Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands Vicepremier
Coat of Arms
Incumbent Maxime Verhagen since October 14, 2010
Style	Excellency
Appointer	Mark Rutte as Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Inaugural holder	Willem Drees June 24, 1945
Formation	Constitution of the Netherlands 1815
Website	Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands is the official Deputy of the Head of Government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the Prime Minister the deputy prime minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet 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 Maxime Verhagen is the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Christian Democratic Appeal.

List

Deputy Prime Minister	Office	Party	Prime Minister	Cabinet	Position	First/Second/Only
Willem Drees	June 24, 1945 - August 7, 1948	Social Democratic Workers' Party (1945-1946) Labour Party (1946-1948)	Wim Schermerhorn (1945-1946) Louis Beel (1946-1948)	Schermerhorn-Drees Beel I	Minister of Social Affairs	Only
Josef van Schaik	August 7, 1948 - March 15, 1951	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees	Drees-Van Schaik	Minister of the Interior	Only
Frans Teulings	March 15, 1951 - September 2, 1952	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees	Drees I	Minister of the Interior	Only
Louis Beel	September 2, 1952 - October 13, 1956	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees	Drees II	Minister of the Interior	Only
Teun Struycken	October 13, 1956 - May 19, 1959	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees Louis Beel	Drees III Beel II	Minister of the Interior Minister of Justice	Only
Henk Korthals	May 19, 1959 - July 24, 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay	De Quay	Minister of Transport and Water Management	Only
Barend Biesheuvel	July 24, 1963 - April 5, 1967	Anti Revolutionary Party	Victor Marijnen Jo Cals Jelle Zijlstra	Marijnen Cals Zijlstra	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs	Only (Marijnen) Second (Cals) Second (Zijlstra)
Anne Vondeling	April 14, 1965 - November 22, 1966	Labour Party	Jo Cals	Cals	Minister of Finance	First
Jan de Quay	November 22, 1966 - April 5, 1967	Catholic People's Party	Jelle Zijlstra	Zijlstra	Minister of Transport and Water Management	First
Johan Witteveen	April 5, 1967 - July 6, 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Piet de Jong	De Jong	Minister of Finance	First
Joop Bakker	April 5, 1967 - July 6, 1971	Anti Revolutionary Party	Piet de Jong	De Jong	Minister of Transport and Water Management	Second
Roelof Nelissen	July 6, 1971 - May 11, 1973	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel	Biesheuvel I Biesheuvel II	Minister of Finance	First
Molly Geertsema	July 6, 1971 - May 11, 1973	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Barend Biesheuvel	Biesheuvel I Biesheuvel II	Minister of the Interior	Second
Dries van Agt	May 11, 1973 - September 8, 1977	Catholic People's Party	Joop den Uyl	Den Uyl	Minister of Justice	Only
Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman	September 8, 1977 - December 19, 1977	Anti Revolutionary Party	Joop den Uyl	Den Uyl	Minister of Justice Minister of the Interior	Only
Hans Wiegel	December 19, 1977 - September 11, 1981	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dries van Agt	Van Agt I	Minister of the Interior	Only
Joop den Uyl	September 11, 1981 - May 29, 1982	Labour Party	Dries van Agt	Van Agt II	Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs	First
Jan Terlouw	September 11, 1981 - November 4, 1982	Democrats 66	Dries van Agt	Van Agt II Van Agt III	Minister of Economic Affairs	Second (van Agt II) Only (van Agt III)
Gijs van Aardenne	November 4, 1982 - July 14, 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers	Lubbers I	Minister of Economic Affairs	Only
Rudolf de Korte	July 14, 1986 - November 7, 1989	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers	Lubbers II	Minister of Economic Affairs	Only
Wim Kok	November 7, 1989 – August 22, 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers	Lubbers III	Minister of Finance	Only
Hans Dijkstal	Augustus 22, 1994 - Augustus 3, 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok	Kok I	Minister of the Interior	First
Hans van Mierlo	Augustus 22, 1994 - Augustus 3, 1998	Democrats 66	Wim Kok	Kok I	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Second
Annemarie Jorritsma	Augustus 3, 1998 - July 22, 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok	Kok II	Minister of Economic Affairs	First
Els Borst	Augustus 3, 1998 - July 22, 2002	Democrats 66	Wim Kok	Kok II	Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport	Second
Eduard Bomhoff	July 22, 2002 - October 16, 2002	Pim Fortuyn List	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende I	Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport	First
Johan Remkes	July 22, 2002 - May 27, 2003	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende I	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	Second (Until October 18, 2002) First (From October 18, 2002)
Roelf de Boer	October 18, 2002 - May 27, 2003	Pim Fortuyn List	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende I	Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management	Second
Gerrit Zalm	May 27, 2003 - February 22, 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende II Balkenende III	Minister of Finance	First (Balkenende II) Only (Balkenende III)
Thom de Graaf	May 27, 2003 - March 25, 2005	Democrats 66	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende II	Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations	Second
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	March 31, 2005 - July 3, 2006	Democrats 66	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende II	Minister of Economic Affairs	Second
Wouter Bos	February 22, 2007 - February 23, 2010	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende IV	Minister of Finance	First
André Rouvoet	February 22, 2007 - October 14, 2010	ChristianUnion	Jan Peter Balkenende	Balkenende IV	Minister for Youth and Family Minister of Education, Culture and Science	Second (Until February 22, 2007) Only (From February 23, 2010)
Maxime Verhagen	October 14, 2010 - Incumbent	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte	Rutte	Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation	Only