List of ministers of foreign affairs of the Netherlands

{{Short description|None}} {{Infobox official post |post = Minister of Foreign Affairs |body = the Netherlands |native_name = ''Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken'' |image = 1718705118441 20240617 BERENDSEN Tom NL 009.jpg |imagesize = 250x250px |alt = |incumbent = Tom Berendsen |incumbentsince = 23 February 2026 |type = |status = |department = Ministry of Foreign Affairs |style = ''His/Her Excellency'' |member_of = Council of Ministers |reports_to = |residence = |seat = |nominator = |appointer = The monarch |appointer_qualified = on advice of the prime minister |termlength = |termlength_qualified = |constituting_instrument = |precursor = |formation = {{Start date and years ago|1798|03|09|df=y}} |first = Willem Berend Buys as Secretary for Foreign Affairs |last = |abolished = |succession = |abbreviation = |unofficial_names = |deputy = |salary = {{Euro|205,991}} ({{As of|2025}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/beloningen-bestuurders/salaris-minister-staatssecretaris-en-bestuurders-provincies-en-gemeenten|title= Salaris minister, staatssecretaris en bestuurders provincies en gemeenten|language=nl|access-date=3 June 2025|website=Rijksoverheid.nl}}</ref> |website = }} {{Politics of the Netherlands}}

The '''minister of foreign affairs''' ({{langx|nl|minister van Buitenlandse Zaken}}) is a member of the cabinet of the Netherlands and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The officeholder is in charge of the Kingdom's foreign policy and international relations. The current minister, Tom Berendsen, has served since 23 February 2026.

Alongside the minister, a minister without portfolio is usually attached to the ministry to oversee development cooperation and trade promotion. Multiple cabinets have also included a state secretary responisble for specific sub-portfolios, such as European affairs.

== List of ministers of foreign affairs == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! rowspan="2" width="160px" |Cabinet ! colspan="4" |Minister ! colspan="2" |Term of office |- !Image !Name ! colspan="2" |Party !Start !End |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Schimmelpenninck | height="80px" |60px|Gerrit Schimmelpenninck |Gerrit Schimmelpenninck |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |25 March 1848 | style="text-align:center" |17 May 1848 |- | height="80px" |60px |Arnold Adolf Bentinck van Nijenhuis |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |17 May 1848 | style="text-align:center" |21 November 1848 |- ! scope="row" |De Kempenaer–Donker Curtius | height="80px" |60px |Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |21 November 1848 | style="text-align:center" |1 November 1849 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Thorbecke I |60px|Herman van Sonsbeeck |Herman van Sonsbeeck |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |1 November 1849 | style="text-align:center" |16 October 1852 |- |60px|Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt |Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |16 October 1852 | style="text-align:center" |19 April 1853 |- ! scope="row" |Van Hall–Donker Curtius | height="80px" |60px|Floris Adriaan van Hall |Floris Adriaan van Hall |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |19 April 1853 | style="text-align:center" |1 July 1856 |- ! scope="row" |Van der Brugghen | height="80px" |60px |Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |1 July 1856 | style="text-align:center" |18 March 1858 |- ! scope="row" |Rochussen | height="80px" |60px |Jan Karel van Goltstein |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |18 March 1858 | style="text-align:center" |23 February 1860 |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" |Van Hall–Van Heemstra | height="80px" |60px|Floris Adriaan van Hall |Floris Adriaan van Hall (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |23 February 1860 | style="text-align:center" |4 April 1860 |- | height="80px" |60px|Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt |Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |4 April 1860 | style="text-align:center" |14 January 1861 |- | height="80px" |60px |Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |14 January 1861 | style="text-align:center" |14 March 1861 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Van Zuylen van Nijevelt–Van Heemstra | height="80px" |60px|Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt |Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |14 March 1861 | style="text-align:center" |10 November 1861 |- | height="80px" |60px |Martin Pascal Hubert Strens (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |10 November 1861 | style="text-align:center" |1 February 1862 |- ! rowspan="4" scope="row" height="280px" |Thorbecke