List of Dutch cabinet formations

This is a list of Dutch cabinet formations. This includes attempts to form or continue with a cabinet after a cabinet crisis.

In most cases, a cabinet formation is started after a general election after which a majority cabinet is sought. In some cases it results in a minority cabinet. After the fall of a cabinet, a new start can be made with part of the fallen cabinet. Then there may be a rump cabinet, which is also often a minority cabinet.

List Formation Start End Length(days) Cabinet 1848 16 March 1848 25 March 1848 10 Schimmelpenninck De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius 1849 19 September 1849 1 November 1849 44 Thorbecke I 1853 16 April 1853 19 April 1853 4 Van Hall/Donker Curtius 1856 1 June 1856 1 July 1856 47 Van der Brugghen 1858 3 March 1858 18 March 1858 16 Rochussen 1860 17 February 1860 23 February 1860 7 Van Hall/Van Heemstra 1861 16 February 1861 14 March 1861 27 Van Zuylen van Nijevelt/Van Heemstra 1861–1862 18 December 1861 1 February 1862 46 Thorbecke II Jan–Feb 1866 29 January 1866 10 February 1866 13 Fransen van de Putte May–Jun 1866 24 May 1866 1 June 1866 9 Van Zuylen van Nijevelt 1868 17 April 1868 4 June 1868 49 Van Bosse/Fock 1870–1871 24 November 1870 4 January 1871 42 Thorbecke III 1872 25 June 1872 6 July 1872 12 De Vries/Fransen van de Putte 1874 14 July 1874 27 August 1874 45 Heemskerk/Van Lynden van Sandenburg 1877 16 October 1877 3 November 1877 19 Kappeyne van de Coppello 1879 12 July 1879 20 August 1879 40 Van Lynden van Sandenburg 1882 10 May 1882 12 August 1882 95 1883 4 March 1883 23 April 1883 51 J. Heemskerk 1888 28 March 1888 21 April 1888 25 Mackay 1891 24 June 1891 21 August 1891 58 Van Tienhoven 1894 25 April 1894 9 May 1894 15 Röell 1897 26 June 1897 27 July 1897 32 Pierson 1901 28 June 1901 1 August 1901 35 Kuyper 1905 29 June 1905 17 August 1905 50 De Meester 1907 12 February 1907 21 March 1907 38 1907–1908 25 December 1907 12 February 1908 50 T. Heemskerk 1913 26 June 1913 29 August 1913 65 Cort van der Linden 1918 4 July 1918 9 September 1918 68 Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I 1921 22 June 1921 26 July 1921 35 1922 6 July 1922 18 September 1922 75 Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II 1923–1924 26 October 1923 7 January 1924 73 1925 2 July 1925 4 August 1925 34 Colijn I 1925–1926 24 November 1925 8 March 1926 105 De Geer I 1929 3 July 1929 10 August 1929 39 Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III 1933 27 April 1933 26 May 1933 30 Colijn II 1935 26 July 1935 31 July 1935 6 Colijn III 1937 27 May 1937 24 June 1937 29 Colijn IV Jun–Jul 1939 30 June 1939 25 July 1939 26 Colijn V Aug 1939 4 August 1939 10 August 1939 7 De Geer II 1940 28 August 1940 3 September 1940 7 Gerbrandy I 1941 1 July 1941 27 July 1941 27 Gerbrandy II Feb 1945 22 January 1945 23 February 1945 33 Gerbrandy III May–Jun 1945 9 May 1945 24 June 1945 47 Schermerhorn-Drees 1946 18 May 1946 3 July 1946 47 Beel I 1948 8 July 1948 7 August 1948 31 Drees-Van Schaik 1951 29 January 1951 15 March 1951 44 Drees I 1952 26 June 1952 2 September 1952 69 Drees II 1955 18 May 1955 3 June 1955 17 1956 14 June 1956 13 October 1956 121 Drees III 1958 13 December 1958 22 December 1958 10 Beel II 1959 13 March 1959 19 May 1959 67 De Quay 1960–1961 24 December 1960 2 January 1961 10 1963 16 May 1963 24 July 1963 70 Marijnen 1965 28 February 1965 14 April 1965 46 Cals 1966 18 October 1966 22 November 1966 35 Zijlstra 1967 16 February 1967 5 April 1967 49 De Jong 1971 29 April 1971 6 July 1971 69 Biesheuvel I 1972 19 July 1972 9 August 1972 11 Biesheuvel II 1972–1973 30 November 1972 11 May 1973 163 Den Uyl 1977 26 May 1977 19 December 1977 208 Van Agt I 1981 27 May 1981 11 September 1981 108 Van Agt II 16 October 1981 4 November 1981 19 May–Jun 1982 14 May 1982 29 May 1982 17 Van Agt III Sep–Nov 1982 9 September 1982 4 November 1982 57 Lubbers I 1986 22 May 1986 14 July 1986 54 Lubbers II 1989 7 September 1989 7 November 1989 62 Lubbers III 1994 4 May 1994 22 August 1994 111 Kok I 1998 6 May 1998 3 August 1998 89 Kok II 1999 20 May 1999 8 June 1999 20 2002 16 May 2002 22 July 2002 68 Balkenende I 2003 23 January 2003 27 May 2003 122 Balkenende II 2006 30 June 2006 7 July 2006 7 Balkenende III 2006–2007 23 November 2006 22 February 2007 90 Balkenende IV 2010 10 June 2010 14 October 2010 127 Rutte I 2012 13 September 2012 5 November 2012 54 Rutte II 2017 16 March 2017 26 October 2017 225 Rutte III 2021–2022 18 March 2021 10 January 2022 299 Rutte IV 2023–2024 23 November 2023 2 July 2024 Schoof 2025–2026 30 October 2025 23 February 2026 Jetten

See also List of cabinets of the Netherlands List of Dutch (in)formateurs and scouts

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