List of ministers of economic affairs of the Netherlands

The minister of economic affairs () is the head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. Regularly, a state secretary was assigned to the ministry tasked with specific portfolios. There has once been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry.

List of ministers of economic affairs 1877–1945 Minister of Water Management, Commerce and Industry Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904) 3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879 Independent Classical Liberal Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello) Jonkheer Guillaume Klerck (1825–1884) 20 August 1879 – 23 April 1883 Independent Conservative Liberal Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg) Johannes van den Bergh (1824–1890) 23 April 1883 – 10 June 1887 Independent Christian Democratic Conservative Catholic Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk) Frederik Cornelis Tromp (Minister of the Navy) (1828–1900) 10 June 1887 – 11 July 1887 Independent Conservative Liberal Jacob Bastert (1826–1902) 11 July 1887 – 21 April 1888 Independent Conservative Liberal Jacob Havelaar (1840–1918) 21 April 1888 – 21 August 1891 Anti-Revolutionary Party Aeneas Mackay (Mackay) Cornelis Lely (1854–1929) 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 Liberal Union Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven) Philippe van der Sleijden (1842–1923) 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 Independent Classical Liberal Joan Röell (Röell) Cornelis Lely (1854–1929) 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 Liberal Union Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson) Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens (1845–1911) 1 August 1901 – 17 August 1905 Anti-Revolutionary Party Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper) Jacob Kraus (1861–1951) 17 August 1905 – 1 July 1906 Liberal Union Theo de Meester (De Meester) Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Jacob Veegens (1845–1910) 1 July 1906 – 12 February 1908 Free-thinking Democratic League Theo de Meester (De Meester) Syb Talma (1864–1916) 12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913 Anti-Revolutionary Party Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) Willem Treub (also Minister of Finance 1914) (1858–1931) 29 August 1913 – 19 November 1914 Free-thinking Democratic League Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) Folkert Posthuma (1874–1943) 19 November 1914 – 9 September 1918 Independent Conservative Liberal Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (1874–1942) 9 September 1918 – 13 September 1922 Independent Christian Democratic Protestant Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I) Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936) 13 September 1922 – 1 January 1923 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) Minister of Labour, Commerce and IndustryTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet) Piet Aalberse (also Minister of Labour 1918–1923) (1871–1948) 1 January 1923 – 4 August 1925 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) Dr. Dionysius Koolen (1871–1945) 4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) Dr. Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (1869–1941) 8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929 Christian Historical Union Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) 10 August 1929 – 1 May 1932 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) 1 May 1932 – 8 June 1933 Roman Catholic State Party Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II) Minister of Economic Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) 8 June 1933 – 17 April 1934 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II) Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) 17 April 1934 – 25 June 1934 Anti-Revolutionary Party Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) (1899–1972) 25 June 1934 – 6 June 1935 Roman Catholic State PartyDr. Henri Gelissen (1895–1982)6 June 1935 – 2 September 1935Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn III) Minister of Commerce, Industry and ShippingTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet) Dr. Henri Gelissen (1895–1982) 2 September 1935 – 24 June 1937 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn III) Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) (1899–1972) 24 June 1937 – 15 July 1937 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) Minister of Economic AffairsTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet) Max Steenberghe (1899–1972) 15 July 1937 – 25 July 1939 Roman Catholic State Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) 25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939 Anti-Revolutionary Party Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) Max Steenberghe (1899–1972) 10 August 1939 – 10 May 1940 Roman Catholic State Party Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) Minister of Commerce, Industry and ShippingTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet)Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 1941) (1899–1972)10 May 1940 – 17 November 1941 Roman Catholic State Party Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) Dr. Jan van den Tempel (also Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) (1877–1955) 17 November 1941 – 8 January 1942 Social Democratic Workers' Party Piet Kerstens (also Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) (1896–1958) 8 January 1942 – 31 May 1944 Roman Catholic State PartyMinister of Commerce, Industry and AgricultureTerm of officePartyPrime Minister (Cabinet) Johannes van den Broek (1882–1946) 31 May 1944 – 23 February 1945 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) Hans Gispen (1905–1968) 23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945 Anti-Revolutionary Party Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III)

Since 1945 Minister of Commerce and Industry Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Hein Vos (1903–1972) 25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946 Social Democratic Workers' Party Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees) Labour Party Minister of Economic Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Gerard Huysmans (1902–1948) 3 July 1946 – 14 January 1948 Catholic People's Party Louis Beel (Beel I) Sicco Mansholt (1908–1995) 14 January 1948 – 20 January 1948 Labour Party Jan van den Brink (1915–2006) 21 January 1948 – 2 September 1952 Catholic People's Party Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I) Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) 2 September 1952 – 19 May 1959 Anti-Revolutionary Party Willem Drees (Drees II • III) Louis Beel (Beel II) Jan de Pous (1920–1996) 19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963 Christian Historical Union Jan de Quay (De Quay) Koos Andriessen (1928–2019) 24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965 Christian Historical Union Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) 14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966 Labour Party Jo Cals (Cals) Joop Bakker (1921–2003) 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 Anti-Revolutionary Party Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) Leo de Block (1904–1988) 5 April 1967 – 7 January 1970 Catholic People's Party Piet de Jong (De Jong) Johan Witteveen (1921–2019) 7 January 1970 – 14 January 1970 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Roelof Nelissen (1931–2019) 14 January 1970 – 6 July 1971 Catholic People's Party Harrie Langman (1931–2016) 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018) 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 Catholic People's Party Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) Gijs van Aardenne (1930–1995) 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) Jan Terlouw (1931–2025) 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 Democrats 66 Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) Gijs van Aardenne (1930–1995) 4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) Rudolf de Korte (1936–2020) 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) Koos Andriessen (1928–2019) 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 Christian Democratic Appeal Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) Hans Wijers (born 1951) 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 Democrats 66 Wim Kok (Kok I) Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950) 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Wim Kok (Kok II) Herman Heinsbroek (born 1951) 22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 Pim Fortuyn List Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956) 16 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) 27 May 2003 – 3 July 2006 Democrats 66 Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) Gerrit Zalm (born 1952) 3 July 2006 – 7 July 2006 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Joop Wijn (born 1969) 7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007 Christian Democratic Appeal Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) Maria van der Hoeven (born 1949) 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 Christian Democratic Appeal Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 Christian Democratic Appeal Mark Rutte (Rutte I) Minister of Economic Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Henk Kamp (born 1952) 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Mark Rutte (Rutte II) Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Eric Wiebes (born 1963) 26 October 2017 – 15 January 2021 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Mark Rutte (Rutte III) Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (born 1963) 15 January 2021 – 20 January 2021 Bas van 't Wout (born 1979) 20 January 2021 – 25 May 2021 Stef Blok (born 1964) 25 May 2021 – 10 January 2022 Micky Adriaansens (born 1964) 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) Minister of Economic Affairs Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Dirk Beljaarts (born 1978) 2 January 2024 – 3 June 2025 Party for Freedom Dick Schoof (Schoof) Eelco Heinen (born 1981) 3 June 2025 – 29 June 2023 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Vincent Karremans (born 1986) 29 June 2025 – 23 February 2026 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Heleen Herbert (born 1972) 23 February 2026 – Incumbent Christian Democratic Appeal Rob Jetten (Jetten)

List of ministers without portfolio Minister without Portfolio Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Rob Jetten (born 1987) • Climate Policy • Environment • Energy • Nuclear • Renewable Energy 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 Democrats 66 Mark Rutte (Rutte IV)

List of state secretaries for economic affairs