II | height="80px" |60px |Anthony Jan Lucas Stratenus (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |1 February 1862 | style="text-align:center" |12 March 1862 |- | height="80px" |60px |Paul Therèse van der Maesen de Sombreff |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |12 March 1862 | style="text-align:center" |2 January 1864 |- |60px|Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke |Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |2 January 1864 | style="text-align: center;" |15 March 1864 |- | rowspan="2" |60px | rowspan="2" |Eppo Cremers | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}} | style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2" |15 March 1864 | style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2" |1 June 1866 |- ! scope="row" height="40px" |Fransen van de Putte |- ! scope="row" |Van Zuylen van Nijevelt |60px|Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt |Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |1 June 1866 | style="text-align: center;" |4 June 1868 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Van Bosse–Fock |60px|Joannes Josephus van Mulken |Joannes Josephus van Mulken (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |4 June 1868 | style="text-align: center;" |8 June 1868 |- |60px |Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |8 June 1868 | style="text-align: center;" |12 December 1870 |- ! scope="row" |Thorbecke III |60px|Joannes Josephus van Mulken |Joannes Josephus van Mulken (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |12 December 1870 | style="text-align: center;" |18 January 1871 |- ! scope="row" |De Vries–Fransen van de Putte |60px|Louis Gericke van Herwijnen |Louis Gericke van Herwijnen |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |18 January 1871 | style="text-align: center;" |27 August 1874 |- ! scope="row" |Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg |60px|Joseph van der Does de Willebois |Joseph van der Does de Willebois |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |27 August 1874 | style="text-align: center;" |3 November 1877 |- ! scope="row" |Kappeyne van de Coppello |60px|Willem van Heeckeren van Kell |Willem van Heeckeren van Kell |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |3 November 1877 | style="text-align: center;" |20 August 1879 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Van Lynden van Sandenburg |60px|Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg |Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |20 August 1879 | style="text-align: center;" |15 September 1881 |- |60px|Willem Frederik Rochussen |Willem Frederik Rochussen |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |15 September 1881 | style="text-align: center;" |23 April 1883 |- ! rowspan="4" scope="row" |Jan Heemskerk |60px|Joseph van der Does de Willebois |Joseph van der Does de Willebois |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |23 April 1883 | style="text-align: center;" |10 August 1885 |- |60px|Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave |Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |10 August 1885 | style="text-align: center;" |14 September 1885 |- |60px|Joseph van der Does de Willebois |Joseph van der Does de Willebois |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |14 September 1885 | style="text-align: center;" |1 November 1885 |- |60px|Abraham van Karnebeek |Abraham van Karnebeek |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |1 November 1885 | style="text-align: center;" |21 April 1888 |- ! scope="row" |Mackay |60px|Cornelis Hartsen |Cornelis Hartsen |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |21 April 1888 | style="text-align: center;" |21 August 1891 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Van Tienhoven |60px|Gijsbert van Tienhoven |Gijsbert van Tienhoven |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |21 August 1891 | style="text-align: center;" |21 March 1894 |- |60px|Joannes Coenraad Jansen |Joannes Coenraad Jansen (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Liberal Union (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" |21 March 1894 | style="text-align: center;" |9 May 1894 |- ! scope="row" |Röell |60px|Joan Röell |Joan Röell |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |9 May 1894 | style="text-align: center;" |27 July 1897 |- ! scope="row" |Pierson |60px|Willem de Beaufort |Willem de Beaufort |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |27 July 1897 | style="text-align: center;" |1 August 1901 |- ! rowspan="4" scope="row" |Kuyper |60px |Robert Melvil van Lynden |{{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}} | style="text-align: center;" |1 August 1901 | style="text-align: center;" |9 March 1905 |- |60px|Abraham George Ellis |Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |9 March 1905 | style="text-align: center;" |22 April 1905 |- |60px |Willem van Weede van Berencamp |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |22 April 1905 | style="text-align: center;" |7 August 1905 |- |60px|Abraham George Ellis |Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |7 August 1905 | style="text-align: center;" |17 August 1905 |- ! scope="row" |De Meester |60px |Dirk van Tets van Goudriaan |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |17 August 1905 | style="text-align: center;" |12 February 1908 |- ! scope="row" |Theo Heemskerk |60px|René de Marees van Swinderen |René de Marees van Swinderen |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |12 February 1908 | style="text-align: center;" |29 August 1913 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Cort van der Linden |60px|Pieter Cort van der Linden |Pieter Cort van der Linden (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |29 August 1913 | style="text-align: center;" |27 September 1913 |- |60px|John Loudon |John Loudon |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |27 September 1913 | style="text-align: center;" |9 September 1918 |- ! scope="row" |Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I | rowspan="3" |60px|Herman van Karnebeek | rowspan="3" |Herman van Karnebeek | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=3}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |9 September 1918 | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |1 April 1927 |- ! scope="row" |Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II |- ! scope="row" |Colijn I |- ! scope="row" |De Geer I | rowspan="2" |60px|Frans Beelaerts van Blokland | rowspan="2" |Frans Beelaerts van Blokland | {{party name with color|Christian Historical Union|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |1 April 1927 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |20 April 1933 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III |- |60px|Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck |Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Roman Catholic State Party}} | style="text-align: center;" |20 April 1933 | style="text-align: center;" |26 May 1933 |- ! scope="row" |Colijn II | rowspan="2" |60px|Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff | rowspan="2" |Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |26 May 1933 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |24 June 1937 |- ! scope="row" |Colijn III |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" height="120px" |Colijn IV |60px|Hendrikus Colijn |Hendrikus Colijn (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}} | style="text-align: center;" |24 June 1937 | style="text-align: center;" |1 October 1937 |- | rowspan="2" |60px|Jacob Adriaan Patijn | rowspan="2" |Jacob Adriaan Patijn | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |1 October 1937 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |10 August 1939 |- ! scope="row" height="40px" |Colijn V |- ! scope="row" |De Geer II | rowspan="4" |60px|Eelco van Kleffens | rowspan="4" |Eelco van Kleffens | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=4}} | rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |10 August 1939 | rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |1 March 1946 |- ! scope="row" |Gerbrandy I |- ! scope="row" |Gerbrandy II |- ! scope="row" |Gerbrandy III |- ! scope="row" |Schermerhorn–Drees |60px|Herman van Roijen |Herman van Roijen |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |1 March 1946 | style="text-align: center;" |3 July 1946 |- ! scope="row" |Beel I |60px|Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout |Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |3 July 1946 | style="text-align: center;" |7 August 1948 |- ! scope="row" |Drees–Van Schaik | rowspan="2" |60px|Dirk Stikker | rowspan="2" |Dirk Stikker | {{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |7 August 1948 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |2 September 1952 |- ! scope="row" |Drees I |- ! scope="row" |Drees II |60px|Johan Beyen |Johan Beyen |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align: center;" |2 September 1952 | style="text-align: center;" |13 October 1956 |- ! scope="row" |Drees III | rowspan="7" |60px|Joseph Luns | rowspan="7" |Joseph Luns | {{party name with color|Catholic People's Party|rowspan=7}} | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" |13 October 1956 | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" |6 July 1971 |- ! scope="row" |Beel II |- ! scope="row" |De Quay |- ! scope="row" |Marijnen |- ! scope="row" |Cals |- ! scope="row" |Zijlstra |- ! scope="row" |De Jong |- ! scope="row" |Biesheuvel I | rowspan="2" |60px|Norbert Schmelzer | rowspan="2" |Norbert