Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands

The following is a series of historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands.

States General of the Netherlands (2002) An opinion poll conducted by the States General of the Netherlands in 2002 had the following results for the best and the worst prime minister of the twentieth century. Of the 225 MPs, 200 responded. Of them, 110 (49 per cent of MPs) handed in a list, the others did not participate for various reasons. The participation by political parties is as follows: Labour Party 57%, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 44%, Christian Democratic Appeal 43%, Democrats 66 39%, GroenLinks 58%, Socialist Party 43%, Reformed Political Party 20%, Christian Union 44% and the Independent Senate Group 100%. Kamerleden kiezen de beste en de slechtste minister-president van de twintigste eeu, Historischnieuwsblad.nl, 2 February 2002

Best ranking Prime Minister Term Political party 1st Pieter Cort van der Linden 1913–1918 Independent (Liberal) 2nd Willem Drees 1948–1958 Labour Party 3rd Joop den Uyl 1973–1977 Labour Party 4th Ruud Lubbers 1982–1994 Christian Democratic Appeal 5th Wim Kok 1994–2002 Labour Party 6th Jelle Zijlstra 1966–1967 Anti-Revolutionary Party 7th Hendrikus Colijn 1925–1926 / 1933–1939 Anti-Revolutionary Party Willem Schermerhorn 1945–1946 Labour Party 8th Piet de Jong 1967–1971 Catholic People's Party 9th Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck 1918–1925 / 1929–1933 Roman Catholic State Party Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy 1940–1945 Anti-Revolutionary Party Barend Biesheuvel 1971–1973 Anti-Revolutionary Party Dries van Agt 1977–1982 Christian Democratic Appeal

Worst ranking Prime Minister Term Political party 1st Joop den Uyl 1973–1977 Labour Party 2nd Dirk Jan de Geer 1926–1929 / 1939–1940 Christian Historical Union 3rd Dries van Agt 1977–1982 Christian Democratic Appeal 4th Hendrikus Colijn 1925–1926 / 1933–1939 Anti-Revolutionary Party 5th Ruud Lubbers 1982–1994 Christian Democratic Appeal 6th Victor Marijnen 1963–1965 Catholic People's Party Wim Kok 1994–2002 Labour Party 7th Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy 1940–1945 Anti-Revolutionary Party Jan de Quay 1959–1963 Catholic People's Party 8th Willem Schermerhorn 1945–1946 Labour Party Willem Drees 1948–1958 Labour Party Jo Cals 1965–1966 Catholic People's Party Barend Biesheuvel 1971–1973 Anti-Revolutionary Party

VPRO (2006) In 2006 Dutch public broadcaster VPRO conducted an opinion poll for the best prime minister after World War II. Willem Drees gekozen tot ‘Dé premier na WO II’, Geschiedenis24.nl, 15 January 2006

Ranking Prime Minister Term Political party 1st Willem Drees 1948–1958 Labour Party 2nd Joop den Uyl 1973–1977 Labour Party 3rd Ruud Lubbers 1982–1994 Christian Democratic Appeal 4th Wim Kok 1994–2002 Labour Party 5th Jan Peter Balkenende 2002–2010 Christian Democratic Appeal 6th Piet de Jong 1967–1971 Catholic People's Party 7th Dries van Agt 1977–1982 Christian Democratic Appeal 8th Jelle Zijlstra 1966–1967 Anti-Revolutionary Party 9th Willem Schermerhorn 1945–1946 Labour Party 10th Jo Cals 1965–1966 Catholic People's Party 11th Barend Biesheuvel 1971–1973 Anti-Revolutionary Party 12th Jan de Quay 1959–1963 Catholic People's Party 13th Louis Beel 1946–1948 1958–1959 Catholic People's Party 14th Victor Marijnen 1963–1965 Catholic People's Party

NRC Handelsblad (2013) In 2013 newspaper NRC Handelsblad conducted two opinion polls, one with fifty experts and one with their readers. The polls asked respondents to give their opinion on who was the best prime minister since 1900. NRC-enquête: Drees en Lubbers beste premiers sinds 1900, NRC Handelsblad, 28 September 2013

Ranking Prime Minister Term Political party 1st Willem Drees 1948–1958 Labour Party 2nd Ruud Lubbers 1982–1994 Christian Democratic Appeal 3rd Pieter Cort van der Linden 1913–1918 Independent (Liberal) 4th Piet de Jong 1967–1971 Catholic People's Party 5th Joop den Uyl 1973–1977 Labour Party 6th Wim Kok 1994–2002 Labour Party 7th Hendrikus Colijn 1925–1926 / 1933–1939 Anti-Revolutionary Party 8th Willem Schermerhorn 1945–1946 Labour Party 9th Abraham Kuyper 1901–1905 Anti-Revolutionary Party 10th Jan Peter Balkenende 2002–2010 Christian Democratic Appeal

Maurice de Hond (2013) An opinion poll conducted by Maurice de Hond from the polling site peil.nl had the following results. Kiezers oneens met Rutte: niet beste kabinet sinds oorlog, BN DeStem, 26 May 2013

Ranking Prime Minister Term Political party 1st Ruud Lubbers 1982–1994 Christian Democratic Appeal 2nd Wim Kok 1994–2002 Labour Party 3rd Willem Drees 1948–1958 Labour Party 4th Joop den Uyl 1973–1977 Labour Party 5th Mark Rutte 2010–2024 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 6th Jan Peter Balkenende 2002–2010 Christian Democratic Appeal

I&O Research (2020) An opinion panel conducted by I&O Research with fifty experts had the following results when asked on who was the best prime minister since 1945. I&O Research, I&O Research, 13 March 2020

Ranking Prime Minister Term Political party 1 Mark Rutte 2010–2024 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2 Wim Kok 1994–2002 Labour Party 3 Ruud Lubbers 1982–1994 Christian Democratic Appeal 4 Joop den Uyl 1973–1977 Labour Party 5 Jan Peter Balkenende 2002–2010 Christian Democratic Appeal 6 Willem Drees 1948–1958 Labour Party

See also Prime Minister of the Netherlands List of prime ministers of the Netherlands Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands

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