List of ministers of justice of the Netherlands

Minister of Justice and Security of the Netherlands
Minister van Justitie en Veiligheid
Ministry of Justice and Security
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Incumbent David van Weel[1] since 2 July 2024; 4 months ago (2024-07-02)
Ministry of Justice and Security
Style	His/Her Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation	12 March 1798; 226 years ago (1798-03-12)
First holder	Reinier Willem Tadama as Secretary for Justice
Deputy	Ingrid Coenradie as State Secretary for Justice and Security Teun Struycken as State Secretary for Legal Protection
Salary	€170.000 (as of 2022 excluding expenses)
Website	Minister of Justice and Security

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The minister of justice and security (Dutch: Minister van Justitie en Veiligheid) is the head of the Ministry of Justice and Security and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current minister is David van Weel of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry, tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretaries are Ingrid Coenradie of the Party for Freedom (PVV) and Teun Struycken of New Social Contract (NSC) who also have been in office since 2 July 2024. Occasionally, there has also been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry who is also giving specific portfolios.

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Government
		Reinier Willem Tadama	12 March 1798	26 October 1798	Unitarian	Uitvoerend Bewind
		Jan Reuvens	12 March 1798	26 October 1798	Moderate

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Government
		Jan Reuvens	18 December 1801	1 March 1802	Moderate	Staatsbewind

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Grand Pensionary
		Jan van Hooff	4 July 1806	29 July 1806	Moderate Unitarian	Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	King
		Jan van Hooff	29 July 1806	22 May 1807	Moderate Unitarian	Louis I
		Jacob Jan Cambier	20 November 1807	10 December 1807	Moderate
		Alexander van Hugenpoth tot Aerdt	27 May 1809	31 December 1810	Moderate
Minister of Justice			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Cornelis Felix van Maanen	16 September 1815	3 September 1830	Independent	William I
						William II
		Floris Adriaan van Hall	1 April 1842	7 March 1844	Independent
		Marinus Willem de Jonge van Campensnieuwland	7 March 1844	19 March 1848	Independent
Portrait		Name	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dirk Donker Curtius	19 March 1848	4 June 1849	Independent	Gerrit, Count Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck)
						Jacob de Kempenaer (De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius)
		Hendrik Ludolf Wichers	4 June 1849	1 November 1849	Independent
		Johan Theodoor Hendrik Nedermeyer, Knight van Rosenthal	1 November 1849	15 July 1852	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke I)
		Martin Pascal Hubert Strens	15 July 1852	19 April 1853	Independent
		Dirk Donker Curtius	19 April 1853	1 July 1856	Independent	Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (Van Hall-Donker Curtius)
		Justinus van der Brugghen	1 July 1856	18 March 1858	Independent	Justinus van der Brugghen (Van der Brugghen)
		Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot	18 March 1858	23 February 1860	Independent	Jan Jacob Rochussen (Rochussen)
		Michel Henry Godefroi	23 February 1860	1 February 1862	Independent	Floris Adriaan, Baron van Hall (Van Hall-Van Heemstra)
						Jacob, Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra)
		Nicolaas Olivier	1 February 1862	10 February 1866	Independent	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II)
		Carolus Joannes Pické	10 February 1866	1 June 1866	Independent	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (Fransen van de Putte)