Schmelzer | {{party name with color|Catholic People's Party|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |6 July 1971 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |11 May 1973 |- ! scope="row" |Biesheuvel II |- ! scope="row" |Den Uyl |60px|Max van der Stoel |Max van der Stoel |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" |11 May 1973 | style="text-align: center;" |19 December 1977 |- ! scope="row" |Van Agt I |60px|Chris van der Klaauw |Chris van der Klaauw |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |19 December 1977 | style="text-align: center;" |11 September 1981 |- ! scope="row" |Van Agt II |60px|Max van der Stoel |Max van der Stoel |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" |11 September 1981 | style="text-align: center;" |29 May 1982 |- ! scope="row" |Van Agt III |60px|Dries van Agt |Dries van Agt |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" |29 May 1982 | style="text-align: center;" |4 November 1982 |- ! scope="row" |Lubbers I | rowspan="3" |60px|Hans van den Broek | rowspan="3" |Hans van den Broek | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal|rowspan=3}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |4 November 1982 | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |3 January 1993 |- ! scope="row" |Lubbers II |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Lubbers III |- |60px|Pieter Kooijmans |Pieter Kooijmans |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" |3 January 1993 | style="text-align: center;" |22 August 1994 |- ! scope="row" |Kok I |60px|Hans van Mierlo |Hans van Mierlo |{{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" |22 August 1994 | style="text-align: center;" |3 August 1998 |- ! scope="row" |Kok II |60px|Jozias van Aartsen |Jozias van Aartsen |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |3 August 1998 | style="text-align: center;" |22 July 2002 |- ! scope="row" height="35px" |Balkenende I | rowspan="2" |60px|Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | rowspan="2" |Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |22 July 2002 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |3 December 2003 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" height="70px" |Balkenende II |- | rowspan="2" |60px|Ben Bot | rowspan="2" |Ben Bot | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal|rowspan=2}} | style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2" |3 December 2003 | style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2" |22 February 2007 |- ! scope="row" height="35px" |Balkenende III |- ! scope="row" |Balkenende IV |60px|Maxime Verhagen |Maxime Verhagen |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" |22 February 2007 | style="text-align: center;" |14 October 2010 |- ! scope="row" |Rutte I |60px|Uri Rosenthal |Uri Rosenthal |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |14 October 2010 | style="text-align: center;" |5 November 2012 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Rutte II |60px|Frans Timmermans |Frans Timmermans |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" |5 November 2012 | style="text-align: center;" |17 October 2014 |- |60px|Bert Koenders |Bert Koenders |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" |17 October 2014 | style="text-align: center;" |26 October 2017 |- ! rowspan="6" scope="row" |Rutte III |60px|Halbe Zijlstra |Halbe Zijlstra |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |26 October 2017 | style="text-align: center;" |13 February 2018 |- |60px|Sigrid Kaag |Sigrid Kaag (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" |13 February 2018 | style="text-align: center;" |7 March 2018 |- |60px|Stef Blok |Stef Blok |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |7 March 2018 | style="text-align: center;" |25 May 2021 |- |60px|Sigrid Kaag |Sigrid Kaag |{{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" |25 May 2021 | style="text-align: center;" |17 September 2021 |- |60px|Tom de Bruijn |Tom de Bruijn (ad interim) |{{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" |17 September 2021 | style="text-align: center;" |24 September 2021 |- |60px|Ben Knapen |Ben Knapen |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" |24 September 2021 | style="text-align: center;" |10 January 2022 |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" |Rutte IV |60px|Wopke Hoekstra |Wopke Hoekstra |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" |10 January 2022 | style="text-align: center;" |1 September 2023 |- |60px|Liesje Schreinemacher |Liesje Schreinemacher (ad interim) |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align:center" |1 September 2023 | style="text-align:center" |5 September 2023 |- |60px|Hanke Bruins Slot |Hanke Bruins Slot |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align:center" |5 