Josephus van Mulken (1796–1879) | 12 December 1870 – 18 January 1871 [Ad interim] | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | ||
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) | |||||
![]() | Baron (1814–1899) | 18 January 1871 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | ||
Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) | |||||
![]() | Jonkheer (1816–1892) | 27 August 1873 – 3 November 1877 | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) | |
![]() | Baron (1815–1914) | 3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello) | |
![]() | Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Prime Minister) (1818–1897) | 20 August 1879 – 15 September 1881 [Appt] | Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) | Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) | |
![]() | Jonkheer Willem Frederik Rochussen (1832–1912) | 15 September 1881 – 23 April 1883 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | ||
![]() | Jonkheer (1816–1892) | 23 April 1883 – 10 August 1885 [Note] | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) | |
![]() | Baron (1835–1908) | 10 August 1885 – 14 September 1885 [Ad interim] | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | ||
![]() | Jonkheer (1816–1892) | 14 September 1885 – 1 November 1885 [Res] | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | ||
![]() | Jonkheer Abraham van Karnebeek (1836–1925) | 1 November 1885 – 21 April 1888 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | ||
![]() | Jonkheer (1823–1895) | 21 April 1888 – 21 August 1891 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Aeneas Mackay (Mackay) | |
![]() | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Prime Minister) (1841–1914) | 21 August 1891 – 21 March 1894 [Res] | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) | |
![]() | (Minister of the Navy) (1840–1925) | 21 March 1894 – 9 May 1894 [Ad interim] | Liberal Union | ||
![]() | Jonkheer Joan Röell (Prime Minister) (1844–1914) | 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Joan Röell (Röell) | |
![]() | (1845–1918) | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) | |
![]() | Baron (1843–1910) | 1 August 1901 – 9 March 1905 [Res] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) | |
![]() | Vice admiral Abraham George Ellis (Minister of the Navy) (1846–1916) | 9 March 1905 – 22 April 1905 [Ad interim] | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | ||
![]() | Jonkheer (1848–1925) | 22 April 1905 – 7 August 1905 [Res] | Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) | ||
![]() | Vice admiral Abraham George Ellis (Minister of the Navy) (1846–1916) | 7 August 1905 – 17 August 1905 [Ad interim] | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | ||
![]() | Jonkheer (1844–1930) | 17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908 | Independent Classical Liberal | Theo de Meester (De Meester) | |
![]() | Dr. Jonkheer René de Marees van Swinderen (1860–1955) | 12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913 | Independent Christian Democratic Protestant | Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) | |
![]() | Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (Prime Minister) (1846–1935) | 29 August 1913 – 27 September 1913 [Ad interim] | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) | |
![]() | Dr. Jonkheer John Loudon (1866–1955) | 27 September 1913 – 9 September 1918 | Independent Classical Liberal |
Since 1918
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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![]() | Dr. Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek (1874–1942) | 9 September 1918 – 1 April 1927 [Res] | Independent Classical Liberal | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II) | |
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) | |||||
Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) | |||||
![]() | Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956) | 1 April 1927 – 20 April 1933 [App] | Christian Historical Union | ||
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) | |||||
![]() | Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 20 April 1933 – 26 May 1933 [Ad interim] | Roman Catholic State Party | ||
![]() | Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (1872–1957) | 26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 | Independent Classical Liberal | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) | |
![]() | Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 24 June 1937 – 1 October 1937 [Acting] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) | |
![]() | Jacob Adriaan Patijn (1873–1961) | 1 October 1937 – 10 August 1939 | Independent Classical Liberal | ||
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) | |||||
