Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The deputy prime minister of the Netherlands (Dutch: Viceminister-president van Nederland) is the official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the prime minister of the Netherlands the deputy prime minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. Conventionally, all of the junior partners in the coalition get one deputy, and the deputies are ranked according to the size of their respective parties. The incumbent deputy prime ministers are Sigrid Kaag of the Democrats 66 serving as Minister of Finance, Wopke Hoekstra of the Christian Democratic Appeal serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Carola Schouten of the Christian Union serving as Minister for Welfare and Civic Engagement.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
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Viceminister-president van Nederland | |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 25 June 1945 |
First holder | Willem Drees |
Salary | €144,000 annually (including €7,887.24 expenses) |
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List of unofficial deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
List of deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
- First Deputy Prime Minister
- Second Deputy Prime Minister
- Third Deputy Prime Minister
- Resigned
- Acting
- Ad interim
- Extended medical leave of absence from 1 November 2019 until 14 May 2020
Living deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Deputy Prime Minister | Term | Age |
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Dries van Agt | 1973–1977 | 2 February 1931 |
Hans Wiegel | 1977–1981 | 16 July 1941 |
Jan Terlouw | 1981–1982 | 15 November 1931 |
Annemarie Jorritsma | 1998–2002 | 1 June 1950 |
Eduard Bomhoff | 2002 | 30 September 1944 |
Johan Remkes | 2002–2003 | 15 June 1951 |
Roelf de Boer | 2002–2003 | 9 October 1949 |
Gerrit Zalm | 2003–2007 | 6 May 1952 |
Thom de Graaf | 2003–2005 | 11 June 1957 |
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | 2005–2006 | 18 March 1937 |
Wouter Bos | 2007–2010 | 14 July 1963 |
André Rouvoet | 2007–2010 | 4 January 1962 |
Maxime Verhagen | 2010–2012 | 14 September 1956 |
Lodewijk Asscher | 2012–2017 | 27 September 1974 |
Wouter Koolmees | 2019–2020 | 20 March 1977 |
Hugo de Jonge | 2017–2022 | 26 September 1977 |
Kajsa Ollongren | 2017–2019 2020–2022 |
28 May 1967 |
Wopke Hoekstra | 2022–2023 | 30 September 1975 |
Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands by term length
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