List of ministers of health of the Netherlands

The minister of health, welfare and sport () is the head of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Jan Anthonie Bruijn of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretaries are Nicki Pouw-Verweij of the BBB and Judith Tielen of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Respectively, they have been assigned the portfolios of long-term care and social care and of youth care, preventive care, and sport. In the past, there have also been ministers without portfolio assigned to the ministry.

List of ministers of health Social affairs and health (1951–1971) Minister of Social Affairs and Health Term of office Party Cabinet Dolf Joekes (1885–1962) 15 September 1951 – 2 September 1952 Labour Party Drees I Ko Suurhoff (1905–1967) 2 September 1952 – 22 December 1958 Labour Party Drees II • III Louis Beel (Prime Minister) (1902–1985) 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 Catholic People's Party Beel II Charles van Rooy (1912–1996) 19 May 1959 – 3 July 1961 Catholic People's Party De Quay Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) 3 July 1961 – 17 July 1961 Catholic People's Party Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990) 17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 Catholic People's Party Marijnen Cals Zijlstra Bauke Roolvink (1912–1979) 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 Anti-Revolutionary Party De Jong

Health and environment (1971–1982) Minister of Health and Environment Term of office Party Cabinet Louis Stuyt (1914–2000) 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 Catholic People's Party Biesheuvel I • II Irene Vorrink (1918–1996) 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 Labour Party Den Uyl Leendert Ginjaar (1928–2003) 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Van Agt I Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (1925–2019) 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 Christian Democratic Appeal Van Agt II • III

Social affairs and health (1982–1994) Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture Term of office Party Cabinet Elco Brinkman (1948–2026) 4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989 Christian Democratic Appeal Lubbers I • II Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937) 7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994 Labour Party Lubbers III Jo Ritzen (born 1945) 16 July 1994 – 22 August 1994 Labour Party

Health, welfare and sport (since 1994) Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Term of office Party Cabinet Els Borst (1932–2014) 22 August 1994 – 22 July 2002 Democrats 66 Kok I • II Eduard Bomhoff (born 1944) 22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 Pim Fortuyn List Balkenende I Aart Jan de Geus (born 1955) 16 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 Christian Democratic Appeal Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956) 27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Balkenende II • III Ab Klink (born 1958) 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 Christian Democratic Appeal Balkenende IV Edith Schippers (born 1964) 14 October 2010 – 26 October 2017 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Rutte I • II Hugo de Jonge (born 1977) 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 Christian Democratic Appeal Rutte III Ernst Kuipers (born 1959) 10 January 2022 – 10 January 2024 Democrats 66 Rutte IV Conny Helder (born 1958) 10 January 2024 – 2 July 2024 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Fleur Agema (born 1976) 2 July 2024 – 3 June 2025 Party for Freedom Schoof Eddy van Hijum (born 1972) 3 June 2025 – 19 June 2025 New Social Contract Daniëlle Jansen (born 1970) 19 June 2025 – 22 August 2025 New Social Contract Robert Tieman (born 1976) 22 August 2025 – 5 September 2025 Farmer–Citizen Movement Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 1958) 5 September 2025 – 23 February 2026 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Sophie Hermans (born 1981) 23 February 2026 – Incumbent People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Jetten

List of ministers without portfolio Ministers without Portfolio Portfolio Term of office Party Cabinet André Rouvoet (born 1962) • Youth care • Family policy 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 (Minister of Education,Culture and Science in 2010) Christian Union Balkenende IV Bruno Bruins (born 1963) • Primary healthcare • Medical ethics • Pharmaceutical policy • Sport • Corona management (Bruins only) 26 October 2017 – 19 March 2020 (Resigned) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Rutte III Martin van Rijn (born 1956) 23 March 2020 – 9 July 2020 Independent (Labour Party) Officially a member of the Labour Party but serves as a de facto Independent in a technocratic capacity. Tamara van Ark (born 1974) 9 July 2020 – 3 September 2021 (Resigned) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Conny Helder (born 1958) • Primary Healthcare • Long-term care • Sport 10 January 2022 – 10 January 2024 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Rutte IV Pia Dijkstra (born 1954) • Primary healthcare • Medical ethics • Health insurance • Pharmaceutical policy • Corona management 2 February 2024 – 2 July 2024 Democrats 66 Mirjam Sterk (born 1973) • Long-term care • Youth care • Sport 23 February 2026 – Incumbent Christian Democratic Appeal Jetten