![]() | Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | 10 August 1939 – 1 March 1946 [App] | Independent Classical Liberal | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) | |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I • II • III) | |||||
Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) | |||||
![]() | Dr. Herman van Roijen (1905–1991) | 1 March 1946 – 3 July 1946 | Independent Social Democrat | ||
![]() | Baron Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout (1892–1986) | 3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948 | Independent Conservative Liberal | Louis Beel (Beel I) | |
![]() | Dirk Stikker (1897–1979) | 7 August 1948 – 2 September 1952 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I) | |
![]() | Johan Beyen (1897–1976) | 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | Independent Conservative Liberal | Willem Drees (Drees II) | |
![]() | Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Willem Drees (Drees III) | |
Louis Beel (Beel II) | |||||
Jan de Quay (De Quay) | |||||
Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) | |||||
Jo Cals (Cals) | |||||
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) | |||||
Piet de Jong (De Jong) | |||||
![]() | Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008) | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 | Catholic People's Party | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) | |
![]() | Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Labour Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) | |
![]() | Dr. Chris van der Klaauw (1924–2005) | 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) | |
![]() | Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) | 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 [Res] | Labour Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) | |
![]() | Dries van Agt (Prime Minister) (1931–2024) | 29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt III) | |
![]() | Hans van den Broek (1936–2025) | 4 November 1982 – 3 January 1993 [App] | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) | |
Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) | |||||
![]() | Dr. Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013) | 3 January 1993 – 22 August 1994 | Christian Democratic Appeal | ||
![]() | Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) [Deputy] | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 | Democrats 66 | Wim Kok (Kok I) | |
![]() | Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947) | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok II) | |
![]() | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948) | 22 July 2002 – 3 December 2003 [App] | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) | |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) | |||||
![]() | Dr. Ben Bot (born 1937) | 3 December 2003 – 22 February 2007 | Christian Democratic Appeal | ||
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) | |||||
![]() | Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) | 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 [Minister] | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) | |
![]() | Dr. Uri Rosenthal (born 1945) | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) | |
![]() | Frans Timmermans (born 1961) | 5 November 2012 – 17 October 2014 [App] | Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) | |
![]() | Bert Koenders (born 1958) | 17 October 2014 – 26 October 2017 | Labour Party | ||
![]() | Halbe Zijlstra (born 1969) | 26 October 2017 – 13 February 2018 [Res] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) | |
![]() | Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) | 13 February 2018 – 7 March 2018 [Acting] [Minister] | Democrats 66 | ||
![]() | Stef Blok (born 1964) | 7 March 2018 – 25 May 2021 [App] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ||
![]() | Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) | 25 May 2021 – 17 September 2021 [Acting] [Minister] [Res] | Democrats 66 | ||
![]() | Tom de Bruijn (born 1948) | 17 September 2021 – 24 September 2021 [Acting] [Minister] | Democrats 66 | ||
![]() | Dr. Ben Knapen (born 1951) | 24 September 2021 – 10 January 2022 | Christian Democratic Appeal | ||
![]() | Wopke Hoekstra (born 1975) [Deputy] | 10 January 2022 – 1 September 2023 [App] | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) | |
![]() | Liesje Schreinemacher (born 1983) | 1 September 2023 – 5 September 2023 [Acting] [Minister] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ||
![]() | Hanke Bruins Slot (born 1977) | 5 September 2023 – 2 July 2024 | Christian Democratic Appeal | ||
![]() | Caspar Veldkamp (born 1964) | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | New Social Contract | Dick Schoof (Schoof) |
- Resigned
- Acting
