List of ministers of the interior of the Netherlands

The minister of the interior and kingdom relations () is the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Pieter Heerma of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been in office since 23 February 2026. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretary is Eric van der Burg.

List of ministers 1801–1866 Agent of the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Alexander Gogel (1765–1821) 19 June 1801 – 4 July 1801 Independent StaatsbewindSecretary of State for the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Hendrik van Stralen (1751–1821) 2 May 1805 – 20 June 1806 Independent Rutger Jan SchimmelpenninckMinister of the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Johan Hendrik Mollerus (1750–1834) 4 July 1806 – 17 May 1808 IndependentLouis I Frédéric Auguste van Leyden van Westbarendrecht (1768–1821) 17 May 1808 – 8 December 1808 Independent Adriaan Pieter Twent van Raaphorst (1745–1816) 8 December 1808 – 27 May 1809 IndependentMinister of Worship and the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Godert van der Capellen (1778–1848) 27 May 1809 – 1 January 1811 Independent Louis ICommissioner-General for the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Hendrik van Stralen (1751–1821) 29 November 1813 – 6 April 1814 Independent William FrederickSecretary of State for the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Willem Frederik Röell (1767–1835) 6 April 1814 – 9 February 1817 Independent William Frederick / William IMinister of the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Patrice de Coninck (1770–1827) 21 February 1817 – 1 January 1820 Independent William IMinister of the Interior, Water Management and Public WorksTerm of officePartyRegime Patrice de Coninck (1770–1827) 1 January 1820 – 30 March 1824 Independent William IMinister of the Interior, Education and Water ManagementTerm of officePartyRegime Patrice de Coninck (1770–1827) 30 March 1824 – 5 April 1825 Independent William IMinister of the InteriorTerm of officePartyRegime Patrice de Coninck (1770–1827) 5 April 1825 – 22 June 1825 IndependentWilliam I Pierre van Gobbelschroy (1784–1850) 22 June 1825 – 1 January 1830 Independent Edmond de la Coste (1778–1870) 1 January 1830 – 22 October 1830 Independent Hendrik Jacob van Doorn van Westcapelle (1786–1853) 4 October 1830 – 1 December 1836 IndependentHendrik Merkus de Kock (1779–1845)1 December 1836 – 1 June 1841IndependentWilliam II Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1800–1872) 1 June 1841 – 15 February 1846 Independent Johan Adriaan van der Heim van Duivendijke (1791–1870) 15 February 1846 – 1 June 1846 Ad interim Independent Cornelis Vollenhoven (1778–1849) 1 June 1846 – 12 October 1846 Ad interim Independent Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck (1807–1891) 12 October 1846 – 1 January 1848 Independent Johan Adriaan van der Heim van Duivendijke (1791–1870) 1 January 1848 – 25 March 1848 IndependentMinister of the InteriorTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet) Lodewijk Caspar Luzac (1786–1861) 25 March 1848 – 13 May 1848 Independent Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck)Jacob de Kempenaer (Prime Minister Nov 1848–Nov 1849) (1793–1870)13 May 1848 – 1 November 1849Independent Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck) Jacob de Kempenaer (De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius) Dr. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Prime Minister) (1798–1872) 1 November 1849 – 19 April 1853 Independent Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke I) Jonkheer Gerlach Cornelis Joannes van Reenen (1818–1893) 19 April 1853 – 1 July 1856 Independent Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Donker Curtius) Dr. Gerrit Simons (1802–1868) 1 July 1856 – 19 January 1857 IndependentJustinus van der Brugghen (Van der Brugghen) Ridder Anthony Gerhard Alexander van Rappard (1799–1869) 19 January 1857 – 18 March 1858 Independent Jonkheer Jacob George Hieronymus van Tets van Goudriaan (1812–1885) 18 March 1858 – 23 February 1860 Independent Jan Jacob Rochussen (Rochussen)Baron Schelto van Heemstra (1807–1864)2 March 1860 – 31 January 1862Independent Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Van Heemstra) Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra) Dr. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Prime Minister) (1798–1872) 31 January 1862 – 10 February 1866 Independent Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II) Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908) 10 February 1866 – 1 June 1866 Independent Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (Fransen van de Putte)

1866–1945 Minister of the InteriorTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet) Dr. Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897) 1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) Cornelis Fock (1828–1910) 4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) Dr. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Prime Minister) (1798–1872) 4 January 1871 – 4 June 1872 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) Pieter Philip van Bosse (Minister of Colonial Affairs) (1809–1879) 4 June 1872 – 6 July 1872 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908) 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) Dr. Jan Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1818–1897) 27 August 1874 – 3 November 1877 Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Prime Minister) (1822–1895) 3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello) Jonkheer Willem Six (1829–1908) 20 August 1879 – 10 February 1882 Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk (1847–1908) 10 February 1882 – 23 April 1883 Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) Dr. Jan Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1818–1897) 23 April 1883 – 21 April 1888 Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative) Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) Baron Aeneas Mackay Jr. (Prime Minister) (1838–1909) 21 April 1888 – 24 February 1890 Anti-Revolutionary PartyAeneas Mackay (Mackay) Jonkheer Alexander de Savornin Lohman (1837–1924) 24 February 1890 – 21 August 1891 Anti-Revolutionary Party Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904) 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 Liberal Union Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) Samuel van Houten (1837–1930) 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Joan Röell (Röell) Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917) 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 Liberal Union Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) Dr. Abraham Kuyper (Prime Minister) (1837–1920) 1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905 Anti-Revolutionary Party Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) Pieter Rink (1851–1941) 17 August 1905 – 10 February 1908 Liberal Union Theo de Meester (De Meester) Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932) 11 February 1908 – 29 August 1913 Anti-Revolutionary Party Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (Prime Minister) (1846–1935) 29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936) 9 September 1918 – 1 January 1923 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II) Minister of the Interior and AgricultureTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet) Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) 1 January 1923 – 4 August 1925 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) 4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926 Christian Historical Union Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) Jan Kan (1873–1947) 8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929 Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) 10 August 1929 – 1 May 1932 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936) 1 May 1932 – 26 May 1933 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956) 26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937 Anti-Revolutionary Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) Hendrik van Boeijen (also Minister of General Affairs 1940–1944) (1889–1947) 24 June 1937 – 31 May 1944 Christian Historical Union Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV • V) Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I)Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) Jaap Burger (1904–1986) 31 May 1944 – 27 January 1945 Social Democratic Workers' Party Hendrik van Boeijen (Minister of General Affairs) (1889–1947) 27 January 1945 – 23 February 1945 Christian Historical Union

Since 1945