Minister of Justice			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Eduard Borret (1816–1867)	1 June 1866 – 10 November 1867 [Died]	Independent Christian Democrat (Conservative Catholic)	Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) [2]
		Dr. Jan Heemskerk (Minister of the Interior) (1818–1897)	10 November 1867 – 4 January 1868 [Ad interim]	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
		Willem Wintgens (1818–1895)	4 January 1868 – 4 June 1868	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
		Franciscus van Lilaar (1823–1889)	4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock) [3]
		Dr. Jolle Albertus Jolles (1814–1882)	4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III) [4]
		Dr. Gerrit de Vries (Prime Minister) (1818–1900)	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte) [5]
		Count Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826–1885)	27 August 1874 – 3 November 1877	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)	Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg) [6]
		Hendrik Jan Smidt (1831–1917)	3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello) [7]
		Dr. Anthony Modderman (1838–1885)	20 August 1879 – 23 April 1883	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) [8]
		Baron Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave (1835–1908)	23 April 1883 – 21 April 1888	Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)	Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) [9]
		Jonkheer Gustave Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1842–1926)	21 April 1888 – 21 August 1892	Independent Christian Democrat (Conservative Catholic)	Aeneas Mackay (Mackay) [10]
		Hendrik Jan Smidt (1831–1917)	21 August 1892 – 9 May 1894	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)	Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) [11]
		Willem van der Kaay (1831–1918)	9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Joan Röell (Röell) [12]
		Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) [13]
		Dr. Jan Loeff (1858–1921)	1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905	Roman Catholic State Party	Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) [14]
		Eduard Ellis van Raalte (1841–1921)	17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908	Free-thinking Democratic League	Theo de Meester (De Meester) [15]
		Anton Nelissen (1851–1921)	12 February 1908 – 11 May 1910 [Res]	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)	Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) [16]
		Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	11 May 1910 – 7 June 1910 [Ad interim]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Robert Regout (1863–1913)	7 June 1910 – 18 January 1913 [Died]	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)
		Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister) (1852–1932)	18 January 1913 – 29 August 1913 [Ad interim]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Bastiaan Ort (1854–1927)	29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) [17]
		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	9 September 1918 – 4 September 1925	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • II) [18][19]
		Jan Schokking (1864–1941)	4 September 1925 – 8 March 1926	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) [20]
		Dr. Jan Donner (1891–1981)	8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) [21]
					Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) [22]
		Josef van Schaik (1882–1962)	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III) [23][24]
		Carel Goseling (1891–1941)	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) [25]
		Johan de Visser (1883–1950)	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) [26]
		Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister 1940–1945) (1885–1961)	10 August 1939 – 21 February 1942	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) [27]
					Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [28]
					Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) [28]
		Dr. Jan van Angeren (1894–1959)	21 February 1942 – 11 July 1944 [Res]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Dr. Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart (1901–1956)	11 July 1944 – 23 February 1945	Independent Socialist (Social Democrat)
		Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister) (1885–1961)	23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III) [29]

Minister of Justice			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Hans Kolfschoten (1903–1984)	25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946	Roman Catholic State Party	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) [30]
				Catholic People's Party
		Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948	Catholic People's Party	Louis Beel (Beel I) [31]
		René Wijers (1891–1973)	7 August 1948 – 15 May 1950 [Res]	Catholic People's Party	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik) [32]
		Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	15 May 1950 – 10 July 1950 [Ad Interim] [Minister]	Catholic People's Party
		Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	10 July 1950 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party
		Hendrik Mulderije (1896–1970)	15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952	Christian Historical Union	Willem Drees (Drees I) [33]
		Leendert Antonie Donker (1899–1956)	2 September 1952 – 4 February 1956 [Died]	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees II) [34]
		Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977) [Deputy]	4 February 1956 – 15 February 1956 [Ad Interim] [Minister]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Julius Christiaan van Oven (1881–1963)	15 February 1956 – 13 October 1956 [Minister]	Labour Party
		Dr. Ivo Samkalden (1912–1995)	13 October 1956 – 22 December 1958	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees III) [35]
		Teun Struycken (1906–1977) [Deputy]	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 [Minister]	Catholic People's Party	Louis Beel (Beel II) [36]
		Albert Beerman (1901–1967)	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Christian Historical Union	Jan de Quay (De Quay) [37]
		Ynso Scholten (1918–1984)	24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [38]
		Dr. Ivo Samkalden (1912–1995)	14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966	Labour Party	Jo Cals (Cals) [39]
		Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [40]
		Carel Polak (1909–1981)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Piet de Jong (De Jong) [41]
		Dries van Agt (1931–2024) [Deputy]	6 July 1971 – 8 September 1977 [Res]	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [42]
					Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [43]
		Dr. Gaius de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997) [Deputy]	8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977 [Acting] [Minister]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Dr. Job de Ruiter (1930–2015)	19 December 1977 – 4 November 1982	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I • II • III) [44][45][46]
				Christian Democratic Appeal
		Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931)	4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) [47][48]
		Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (born 1950)	7 November 1989 – 27 May 1994 [Minister] [Res]	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [49]
		Aad Kosto (born 1938)	27 May 1994 – 22 August 1994	Labour Party
		Winnie Sorgdrager (born 1948)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66	Wim Kok (Kok I) [50]
		Benk Korthals (born 1944)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok II) [51]
		Piet Hein Donner (born 1948)	22 July 2002 – 21 September 2006 [Res]	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II) [52][53]
					Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) [54]
		Rita Verdonk (born 1955)	21 September 2006 – 22 September 2006 [Ad Interim] [Minister]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (born 1950)	22 September 2006 – 14 October 2010 [Minister]	Christian Democratic Appeal
					Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [55]
Minister of Security and Justice			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Ivo Opstelten (born 1944)	14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [56]
					Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [57]
		Stef Blok (born 1964)	10 March 2015 – 20 March 2015 [Ad Interim] [Minister]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Ard van der Steur (born 1969)	20 March 2015 – 27 January 2017 [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Stef Blok (born 1964)	27 January 2017 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Minister of Justice and Security			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dr. Ferdinand Grapperhaus (born 1959)	26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [58]
		Dilan Yeşilgöz- Zegerius (born 1977)	10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [59]
		David van Weel (born 1976)	2 July 2024 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dick Schoof (Schoof) [60]