- Acting from 25 May 2021 until 10 August 2021
- Ad Interim
- Died in office
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Minister for Development Cooperation from 23 February 2010
- Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
- Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation until 10 August 2021
- Appointed as Vice-President of the Council of State
- Appointed as Minister without Portfolio for Foreign Affairs
- Appointed as European Commissioner
- Appointed as Secretary General of NATO
- Appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
List of ministers without portfolio
Minister without Portfolio | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Jonkheer Edgar Michiels van Verduynen (1885–1952) | • Foreign Policy | 1 January 1942 – 25 June 1945 | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II • III) | |
![]() | Dr. Herman van Roijen (1905–1991) | • United Nations | 25 June 1945 – 1 March 1946 [App] | Independent Social Democrat | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) | |
![]() | Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | 1 March 1946 – 1 July 1947 [Res] | Independent Classical Liberal | |||
Louis Beel (Beel I) | ||||||
Not in use (1947–1952) | ||||||
![]() | Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | • 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) | |
Not in use (since 1956) |
- Resigned
- Appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
List of state secretaries for foreign affairs (since 1950)
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | (1899–1972) | • Dutch East Indies | 16 February 1950 – 2 September 1952 | Independent Conservative Liberal | Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I) | |
Vacant | ||||||
![]() | Ernst van der Beugel (1918–2004) | • European Economic Community • European Union • Benelux | 8 January 1957 – 22 December 1958 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees III) | |
Vacant | ||||||
![]() | Dr. (1907–1996) | • European Union • NATO • Benelux • International Organizations | 24 August 1959 – 24 July 1963 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan de Quay (De Quay) | |
![]() | Leo de Block (1904–1988) | • European Union • Benelux | 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) | |
Jo Cals (Cals) | ||||||
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) | ||||||
![]() | Dr. (1907–1976) | • Development Cooperation • United Nations • International Organizations | 28 September 1963 – 14 April 1965 | Christian Historical Union | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) | |
![]() | Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) | • United Nations • International Organizations | 22 July 1965 – 22 November 1966 | Labour Party | Jo Cals (Cals) | |
![]() | Hans de Koster (1914–1992) | • European Union • Benelux • NATO | 12 June 1967 – 6 July 1971 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Piet de Jong (De Jong) | |
![]() | Tjerk Westerterp (1930–2023) | • European Union • Benelux | 17 August 1971 – 7 March 1973 [Res] | Catholic People's Party | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) | |
![]() | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) | • European Union • Benelux • NATO | 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 [Res] | Democrats 66 | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) | |
![]() | Dr. Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013) | • United Nations • International Organizations | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | ||
![]() | Durk van der Mei (1924–2018) | • European Union • Benelux | 28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | Christian Historical Union | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | ||||||
![]() | Hans van den Broek (1936–2025) | • European Union • Benelux | 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) | |
![]() | Dr. Wim van Eekelen (born 1931) | • European Union • Benelux | 5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) | |
![]() | René van der Linden (born 1943) | • European Union • Benelux | 14 July 1986 – 9 September 1988 [Res] | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) | |
![]() | Baron Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (1944–2023) | 27 September 1988 – 7 November 1989 | Christian Democratic Appeal | |||
![]() | Piet Dankert (1934–2003) | • European Union • Benelux | 7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994 [Res] | Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) | |
![]() | Michiel Patijn (born 1942) | • European Union • Benelux | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok I) | |
![]() | Dick Benschop (born 1957) | • European Union • Benelux | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok II) | |
