• 3 November 1877: Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (liberal)
• 19 August 1879: Theo graaf van Lynden van Sandenburg (conservative-protestant)
• 22 April 1883: Jan Heemskerk Abrahamzoon (conservative)
• 20 April 1888: Aeneas baron Mackkay (ARP)
• 21 August 1891: Gijsbert van Tienhoven (liberal)
• 8 May 1894: Joan Röell (old liberal)
• 26 July 1897: Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (Liberal Union)
• 31 July 1901: Abraham Kuyper (ARP)
• 16 August 1905: Theodoor Herman de Meester (Liberal Union)
• 11 February 1908: Theo Heemskerk (ARP)
• 29 August 1913: Pieter Willem Adriaan Cort van der Linden (liberal)
• 9 September 1918: Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (General Federation of Roman Catholic Voting Unions)
• 3 August 1925: Hendrikus Colijn (ARP)
• 8 March 1926: Dirk Jan de Geer (CHU)
• 10 August 1929: Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Roman Catholic State Party)
• 26 May 1933: Hendrikus Colijn (ARP)
• 10 August 1939: Dirk Jan de Geer (CHU)
• 3 September 1940: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (ARP)
• 24 June 1945: Willem Schermerhorn (VDB/PvdA)
• 3 July 1946: Louis Beel (KVP)
• 7 August 1948: Willem Drees (PvdA)
• 22 December 1958: Louis Beel (KVP)
• 19 May 1959: Jan de Quay (KVP)
• 24 July 1963: Victor Marijnen (KVP)
• 14 April 1965: Jo Cals (KVP)
• 22 November 1966: Jelle Zijlstra (ARP)
• 5 April 1967: Piet de Jong (KVP)
• 6 July 1971: Barend Biesheuvel (ARP)
• 11 May 1973: Joop den Uyl (PvdA)
• 19 December 1977: Dries van Agt (KVP/CDA)
• 4 November 1982: Ruud Lubbers (CDA)
• 22 August 1994: Wim Kok (PvdA)
• 22 July 2002: Jan Peter Balkenende (CDA)

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  from:1847 till:1848  color:yellow  text:Gerrit Schimmelpenninck 
  from:1848 till:1849  color:yellow  text:Jacob De Kempenaer 
  from:1849 till:1853  color:magenta text:Johan Thorbecke  (1st term)
  from:1853 till:1856  color:green   text:Floris Adriaan Van Hall  (1st term)
  from:1856 till:1858  color:yellow  text:Justinus Van der Brugghen 
  from:1858 till:1860  color:yellow  text:Charles Rochussen 
  from:1860 till:1861  color:green   text:Floris Adriaan Van Hall (2nd term)
  from:1861 till:1862  color:orange  text:Julius Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt  (1st term)
  from:1862 till:1866  color:magenta text:Johan Thorbecke (2nd term)
  from:1866 till:1866                text:Isaac Franssen Van de Putte 
  from:1866 till:1868  color:orange  text:Julius Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt (2nd term)
  from:1868 till:1871  color:yellow  text:Peter Van Bosse 
  from:1871 till:1872  color:magenta text:Johan Thorbecke (3rd term)
  from:1872 till:1874  color:yellow  text:Gerrit de Vries 
  from:1874 till:1877  color:blue    text:Jan Heemskerk  (1st term)
  from:1877 till:1879  color:yellow  text:Joannes Kappeyne Van de Coppello 
  from:1879 till:1883  color:yellow  text:Constant Van Lynden Van Sandenburg 
  from:1883 till:1888  color:blue    text:Jan Heemskerk (2nd term)
  from:1888 till:1891  color:yellow  text:Aeneas Mackay 
  from:1891 till:1894  color:yellow  text:Gijsbert Van Tienhoven 
  from:1894 till:1897  color:yellow  text:Joan Roëll 
  from:1897 till:1901  color:yellow  text:Nicolaas Pierson 
  from:1901 till:1905  color:yellow  text:Abraham Kuyper
  from:1905 till:1908  color:yellow  text:Theodor De Meester 
  from:1908 till:1913  color:blue    text:Jan Heemskerk (3rd term)
  from:1913 till:1918  color:yellow  text:Pieter Cort Van der Linden 
  from:1918 till:1925  color:green   text:Charles Ruys de Beerenbrouck  (1st and 2nd terms)
  from:1925 till:1926  color:red     text:Hendrikus Colijn (1st term)
  from:1926 till:1929  color:pink    text:Dirk Jan De Geer  (1st term)
  from:1929 till:1933  color:green   text:Charles Ruys de Beerenbrouck (3rd term)
  from:1933 till:1939  color:red     text:Hendrikus Colijn (2nd term)
  from:1939 till:1940  color:pink    text:Dirk Jan De Geer (2nd term)
  from:1940 till:1945  color:yellow  text:Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy 
  from:1945 till:1946  color:yellow  text:Willem Schermerhorn
  from:1946 till:1948  color:green   text:Louis Joseph Maria Beel 
  from:1948 till:1958  color:yellow  text:Willem Drees
  from:1958 till:1959  color:green   text:Louis Joseph Maria Beel 
  from:1959 till:1963  color:yellow  text:Jan Eduard de Quay 
  from:1963 till:1965  color:yellow  text:Victor Gerard Marie Marijnen 
  from:1965 till:1966  color:yellow  text:Jozef Maria Laurens Theo Cals 
  from:1966 till:1967  color:yellow  text:Jelle Zijlstra
  from:1967 till:1971  color:yellow  text:Petrus Josef Sietse de Jong 
  from:1971 till:1973  color:yellow  text:Barend Willem Biesheuvel 
  from:1973 till:1977  color:yellow  text:Joop den Uyl
  from:1977 till:1982  color:yellow  text:Dries van Agt
  from:1982 till:1994  color:yellow  text:Ruud Lubbers
  from:1994 till:2002  color:yellow  text:Wim Kok
  from:2002 till:end   color:yellow  text:Jan Peter Balkenende

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