List of state secretaries for health State Secretary for Social Affairs Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Cabinet Piet Muntendam (1901–1986) • Primary healthcare • Elderly care • Disability policy 1 April 1950 – 15 September 1951 Labour Party Drees–Van Schaik Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986) • Social security • Unemployment • Occupational safety • Social services 15 February 1950 – 15 September 1951 Labour Party State Secretary for Social Affairs and Health Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Cabinet Piet Muntendam (1901–1986) • Primary healthcare • Elderly care • Disability policy 15 September 1951 – 1 October 1953 Labour Party Drees I • II Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986) • Social security • Unemployment • Occupational safety • Social services 15 September 1951 – 22 December 1958 Labour Party Drees I • II • III Bauke Roolvink (1912–1979) • Social security • Unemployment • Occupational safety • Social services 15 June 1959 – 24 July 1963 Anti-Revolutionary Party De Quay Louis Bartels (1915–2002) • Primary healthcare • Elderly care • Disability policy • Medical ethics 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 Catholic People's Party Marijnen Cals Zijlstra José de Meijer (1915–2000) • Occupational safety • Public organisations 15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 Catholic People's Party Marijnen Cals Zijlstra Roelof Kruisinga (1922–2012) • Primary healthcare • Elderly care • Disability policy • Medical ethics 18 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 Christian Historical Union De Jong State Secretary for Health and Environment Portfolio Term of office Party Cabinet Jo Hendriks (1923–2001) • Primary healthcare • Elderly care • Disability policy 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 Catholic People's Party Den Uyl Els Veder-Smit (1921–2020) • Primary healthcare • Elderly care • Disability policy • Medical ethics • Food policy 3 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Van Agt I Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard (1946–2014) • Environmental policy • Food policy 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 Democrats 66 Van Agt II • III State Secretary for Welfare, Health and Culture Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Cabinet Joop van der Reijden (1927–2006) • Primary healthcare • Social services • Elderly care • Disability policy • Medical ethics 5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 Christian Democratic Appeal Lubbers I Dick Dees (born 1944) • Primary healthcare • Social services 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Lubbers II Hans Simons (1947–2019) • Primary healthcare • Elderly care • Youth care • Disability policy 7 November 1989 – 26 February 1994 Labour Party Lubbers III State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Cabinet Erica Terpstra (born 1943) • Social services • Elderly care • Youth care • Disability policy • Minorities • Food policy • Recreation • Sport 22 August 1994 – 28 June 1998 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Kok I Margo Vliegenthart (born 1958) • Elderly care • Youth care • Disability policy • Pharmaceutical policy • Sport 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 Labour Party Kok II Clémence Ross-van Dorp (born 1957) • Elderly care • Youth care • Disability policy • Medical ethics • Sport 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007 Christian Democratic Appeal Balkenende I • II • III Jet Bussemaker (born 1961) • Elderly care • Youth care • Disability policy • Medical ethics • Sport 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 Labour Party Balkenende IV Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten (born 1953) • Elderly care • Youth care • Disability policy • Medical ethics • Pharmaceutical policy 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 Christian Democratic Appeal Rutte I Martin van Rijn (born 1956) • Elderly care • Youth care • Disability policy • Medical ethics • Pharmaceutical policy 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 Labour Party Rutte II Paul Blokhuis (born 1963) • Social services • Disability policy 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 Christian Union Rutte III Maarten van Ooijen (born 1990) • Youth care • Preventive care 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 Christian Union Rutte IV Vicky Maeijer (born 1986)• Long-term care • Social care 2 July 2024 – 3 June 2025 Party for Freedom Schoof Nicki Pouw-Verweij (born 1991) 19 June 2025 – Incumbent Farmer–Citizen Movement Vincent Karremans (born 1986) • Youth care • Preventive care • Sport 2 July 2024 – 18 June 2025 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Judith Tielen 19 June 2025 – 23 February 2026 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

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