![]() | Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950) | • Development Cooperation [Title] | 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) | |
![]() | Atzo Nicolaï (1960–2020) | • European Union • Benelux [Title] | 22 July 2002 – 7 July 2006 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ||
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) | ||||||
Vacant | ||||||
![]() | Frans Timmermans (born 1961) | • European Union • Benelux [Title] | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 [Res] | Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) | |
![]() | Dr. Ben Knapen (born 1951) | • European Union • Benelux • Development Cooperation [Title] | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) | |
Not in use (since 2012) |
- Resigned
- Resigned following election to the European Parliament
- Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister
See also
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
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The minister of foreign affairs Dutch Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract NSC party who has been in office since 2 July 2024 Regularly a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios currently the function is not in use Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function Minister of Foreign Affairs of the NetherlandsMinister van Buitenlandse ZakenMinistry of Foreign AffairsFlag of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsIncumbent Caspar Veldkampsince 2 July 2024 9 months ago 2024 07 02 Ministry of Foreign AffairsStyleHis Her ExcellencyMember ofCouncil of MinistersAppointerThe Monarch on advice of the Prime MinisterFormation9 March 1798 227 years ago 1798 03 09 First holderas Secretary for Foreign AffairsDeputyReinette Klever as Minister for Foreign Trade and DevelopmentSalary 157 287 As of 2017 update including 8 387 of expenses List of agents of foreign affairs 1798 1801 Portrait Name Term of office Party Regime 1752 1832 9 March 1798 25 June 1798 Independent Uitvoerend Bewind Alexander Gogel ad interim 1765 1821 7 April 1798 2 October 1798 Independent Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland 1751 1826 8 October 1798 1 December 1801 IndependentList of secretaries of state of foreign affairs 1801 1806 Portrait Name Term of office Party Regime Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland 1751 1826 1 December 1801 19 June 1806 Independent StaatsbewindList of ministers of foreign affairs1806 1868 Portrait Name Term of office Party Regime Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland 1751 1826 19 June 1806 8 January 1808 Independent Louis Bonaparte 1767 1835 8 January 1808 15 July 1810 Independent ad interim 1750 1834 27 November 1809 3 March 1810 Independent ad interim 1753 1823 20 June 1810 15 July 1810 Independent Annexed by the First French Empire 1810 1813 Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp 1762 1834 7 December 1813 6 April 1814 Independent William I 1756 1851 6 April 1814 16 May 1824 Independent ad interim 1771 1831 1 January 1824 16 May 1824 Independent 1770 1838 16 May 1824 24 June 1825 Independent 1770 1827 23 June 1825 1 December 1825 Independent 1776 1845 1 December 1825 13 September 1841 Independent William II ad interim 1781 1853 13 September 1841 6 October 1841 Independent 1781 1853 6 October 1841 21 September 1843 Independent Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye ad interim 1800 1872 21 September 1843 15 October 1843 Independent 1787 1877 15 October 1843 1 January 1848 Independent 1800 1872 1 January 1848 25 March 1848 Independent Portrait Name Term of office Party Prime Minister Cabinet Gerrit Schimmelpenninck Prime Minister 1794 1863 25 March 1848 17 May 1848 Res Independent Gerrit Schimmelpenninck 1798 1868 17 May 1848 21 November 1848 Independent Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt 1795 1873 21 November 1848 1 November 1849 Independent Jacob de Kempenaer 1796 1865 1 November 1849 16 October 1852 Res Independent Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt 1816 1890 16 October 1852 19 April 1853 Independent Floris Adriaan van Hall Prime Minister 1791 1866 19 April 1853 1 July 1856 Independent Floris Adriaan van Hall Daniel Theodore Gevers van Endegeest 1793 1877 1 July 1856 18 March 1858 Independent Justinus van der Brugghen Jan Karel van Goltstein 1794 1872 18 March 1858 23 February 1860 Independent Jan Jacob Rochussen Floris Adriaan van Hall Ad interim Prime Minister 1791 1866 23 February 1860 4 April 1860 Independent Floris Adriaan van Hall Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt 1819 1894 4 April 1860 14 January 1861 Res Independent Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland 1806 1885 14 January 1861 14 March 1861 Independent Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt Prime