List of female cabinet members of the Netherlands
Appearance
The cabinet of the Netherlands has had female members since 1953. Anna de Waal served as the first female cabinet member as State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences appointed on 2 February 1953. Marga Klompé was the first female cabinet minister as Minister of Social Work appointed on 13 October 1956.
First holders
[edit]First holders in acting capacity
[edit]Position | First Holder | Appointed |
---|---|---|
Minister of Education | Marga Klompé | 7 November 1961 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Sigrid Kaag | 13 February 2018 |
Second Drees cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Anna de Waal (1906–1981) |
State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences |
2 February 1953 – 13 October 1956 |
Catholic People's Party | |||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Drees II Rijksoverheid |
Third Drees cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) |
Minister of Social Work | 13 October 1956 – 22 December 1958 |
Catholic People's Party | |||
Dr. Anna de Waal (1906–1981) |
State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences |
13 October 1956 – 16 March 1957 |
Catholic People's Party | |||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Drees III Rijksoverheid |
Second Beel cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) |
Minister of Social Work | 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 |
Catholic People's Party | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Beel II Rijksoverheid |
De Quay cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) |
Ad interim Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences |
7 November 1961 – 4 February 1962 |
Catholic People's Party | |||
23 April 1963 – 24 July 1963 | ||||||
Minister of Social Work | 19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963 | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-De Quay Rijksoverheid |
Marijnen cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen (1909–1995) |
Minister of Social Work | 24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Marijnen Rijksoverheid |
Zijlstra cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) |
Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work |
22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 |
Catholic People's Party | |||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Zijlstra Rijksoverheid |
De Jong cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) |
Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work |
5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 |
Catholic People's Party | |||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-De Jong Rijksoverheid |
First Biesheuvel cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fia van Veenendaal- van Meggelen (1918–2005) |
State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work) |
28 July 1971 – 21 July 1972 |
Democratic Socialists '70 | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Biesheuvel Rijksoverheid |
Den Uyl cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irene Vorrink (1918–1996) |
Minister of Health and Environment |
11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 |
Labour Party | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Den Uyl Rijksoverheid |
First Van Agt cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (1925–2019) |
Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work |
19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 |
Catholic People's Party | |||||
Christian Democratic Appeal | ||||||||
Bert Haars (1913–1997) |
State Secretary for Justice | 28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 |
Christian Historical Union | |||||
Christian Democratic Appeal | ||||||||
Els Veder-Smit (1921–2020) |
State Secretary for Health and Environment |
3 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Neelie Kroes (born 1941) |
State Secretary for Transport and Water Management |
28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (born 1932) |
State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work |
28 December 1977 – 9 September 1981 |
Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||||
Christian Democratic Appeal | ||||||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt I Rijksoverheid |
Second Van Agt cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (1925–2019) |
Minister of Health and Environment |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Saskia Stuiveling (1945–2017) |
State Secretary for the Interior | 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Labour Party | |||||
Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard (1946–2014) |
State Secretary for Health and Environment |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Democrats 66 | |||||
Ien Dales (1931–1994) |
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Labour Party | |||||
Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937) |
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Labour Party | |||||
Siepie de Jong (born 1940) |
State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning |
11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
Labour Party | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt II Rijksoverheid |
Third Van Agt cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (1925–2019) |
Minister of Health and Environment |
29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Ad interim Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work |
11 October 1982 – 4 November 1982 | |||||||
Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard (1946–2014) |
State Secretary for Health and Environment |
29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 |
Democrats 66 | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt III Rijksoverheid |
First Lubbers cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neelie Kroes (born 1941) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Eegje Schoo (born 1944) |
Minister for Development Cooperation |
4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Virginie Korte-van Hemel (1929–2014) |
State Secretary for Justice | 8 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello (1936–1990) |
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment |
8 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Nell Ginjaar-Maas (1931–2012) |
State Secretary for Education and Sciences |
5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Lubbers I Rijksoverheid |
Second Lubbers cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neelie Kroes (born 1941) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (1930–2008) |
State Secretary for the Interior | 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Virginie Korte-van Hemel (1929–2014) |
State Secretary for Justice | 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Yvonne van Rooy (born 1951) |
State Secretary for Economic Affairs |
30 October 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Nell Ginjaar-Maas (1931–2012) |
State Secretary for Education and Sciences |
14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Lubbers II Rijksoverheid |
Third Lubbers cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ien Dales (1931–1994) |
Minister of the Interior | 7 November 1989 – 10 January 1994 |
Labour Party | |||||
Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (1930–2008) |
Minister of the Interior | 27 May 1994 – 22 Augustus 1994 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
State Secretary for the Interior | 7 November 1989 – 27 May 1994 | |||||||
Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937) |
Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture |
7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994 |
Labour Party | |||||
Hanja Maij-Weggen (born 1943) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management |
7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Yvonne van Rooy (born 1951) |
State Secretary for Economic Affairs |
28 September 1990 – 22 August 1994 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Elske ter Veld (1944–2017) |
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment |
7 November 1989 – 4 June 1993 |
Labour Party | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Lubbers III Rijksoverheid |
First Kok cabinet
[edit]Second Kok cabinet
[edit]First Balkenende cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maria van der Hoeven (born 1949) |
Minister of Education, Culture and Science |
22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950) |
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Clémence Ross- van Dorp (born 1957) |
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport |
22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Philomena Bijlhout (born 1957) |
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment |
22 July 2002 – 24 July 2002 |
Pim Fortuyn List | |||||
Annette Nijs (born 1961) |
State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science |
22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970) |
State Secretary for Transport and Water Management |
22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Balkenende I Rijksoverheid |
Second Balkenende cabinet
[edit]Third Balkenende cabinet
[edit]Fourth Balkenende cabinet
[edit]First Rutte cabinet
[edit]Cabinet Member(s) | Position(s) | Term of office | Party | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liesbeth Spies (born 1966) |
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
16 December 2011 – 5 November 2012 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Edith Schippers (born 1964) |
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Marja van Bijsterveldt (born 1961) |
Minister of Education, Culture and Science |
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970) |
Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment |
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||||
Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten (born 1953) |
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport |
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Rutte-Verhagen Rijksoverheid |
Second Rutte cabinet
[edit]Third Rutte cabinet
[edit]Fourth Rutte cabinet
[edit]This article needs to be updated.(July 2024) |
- Acting
- Ad Interim