List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands
# 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 Sigrid Kaag of the Democrats 66, who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Kaag is the first female Minister of Finance of the Netherlands.

## Ministers of Finance (since 1866)

For full list, see List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands. (in Dutch)

| Minister of Finance | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Count Rutger Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis (1821–1893) | 1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) |
| Pieter Philip van Bosse (Prime Minister) (1809–1879) | 4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) |
| Pieter Blussé van Oud-Alblas (1812–1887) | 4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) |
| Albert van Delden (1828–1898) | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) |
| Jonkheer Hendrik van der Heim (1824–1890) | 27 August 1874 – 3 November 1877 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) |
| Johan Gleichman (1834–1906) | 3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello) |
| Dr. Simon Vissering (1818–1888) | 20 August 1879 – 13 June 1881 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) |
| Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Prime Minister) (1826–1885) | 13 June 1881 – 23 April 1883 | Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) | Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) |
| Willem Grobbée (1822–1907) | 23 April 1883 – 4 May 1885 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) |
| Jacobus Bloem (1822–1902) | 4 May 1885 – 21 April 1888 | Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) | Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) |
| Jonkheer Karel Antonie Godin de Beaufort (1850–1921) | 21 April 1888 – 21 August 1891 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Aeneas Mackay (Mackay) |
| Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909) | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) |
| Jacobus Sprenger van Eyk (1842–1907) | 9 May 1894 – 26 July 1897 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Joan Röell (Röell) |
| Nicolaas Pierson (Prime Minister) (1839–1909) | 26 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 | Liberal Union | Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) |
| Jan Harte van Tecklenburg (1853–1937) | 1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905 | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) |
| Theo de Meester (Prime Minister) (1851–1919) | 17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908 | Liberal Union | Theo de Meester (De Meester) |
| Maximilien Kolkman (1853–1924) | 12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913 | Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic) | Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) |
| Anthonij Bertling (1860–1945) | 29 August 1913 – 24 October 1914 | Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) |
| Willem Treub (1858–1931) | 24 October 1914 – 8 February 1916 | Free-thinking Democratic League | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) |
| Dr. Anton van Gijn (1866–1933) | 8 February 1916 – 22 February 1917 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) |
| Willem Treub (1858–1931) | 22 February 1917 – 9 September 1918 | Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) |
| Willem Treub (1858–1931) | 22 February 1917 – 9 September 1918 | Economic League | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) |
| Simon de Vries (1869–1961) | 9 September 1918 – 28 July 1921 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I) |
| Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1969) | 28 July 1921 – 11 August 1923 | Christian Historical Union | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I) |
| Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1969) | 28 July 1921 – 11 August 1923 | Christian Historical Union | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) |
| Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister 1925–1926) (1869–1944) | 11 August 1923 – 8 March 1926 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) |
| Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister 1925–1926) (1869–1944) | 11 August 1923 – 8 March 1926 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) |
| Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (Prime Minister 1926–1929) (1870–1969) | 8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933 | Christian Historical Union | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) |
| Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (Prime Minister 1926–1929) (1870–1969) | 8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933 | Christian Historical Union | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) |
| Pieter Oud (1886–1968) | 26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 | Free-thinking Democratic League | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) |
| Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956) | 24 June 1937 – 19 May 1939 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) |
| Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 19 May 1939 – 25 July 1939 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) |
| Christiaan Bodenhausen (1869–1966) | 25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) |
| Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (Prime Minister) (1870–1969) | 10 August 1939 – 3 September 1940 | Christian Historical Union | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) |
| Charles Welter (also Minister of Colonial Affairs) (1880–1972) | 3 September 1940 – 27 July 1941 | Roman Catholic State Party | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) |
| Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) (1899–1972) | 27 July 1941 – 17 November 1941 | Roman Catholic State Party | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) |
| Willem Albarda (also Minister of Water Management) (1877–1957) | 17 November 1941 – 9 December 1942 | Social Democratic Workers' Party | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) |
| Johannes van den Broek (also Minister of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture 1944–1945) (1882–1946) | 9 December 1942 – 23 February 1945 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) |
| Dr. Gerardus Huysmans (1904–1948) | 23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945 | Roman Catholic State Party | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III) |
| Minister of Finance | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| Dr. Piet Lieftinck (1902–1989) | 25 June 1945 – 1 July 1952 | Christian Historical Union | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) |
| Dr. Piet Lieftinck (1902–1989) | 25 June 1945 – 1 July 1952 | Labour Party | Louis Beel (Beel I) |
| Dr. Piet Lieftinck (1902–1989) | 25 June 1945 – 1 July 1952 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik) |
| Dr. Piet Lieftinck (1902–1989) | 25 June 1945 – 1 July 1952 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees I) |
| Dr. Willem Drees (Prime Minister) (1886–1988) | 1 July 1952 – 2 September 1952 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees I) |
| Jo van de Kieft (1884–1970) | 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees II) |
| Henk Hofstra (1904–1999) | 13 October 1956 – 22 December 1958 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees III) |
| Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | 22 December 1958 – 24 July 1963 | Anti- Revolutionary Party | Louis Beel (Beel II) |
| Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | 22 December 1958 – 24 July 1963 | Anti- Revolutionary Party | Jan de Quay (De Quay) |
| Dr. Johan Witteveen (1921–2019) | 24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) |
| Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) | 14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966 | Labour Party | Jo Cals (Cals) |
| Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (Prime Minister) (1918–2001) | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Anti- Revolutionary Party | Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) |
| Dr. Johan Witteveen (1921–2019) | 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Piet de Jong (De Jong) |
| Roelof Nelissen (1931–2019) | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 | Catholic People's Party | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) |
| Dr. Wim Duisenberg (1935–2005) | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Labour Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
| Frans Andriessen (1929–2019) | 19 December 1977 – 22 February 1980 | Catholic People's Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| Gijs van Aardenne (1930–1995) | 22 February 1980 – 5 March 1980 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| Fons van der Stee (1928–1999) | 5 March 1980 – 4 November 1982 | Catholic People's Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| Fons van der Stee (1928–1999) | 5 March 1980 – 4 November 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) |
| Dr. Onno Ruding (born 1939) | 4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) |
| Wim Kok (1938–2018) | 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 | Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) |
| Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) | 22 August 1994 – 4 June 1996 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok I) |
| Dr. Hans Wijers (born 1951) | 4 June 1996 – 26 June 1996 | Democrats 66 | Wim Kok (Kok I) |
| Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) | 26 June 1996 – 22 July 2002 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok I) |
| Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) | 26 June 1996 – 22 July 2002 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok II) |
| Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956) | 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) |
| Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) | 27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III) |
| Wouter Bos (born 1963) | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 | Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) |
| Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 – 5 November 2012 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) |
| Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 – 5 November 2012 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) |
| Jeroen Dijsselbloem (born 1966) | 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 | Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) |
| Wopke Hoekstra (born 1975) | 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) | 10 January 2022 – Incumbent | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) |