^Resigned

^Acting

^{Ad Interim}

^{Died in Office}

^{Deputy Prime Minister}

^{Deputy Prime Minister from 11 May 1973}

^{Deputy Prime Minister from 8 September 1977}

^{Minister of the Interior}

^{Minister of the Interior from 7 July 1956}

^{Minister for Kingdom Relations}

^{Minister without Portfolio for Justice}

^{Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 23 February 2010}

^{Minister without Portfolio for the Interior}

Minister without Portfolio			Portfolio(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Hilbrand Nawijn (born 1948)	• Immigration and Asylum • Integration • Minorities	22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003	Pim Fortuyn List	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [52]
		Rita Verdonk (born 1955)	• Immigration and Asylum • Integration • Minorities	27 May 2003 – 7 July 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) [53]
				7 July 2006 – 14 December 2006		Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) [54]
			• Integration • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries • Minorities	14 December 2006 – 22 February 2007
		Sander Dekker (born 1975)	• Public Prosecution • Civil Law • Property Law • Victims' Rights • Judicial Reform • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries • Debt • Gambling	26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [58]
		Franc Weerwind (born 1964)	• Public Prosecution • Civil Law • Property Law • Victims' Rights • Judicial Reform • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries • Debt • Gambling	10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024	Democrats 66	Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [59]

State Secretary for Justice			Portfolio(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dr. Klaas Wiersma (1917–1993)	• Immigration and Asylum • Penitentiaries	20 April 1970 – 6 July 1971	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Piet de Jong (De Jong) [41]
		Hans Grosheide (1930–2022)	• Immigration and Asylum • Civil Law • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries	28 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [42]
		Dr. Jan Glastra van Loon (1920–2001)	• Immigration and Asylum • Civil Law • Judicial Reform • Youth Justice	13 June 1973 – 27 May 1975 [Res]	Democrats 66	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [43]
		Henk Zeevalking (1922–2005)		6 June 1975 – 8 September 1977 [Res]	Democrats 66
		Bert Haars (1913–1997)	• Immigration and Asylum • Judicial Reform • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries	28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	Christian Historical Union	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [44]
					Christian Democratic Appeal
		Dr. Michiel Scheltema (born 1939)	• Immigration and Asylum • Civil Law • Youth Justice	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982	Democrats 66	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) [45][46]
		Virginie Korte-van Hemel (1929–2014)	• Immigration and Asylum • Civil Law • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries • Gambling	8 November 1982 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) [47][48]
		Aad Kosto (born 1938)	• Immigration and Asylum • Civil Law • Judicial Reform • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries	7 November 1989 – 27 May 1994 [App]	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [49]
		Elizabeth Schmitz (born 1938)	• Immigration and Asylum • Civil Law • Youth Justice	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok I) [50]
		Dr. Job Cohen (born 1947)	• Immigration and Asylum • Civil Law • Judicial Reform • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries • Debt • Gambling	3 August 1998 – 1 January 2001 [App]	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok II) [51]
		Ella Kalsbeek (born 1955)		1 January 2001 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party
Not in use (2002–2007)
		Nebahat Albayrak (born 1968)	• Immigration and Asylum • Penitentiaries	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 [Res]	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [55]
State Secretary for Security and Justice			Portfolio(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Fred Teeven (born 1958)	• Public Prosecution • Civil Law • Property Law • Victims' Rights • Judicial Reform • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries • Debt • Gambling [Title]	14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [56]
						Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [57]
		Dr. Klaas Dijkhoff (born 1981)		20 March 2015 – 4 October 2017 [App]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
State Secretary for Justice and Security			Portfolio(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Mark Harbers (born 1969)	• Immigration and Asylum • Integration • Minorities [Title]	26 October 2017 – 21 May 2019 [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [58]
		Ankie Broekers-Knol (born 1946)		11 July 2019 – 10 January 2022	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Eric van der Burg (born 1965)	• Immigration and Asylum • Integration • Minorities	10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [59]
		Ingrid Coenradie (born 1987)		2 July 2024 – Incumbent	Party for Freedom	Dick Schoof (Schoof) [60]
		Teun Struycken (born 1969)	• Legal Protection	2 July 2024 – Incumbent	New Social Contract

^Resigned

^{Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister}

^{Appointed as Minister of Justice}

^{Appointed as Mayor of Amsterdam}

^{Appointed as Minister of Defence}

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