September 2023 | style="text-align:center" |2 July 2024 |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" |Schoof |60px|Caspar Veldkamp |Caspar Veldkamp |{{party name with color|New Social Contract}} | style="text-align:center" |2 July 2024 | style="text-align:center" |22 August 2025 |- |60px|Ruben Brekelmans |Ruben Brekelmans (ad interim) |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align:center" |22 August 2025 | style="text-align:center" |5 September 2025 |- |60px|David Van Weel |David van Weel |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align:center" |5 September 2025 | style="text-align:center" |23 February 2026 |- ! scope="row" |Jetten |60px|Tom Berendsen |Tom Berendsen |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" |23 February 2026 | style="text-align: center;" |Incumbent |}

== List of ministers without portfolio == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! rowspan="2" |Cabinet ! colspan="4" |Minister ! colspan="2" |Term of office ! rowspan="2" width="200" |Title or role |- !Image !Name ! colspan="2" |Party !Start !End |- ! scope="row" |Gerbrandy II | rowspan="2" height="80px" |60px|Edgar Michiels van Verduynen | rowspan="2" |Edgar Michiels van Verduynen | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |1 January 1942 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |25 June 1945 | rowspan="3" |Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |- ! scope="row" |Gerbrandy III |- ! scope="row" |Schermerhorn–Drees | height="80px" |60px|Herman van Roijen |Herman van Roijen |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |25 June 1945 | style="text-align:center" |1 March 1946 |- ! scope="row" |Beel I | height="80px" |60px|Eelco van Kleffens |Eelco van Kleffens |{{party name with color|Independent}} | style="text-align:center" |1 March 1946 | style="text-align:center" |1 July 1947 |Permanent Representative to the United Nations Security Council<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr. van Kleffens gaat naar New-York |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011154305:mpeg21:a0028 |access-date=2 March 2026 |work=De Graafschapbode |via=Delpher |date=1 March 1946 |page=1 |language=nl}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |Drees II | height="80px" |60px|Joseph Luns |Joseph Luns |{{party name with color|Catholic People's Party}} | style="text-align:center" |2 September 1952 | style="text-align:center" |13 October 1956 |Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |- ! scope="row" |Cals | rowspan="2" height="80px" |60px|Theo Bot | rowspan="2" |Theo Bot |{{party name with color|Catholic People's Party|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |14 April 1965 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |5 April 1967 | rowspan="3" |Minister for Aid to Developing Countries |- ! scope="row" |Zijlstra |- ! scope="row" |De Jong | height="80px" |60px|Bé Udink |Bé Udink |{{party name with color|Christian Historical Union}} | style="text-align:center" |5 April 1967 | style="text-align:center" |6 July 1971 |- ! scope="row" |Biesheuvel I | rowspan="2" height="80px" |60px|Kees Boertien | rowspan="2" |Kees Boertien |{{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |6 July 1971 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |11 May 1973 | rowspan="15" |Minister for Development Cooperation |- ! scope="row" |Biesheuvel II |- ! scope="row" |Den Uyl | height="80px" |60px|Jan Pronk |Jan Pronk |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align:center" |11 May 1973 | style="text-align:center" |19 December 1977 |- ! scope="row" |Van Agt I | height="80px" |60px|Jan de Koning | Jan de Koning |{{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}} | style="text-align:center" |19 December 1977 | style="text-align:center" |11 September 1981 |- ! scope="row" |Van Agt II | rowspan="2" height="80px" |60px|Kees van Dijk | rowspan="2" |Kees van Dijk |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |11 September 1981 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |4 November 1982 |- ! scope="row" |Van Agt III |- ! scope="row" |Lubbers I | height="80px" |60px|Eegje Schoo |Eegje Schoo |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align:center" |4 November 1982 | style="text-align:center" |14 July 1986 |- ! scope="row" |Lubbers II | height="80px" |60px|Piet Bukman |Piet Bukman |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align:center" |14 July 1986 | style="text-align:center" |7 November 1989 |- ! scope="row" |Lubbers III | rowspan="2" height="80px" |60px|Jan Pronk | rowspan="2" |Jan Pronk | {{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |7 November 1989 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |3 August 1998 |- ! scope="row" |Kok I |- ! scope="row" |Kok II | height="80px" |60px|Eveline