    $^{Resigned}$
    $^{Acting}$
    $^{AdInterim}$
    $^{DeputyPrimeMinister}$
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    $^{MinisterofEconomicAffairs}$
    $^{MinisterforKingdomRelations}$
    $^{MinisterofEconomicAffairsuntil19May1959}$
    $^{MinisterofEconomicAffairsfrom16October2002}$

## List of State Secretaries for Finance

| State Secretary for Finance | State Secretary for Finance | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (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 | Willem Drees (Drees II) |
| 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 | Jan de Quay (De Quay) |
| | Dr. Willem Hendrik van den Berge (1905–1987) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 27 May 1959 – 14 April 1965 | Independent Social Democrat | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) |
| | Dr. Wiel Hoefnagels (1929–1978) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 31 May 1965 – 22 November 1966 | Catholic People's Party | Jo Cals (Cals) |
| Vacant |||||||
| | Dr. Ferd Grapperhaus I (1927–2010) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 10 May 1967 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Piet de Jong (De Jong) |
| | Willem Scholten (1927–2005) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs | 14 July 1971 – 19 March 1973 | Christian Historical Union | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) |
| | Fons van der Stee (1928–1999) | • Governmental Budget | 14 July 1971 – 12 March 1973 | Catholic People's Party | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) |
| | Fons van der Stee (1928–1999) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs | 11 May 1973 – 1 November 1973 | Catholic People's Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
| | Martin van Rooijen (born 1942) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs | 21 December 1973 – 14 October 1977 | Catholic People's Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
| | Aar de Goede (1928–2016) | • Governmental Budget | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Democrats 66 | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) |
| | Ad Nooteboom (born 1928) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 28 December 1977 – 22 February 1980 | Christian Historical Union | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| | Marius van Amelsvoort (1930–2006) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 16 April 1980 – 11 September 1981 | Catholic People's Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| | Marius van Amelsvoort (1930–2006) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 16 April 1980 – 11 September 1981 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) |
| | Hans Kombrink (born 1946) | • Fiscal Policy • Governmental Budget | 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 | Labour Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) |
| 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 | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) |
| | Marius van Amelsvoort (1930–2006) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) |
| | Dr. Willem Vermeend (born 1948) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 22 August 1994 – 24 March 2000 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok I) |
| | Dr. Willem Vermeend (born 1948) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 22 August 1994 – 24 March 2000 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok II) |
| | Wouter Bos (born 1963) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok II) |
| | Steven van Eijck (born 1959) | • Fiscal Policy • Governmental Budget | 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 | Pim Fortuyn List | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) |
| | Joop Wijn (born 1969) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 27 May 2003 – 7 July 2006 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) |
| Vacant |||||||
| | Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) |
| | Frans Weekers (born 1967) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 14 October 2010 – 30 January 2014 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) |
| | Frans Weekers (born 1967) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 14 October 2010 – 30 January 2014 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) |
| | Eric Wiebes (born 1963) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 4 February 2014 – 26 October 2017 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) |
| | Menno Snel (born 1970) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget | 26 October 2017 – 18 December 2019 | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| | Dr. Hans Vijlbrief (born 1963) | • Fiscal Policy • Taxes • Governmental Budget | 29 January 2020 – 10 January 2022 | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| | Alexandra van Huffelen (born 1968) | • Customs • Benefits | 29 January 2020 – 10 January 2022 | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) |
| | Marnix van Rij (born 1960) | • Fiscal Policy • Tax • Governmental Budget | 10 January 2022 – Incumbent | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) |
| | Aukje de Vries (born 1964) | • Customs • Benefits | 10 January 2022 – Incumbent | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) |

    $^{Res}$ Resigned.
    $^{Appt}$ 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.