Minister 1816 1890 14 March 1861 10 November 1861 Res Independent Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt Martin Pascal Hubert Strens Ad interim 1807 1875 10 November 1861 1 February 1862 Independent Schelto van Heemstra Ad interim 1807 1872 1 February 1862 12 March 1862 Independent Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Paul Therese van der Maesen de Sombreff 1827 1902 12 March 1862 2 January 1864 Res Independent Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke Ad interim Minister of the Navy 1816 1866 2 January 1864 15 March 1864 Independent Eppo Cremers 1823 1896 15 March 1864 1 June 1866 Independent Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Isaac Dignus Fransen van de Putte Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt Prime Minister 1819 1894 1 June 1866 4 June 1868 Independent Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Zuylen van Nijevelt 1868 1918 Minister of Foreign Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister Cabinet Lieutenant general Joannes Josephus van Mulken 1796 1879 4 June 1868 8 June 1868 Ad interim Independent Liberal Classical Liberal Pieter Philip van Bosse Van Bosse Fock Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg 1806 1887 8 June 1868 12 December 1870 Res Independent Liberal Classical Liberal Lieutenant general Joannes Josephus van Mulken 1796 1879 12 December 1870 18 January 1871 Ad interim Independent Liberal Classical Liberal Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Thorbecke III Baron 1814 1899 18 January 1871 27 August 1874 Independent Liberal Classical Liberal Gerrit de Vries De Vries Fransen van de Putte Jonkheer 1816 1892 27 August 1873 3 November 1877 Independent Christian Democrat Catholic Jan Heemskerk Heemskerk Van Lynden van Sandenburg Baron 1815 1914 3 November 1877 20 August 1879 Independent Liberal Classical Liberal Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello Kappeyne van de Coppello Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg Prime Minister 1818 1897 20 August 1879 15 September 1881 Appt Independent Christian Democrat Protestant Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg Van Lynden van Sandenburg Jonkheer Willem Frederik Rochussen 1832 1912 15 September 1881 23 April 1883 Independent Conservative Liberal Conservative Jonkheer 1816 1892 23 April 1883 10 August 1885 Note Independent Christian Democrat Catholic Jan Heemskerk J Heemskerk Baron 1835 1908 10 August 1885 14 September 1885 Ad interim Independent Conservative Liberal Conservative Jonkheer 1816 1892 14 September 1885 1 November 1885 Res Independent Christian Democrat Catholic Jonkheer Abraham van Karnebeek 1836 1925 1 November 1885 21 April 1888 Independent Liberal Conservative Liberal Jonkheer 1823 1895 21 April 1888 21 August 1891 Independent Conservative Liberal Conservative Aeneas Mackay Mackay Gijsbert van Tienhoven Prime Minister 1841 1914 21 August 1891 21 March 1894 Res Independent Liberal Classical Liberal Gijsbert van Tienhoven Van Tienhoven Minister of the Navy 1840 1925 21 March 1894 9 May 1894 Ad interim Liberal Union Jonkheer Joan Roell Prime Minister 1844 1914 9 May 1894 27 July 1897 Independent Liberal Conservative Liberal Joan Roell Roell 1845 1918 27 July 1897 1 August 1901 Independent Liberal Conservative Liberal Nicolaas Pierson Pierson Baron 1843 1910 1 August 1901 9 March 1905 Res Anti Revolutionary Party Abraham Kuyper Kuyper Vice admiral Abraham George Ellis Minister of the Navy 1846 1916 9 March 1905 22 April 1905 Ad interim Independent Conservative Liberal Conservative Jonkheer 1848 1925 22 April 1905 7 August 1905 Res Independent Christian Democrat Protestant Vice admiral Abraham George Ellis Minister of the Navy 1846 1916 7 August 1905 17 August 1905 Ad interim Independent Conservative Liberal Conservative Jonkheer 1844 1930 17 August 1905 12 February 1908 Independent Classical Liberal Theo de Meester De Meester Dr Jonkheer Rene de Marees van Swinderen 1860 1955 12 February 1908 29 August 1913 Independent Christian Democratic Protestant Theo Heemskerk T Heemskerk Dr Pieter Cort van der Linden Prime Minister 1846 1935 29 August 1913 27 September 1913 Ad interim Independent Classical Liberal Pieter Cort van der Linden Cort van der Linden Dr Jonkheer John Loudon 1866 1955 27 September 1913 9 September 1918 Independent Classical Liberal Since 1918 Minister of Foreign Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister Cabinet Dr Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek 1874 1942 9 September 1918 1 April 1927 Res Independent Classical Liberal Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I II Hendrikus Colijn Colijn I Dirk Jan de Geer De Geer I Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland 1872 1956 1 April 1927 20 April 1933 App Christian Historical