Herfkens |Eveline Herfkens |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align:center" |3 August 1998 | style="text-align:center" |22 July 2002 |- ! scope="row" |Balkenende II | rowspan="2" height="80px" |60px|Agnes van Ardenne | rowspan="2" |Agnes van Ardenne |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |27 May 2003 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |22 February 2007 |- ! scope="row" |Balkenende III |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Balkenende IV |60px|Bert Koenders |Bert Koenders |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" |22 February 2007 | style="text-align: center;" |23 February 2010 |- |60px|Maxime Verhagen |Maxime Verhagen |{{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" |23 February 2010 | style="text-align: center;" |14 October 2010 |- ! scope="row" |Rutte II | height="80px" |60px|Lilianne Ploumen |Lilianne Ploumen |{{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" |5 November 2012 | style="text-align: center;" |26 October 2017 | rowspan="6" |Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Rutte III |60px|Sigrid Kaag |Sigrid Kaag |{{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" |26 October 2017 | style="text-align: center;" |10 August 2021 |- |60px|Tom de Bruijn |Tom de Bruijn |{{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" |10 August 2021 | style="text-align: center;" |10 January 2022 |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" |Rutte IV |60px|Liesje Schreinemacher |Liesje Schreinemacher |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |10 January 2022 | style="text-align: center;" |4 December 2023 |- |60px|Geoffrey van Leeuwen |Geoffrey van Leeuwen (acting) |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |4 December 2023 | style="text-align: center;" |15 April 2024 |- |60px|Liesje Schreinemacher |Liesje Schreinemacher |{{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" |15 April 2024 | style="text-align: center;" |2 July 2024 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Schoof |60px|center|Reinette Klever |Reinette Klever |{{party name with color|Party for Freedom}} | style="text-align: center;" |2 July 2024 | style="text-align: center;" |3 June 2025 | rowspan="2" |Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid |- |60px|center|Caspar Veldkamp |Caspar Veldkamp (ad interim) |{{party name with color|New Social Contract}} | style="text-align: center;" |3 June 2025 | style="text-align: center;" |19 June 2025 |- ! scope="row" |Jetten |60px|center|Sjoerd Sjoerdsma |Sjoerd Sjoerdsma |{{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" |23 February 2026 | style="text-align: center;" |Incumbent |Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation |}

== List of state secretaries for foreign affairs == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! rowspan="2" |Cabinet ! colspan="4" |State secretary ! colspan="2" |Term of office ! rowspan="2" width="200px" |Portfolio |- ! Image ! Name ! colspan="2" |Party ! Start ! End |- ! scope="row" | Drees–Van Schaik | rowspan="2" | 60px|Nico Blom | rowspan="2" | Nico Blom | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 16 February 1950 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 2 September 1952 | rowspan="2" | Indonesian Affairs<ref>{{cite news |title=Kort nieuws |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMSAEN01:000064759:mpeg21:a0031 |access-date=2 March 2026 |work=Twentsch dagblad Tubantia |via=Delpher |date=17 February 1950 |page=3 |language=nl}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Drees I |- ! scope="row" | Drees III | 60px|Ernst van der Beugel | Ernst van der Beugel | {{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" | 8 January 1957 | style="text-align: center;" | 22 December 1958 | rowspan="3" | European Affairs |- ! scope="row" | De Quay | 60px|Hans van Houten | Hans van Houten | {{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" | 24 August 1959 | style="text-align: center;" | 24 July 1963 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Marijnen | 60px|Leo de Block | Leo de Block | {{party name with color|Catholic People's Party}} | style="text-align: center;" | 3 September 1963 | style="text-align: center;" | 14 April 1965 |- | 60px|Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst | Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst | {{party name with color|Christian Historical Union}} | style="text-align: center;" | 28 September 1963 | style="text-align: center;" | 14 April 1965 | United Nations Affairs and Aid to Developing Countries |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Cals | 60px|Leo de Block | Leo de Block | {{party name with color|Catholic People's Party}} | style="text-align: center;" | 14 April 1965 | style="text-align: center;" | 22 November 1966 | European Affairs |- | 60px|Max van der Stoel | Max van der Stoel | {{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" | 22 July 1965 | style="text-align: center;" | 22 November 1966 | United Nations Affairs |- ! scope="row" | Zijlstra | 60px|Leo de Block | Leo de Block | {{party name with color|Catholic People's Party}} | style="text-align: center;" | 22 November 1966 | style="text-align: center;" | 5 April 1967 | European and United Nations Affairs |- ! scope="row" | De Jong | 60px|Hans de Koster | Hans de Koster | {{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" | 12 June 1967 | style="text-align: center;" | 6 July 1971 | rowspan="4" | European Affairs |- ! scope="row" | Biesheuvel I | rowspan="2" | 60px|Tjerk Westerterp | rowspan="2" | Tjerk Westerterp | {{party name with color|Catholic People's Party|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 17 August 1971 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 7 March 1973 |- ! scope="row" | Biesheuvel II |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Den Uyl | 60px|Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | {{party name with color|Democrats 66}} | style="text-align: center;" | 11 May 1973 | style="text-align: center;" | 8 September 1977 |- | 60px|Pieter Kooijmans | Pieter Kooijmans | {{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}} | style="text-align: center;" | 11 May 1973 | style="text-align: center;" | 19 December 1977 | United Nations Affairs |- ! scope="row" | Van Agt I | 60px|Durk van der Mei | Durk van der Mei | {{party name with color|Christian Historical Union}} | style="text-align: center;" | 28 December 1977 | style="text-align: center;" | 11 September 1981 | rowspan="9" | European Affairs |- ! scope="row" | Van Agt II | rowspan="2" | 60px|Hans van den Broek | rowspan="2" | Hans van den Broek | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 11 September 1981 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 4 November 1982 |- ! scope="row" | Van Agt III |- ! scope="row" | Lubbers I | 60px|Wim van Eekelen | Wim van Eekelen | {{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" | 5 November 1982 | style="text-align: center;" | 14 July 1986 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Lubbers II | 60px|René van der Linden | René van der Linden | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" | 14 July 1986 | style="text-align: center;" | 9 September 1988 |- | 60px|Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst | Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" | 27 September 1988 | style="text-align: center;" | 7 November 1989 |- ! scope="row" | Lubbers III | 60px|Piet Dankert | Piet Dankert | {{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" | 7 November 1989 | style="text-align: center;" | 16 July 1994 |- ! scope="row" | Kok I | 60px|Michiel Patijn | Michiel Patijn | {{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" | 22 August 1994 | style="text-align: center;" | 3 August 1998 |- ! scope="row" | Kok II | 60px|Dick Benschop | Dick Benschop | {{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" | 3 August 1998 | style="text-align: center;" | 22 July 2002 |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Balkenende I | height="80px" |60px|Agnes van Ardenne | Agnes van Ardenne | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" | 22 July 2002 | style="text-align: center;" | 27 May 2003 | Development Cooperation |- | rowspan="2" | 60px|Atzo Nicolaï | rowspan="2" | Atzo Nicolaï | {{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|rowspan=2}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 22 July 2002 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 7 July 2006 | rowspan="3" | European Affairs |- ! scope="row" | Balkenende II |- ! scope="row" | Balkenende IV | 60px|Frans Timmermans | Frans Timmermans | {{party name with color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}} | style="text-align: center;" | 22 February 2007 | style="text-align: center;" | 23 February 2010 |- ! scope="row" | Rutte I | 60px|Ben Knapen | Ben Knapen | {{party name with color|Christian Democratic Appeal}} | style="text-align: center;" | 14 October 2010 | style="text-align: center;" | 5 November 2012 | European Affairs and Development Cooperation |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Schoof | 60px|Hanneke Boerma | Hanneke Boerma | {{party name with color|New Social Contract}} | style="text-align: center;" | 19 June 2025 | style="text-align: center;" | 22 August 2025 | rowspan="2" | Foreign Trade |- | 60px|Aukje de Vries | Aukje de Vries | {{party name with color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}} | style="text-align: center;" | 5 September 2025 | style="text-align: center;" | 23 February 2026 |}

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