Union Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Prime Minister 1869 1944 20 April 1933 26 May 1933 Ad interim Roman Catholic State Party Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff 1872 1957 26 May 1933 24 June 1937 Independent Classical Liberal Hendrikus Colijn Colijn II III Hendrikus Colijn Prime Minister 1869 1944 24 June 1937 1 October 1937 Acting Anti Revolutionary Party Hendrikus Colijn Colijn IV Jacob Adriaan Patijn 1873 1961 1 October 1937 10 August 1939 Independent Classical Liberal Hendrikus Colijn Colijn V Eelco van Kleffens 1894 1983 10 August 1939 1 March 1946 App Independent Classical Liberal Dirk Jan de Geer De Geer II Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Gerbrandy I II III Willem Schermerhorn Schermerhorn Drees Dr Herman van Roijen 1905 1991 1 March 1946 3 July 1946 Independent Social Democrat Baron Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout 1892 1986 3 July 1946 7 August 1948 Independent Conservative Liberal Louis Beel Beel I Dirk Stikker 1897 1979 7 August 1948 2 September 1952 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Willem Drees Drees Van Schaik Drees I Johan Beyen 1897 1976 2 September 1952 13 October 1956 Independent Conservative Liberal Willem Drees Drees II Joseph Luns 1911 2002 13 October 1956 6 July 1971 Catholic People s Party Willem Drees Drees III Louis Beel Beel II Jan de Quay De Quay Victor Marijnen Marijnen Jo Cals Cals Jelle Zijlstra Zijlstra Piet de Jong De Jong Norbert Schmelzer 1921 2008 6 July 1971 11 May 1973 Catholic People s Party Barend Biesheuvel Biesheuvel I II Max van der Stoel 1924 2011 11 May 1973 19 December 1977 Labour Party Joop den Uyl Den Uyl Dr Chris van der Klaauw 1924 2005 19 December 1977 11 September 1981 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Dries van Agt Van Agt I Max van der Stoel 1924 2011 11 September 1981 29 May 1982 Res Labour Party Dries van Agt Van Agt II Dries van Agt Prime Minister 1931 2024 29 May 1982 4 November 1982 Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt Van Agt III Hans van den Broek 1936 2025 4 November 1982 3 January 1993 App Christian Democratic Appeal Ruud Lubbers Lubbers I II Ruud Lubbers Lubbers III Dr Pieter Kooijmans 1933 2013 3 January 1993 22 August 1994 Christian Democratic Appeal Hans van Mierlo 1931 2010 Deputy 22 August 1994 3 August 1998 Democrats 66 Wim Kok Kok I Jozias van Aartsen born 1947 3 August 1998 22 July 2002 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Wim Kok Kok II Jaap de Hoop Scheffer born 1948 22 July 2002 3 December 2003 App Christian Democratic Appeal Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende I Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende II Dr Ben Bot born 1937 3 December 2003 22 February 2007 Christian Democratic Appeal Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende III Maxime Verhagen born 1956 22 February 2007 14 October 2010 Minister Christian Democratic Appeal Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende IV Dr Uri Rosenthal born 1945 14 October 2010 5 November 2012 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Mark Rutte Rutte I Frans Timmermans born 1961 5 November 2012 17 October 2014 App Labour Party Mark Rutte Rutte II Bert Koenders born 1958 17 October 2014 26 October 2017 Labour Party Halbe Zijlstra born 1969 26 October 2017 13 February 2018 Res People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Mark Rutte Rutte III Sigrid Kaag born 1961 13 February 2018 7 March 2018 Acting Minister Democrats 66 Stef Blok born 1964 7 March 2018 25 May 2021 App People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Sigrid Kaag born 1961 25 May 2021 17 September 2021 Acting Minister Res Democrats 66 Tom de Bruijn born 1948 17 September 2021 24 September 2021 Acting Minister Democrats 66 Dr Ben Knapen born 1951 24 September 2021 10 January 2022 Christian Democratic Appeal Wopke Hoekstra born 1975 Deputy 10 January 2022 1 September 2023 App Christian Democratic Appeal Mark Rutte Rutte IV Liesje Schreinemacher born 1983 1 September 2023 5 September 2023 Acting Minister People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Hanke Bruins Slot born 1977 5 September 2023 2 July 2024 Christian Democratic Appeal Caspar Veldkamp born 1964 2 July 2024 Incumbent New Social Contract Dick Schoof Schoof Resigned Acting Acting from 25 May 2021 until 10 August 2021 Ad Interim Died in office Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Development Cooperation from 23 February 2010 Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation until 10 August 2021 Appointed as Vice President of the Council of State Appointed as Minister without Portfolio for Foreign Affairs Appointed as European Commissioner Appointed as Secretary General of NATO Appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate PolicyList of ministers without portfolioMinister without Portfolio Portfolio s Term of office Party Prime Minister Cabinet Jonkheer Edgar Michiels van Verduynen 1885 1952 Foreign Policy 1 January 1942 25 June 1945 Independent Classical Liberal Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Gerbrandy II III Dr Herman van Roijen 1905 1991 United Nations 25 June 1945 1 March 1946 App Independent Social Democrat Willem Schermerhorn Schermerhorn Drees Eelco van Kleffens 1894 1983 1 March 1946 1 July 1947 Res Independent Classical Liberal Louis Beel Beel I Not in use 1947 1952 Joseph Luns 1911 2002 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 Not in use since 1956 Resigned Appointed as Minister of Foreign AffairsList of state secretaries for foreign affairs since 1950 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Portfolio s Term of office Party Prime Minister Cabinet 1899 1972 Dutch East Indies 16 February 1950 2 September 1952 Independent Conservative Liberal Willem Drees Drees Van Schaik Drees I Vacant Ernst van der Beugel 1918 2004 European Economic Community European Union Benelux 8 January 1957 22 December 1958 Labour Party Willem Drees Drees III Vacant Dr 1907 1996 European Union NATO Benelux International Organizations 24 August 1959 24 July 1963 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Jan de Quay De Quay Leo de Block 1904 1988 European Union Benelux 3 September 1963 5 April 1967 Catholic People s Party Victor Marijnen Marijnen Jo Cals Cals Jelle Zijlstra Zijlstra Dr 1907 1976 Development Cooperation United Nations International Organizations 28 September 1963 14 April 1965 Christian Historical Union Victor Marijnen Marijnen Max van der Stoel 1924 2011 United Nations International Organizations 22 July 1965 22 November 1966 Labour Party Jo Cals Cals Hans de Koster 1914 1992 European Union Benelux NATO 12 June 1967 6 July 1971 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Piet de Jong De Jong Tjerk Westerterp 1930 2023 European Union Benelux 17 August 1971 7 March 1973 Res Catholic People s Party Barend Biesheuvel Biesheuvel I II Laurens Jan Brinkhorst born 1937 European Union Benelux NATO 11 May 1973 8 September 1977 Res Democrats 66 Joop den Uyl Den Uyl Dr Pieter Kooijmans 1933 2013 United Nations International Organizations 11 May 1973 19 December 1977 Anti Revolutionary Party Durk van der Mei 1924 2018 European Union Benelux 28 December 1977 11 September 1981 Christian Historical Union Dries van Agt Van Agt I Christian Democratic Appeal Hans van den Broek 1936 2025 European Union Benelux 11 September 1981 4 November 1982 Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt Van Agt II III Dr Wim van Eekelen born 1931 European Union Benelux 5 November 1982 14 July 1986 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Ruud Lubbers Lubbers I Rene van der Linden born 1943 European Union Benelux 14 July 1986 9 September 1988 Res Christian Democratic Appeal Ruud Lubbers Lubbers II Baron Berend Jan van Voorst tot Voorst 1944 2023 27 September 1988 7 November 1989 Christian Democratic Appeal Piet Dankert 1934 2003 European Union Benelux 7 November 1989 16 July 1994 Res Labour Party Ruud Lubbers Lubbers III Michiel Patijn born 1942 European Union Benelux 22 August 1994 3 August 1998 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Wim Kok Kok I Dick Benschop born 1957 European Union Benelux 3 August 1998 22 July 2002 Labour Party Wim Kok Kok II Agnes van Ardenne born 1950 Development Cooperation Title 22 July 2002 27 May 2003 Christian Democratic Appeal Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende I Atzo Nicolai 1960 2020 European Union Benelux Title 22 July 2002 7 July 2006 People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende II Vacant Frans Timmermans born 1961 European Union Benelux Title 22 February 2007 23 February 2010 Res Labour Party Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende IV Dr Ben Knapen born 1951 European Union Benelux Development Cooperation Title 14 October 2010 5 November 2012 Christian Democratic Appeal Mark Rutte Rutte I Not in use since 2012 Resigned Resigned following election to the European Parliament Designated with the diplomatic rank of MinisterSee alsoMinistry of Foreign Affairs Minister for Foreign Trade and Development CooperationReferences Kabinet Van Bosse Fock VanBosseFock Parlement amp Politiek Kabinet Thorbecke III ThorbeckeIII Parlement amp Politiek Kabinet De Vries Fransen van de Putte DeVriesFransenvandePutte Parlement amp Politiek Kabinet Heemskerk Van Lynden van Sandenburg HeemskerkVanLyndenvanSandenburg Parlement amp Politiek Kabinet Kappeyne van de Coppello KappeynevandeCoppello Parlement amp Politiek Kabinet Van Lynden van Sandenburg VanLyndenvanSandenburg Parlement amp Politiek Kabinet Heemskerk Azn J 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