List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands
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 Ferdinand Grapperhaus II of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been in office since 26 October 2017. Regularly a State Secretary is assigned to the Ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current State Secretary is Ankie Broekers-Knol of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 11 July 2019. Additionally there is also a Minister without Portfolio assigned to the Ministry who is also giving specific portfolios. The current Minister without Portfolio is Sander Dekker of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 26 October 2017.[1]
Minister of Justice and Security of the Netherlands Minister van Justitie en Veiligheid | |
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Ministry of Justice and Security | |
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Ministry of Justice and Security | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | Mark Rutte as Prime Minister |
Formation | 12 March 1798 |
First holder | Reinier Willem Tadama as Secretary for Justice |
Deputy | Sander Dekker as Minister without Portfolio Ankie Broekers-Knol as State Secretary |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website | Minister of Justice and Security |
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Several prominent people who served as Minister of Justice are: Ivo Samkalden, Gaius de Gaay Fortman, Frits Korthals Altes, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Winnie Sorgdrager, Piet Hein Donner and Ivo Opstelten including multiple (future) Prime Ministers: Floris Adriaan van Hall, Justinus van der Brugghen, Jan Heemskerk, Gerrit de Vries, Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg, Pieter Cort van der Linden, Theo Heemskerk, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy and Dries van Agt.
Agents of Justice (1798)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
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Reinier Willem Tadama | 12 March 1798 | 26 October 1798 | Unitarian | Uitvoerend Bewind | ||
Jan Reuvens | 12 March 1798 | 26 October 1798 | Moderate |
Secretaries of State of Justice (1801–1802)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
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Jan Reuvens | 18 December 1801 | 1 March 1802 | Moderate | Staatsbewind |
Directors-General of Justice and Police (1806)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Grand Pensionary | ||
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Jan van Hooff | 4 July 1806 | 29 July 1806 | Moderate Unitarian | Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck |
Ministers of Justice and Police (1806–1866)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | King | ||
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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) | ||
Ministers of Justice (from 1866)
List of Ministers of Justice
- 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
Living former Ministers of Justice
Minister of Justice | Term | Age |
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Dries van Agt | 1971–1977 | 2 February 1931 |
Frits Korthals Altes | 1982–1989 | 15 May 1931 |
Ernst Hirsch Ballin | 1989–1994 2006–2010 |
15 December 1950 |
Aad Kosto | 1994 | 9 January 1938 |
Winnie Sorgdrager | 1994–1998 | 6 April 1948 |
Benk Korthals | 1998–2002 | 5 October 1944 |
Piet Hein Donner | 2002–2006 | 20 October 1948 |
Rita Verdonk | 2006 | 18 October 1955 |
Ivo Opstelten | 2010–2015 | 31 January 1944 |
Stef Blok | 2015 2017 |
10 December 1964 |
Ard van der Steur | 2015–2017 | 7 October 1969 |
List of Ministers without Portfolio
Minister without Portfolio | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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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 – Incumbent |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [58] | ||
Living former Ministers without Portfolio
Minister without Portfolio | Term | Age |
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Hilbrand Nawijn | 2002–2003 | 8 August 1948 |
Rita Verdonk | 2003–2007 | 18 October 1955 |
List of State Secretaries for Justice
- Resigned
- Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister
- Appointed as Minister of Justice
- Appointed as Mayor of Amsterdam
- Appointed as Minister of Defence
Living former State Secretaries for Justice
State Secretary for Justice | Term | Age |
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Hans Grosheide | 1971–1973 | 6 August 1930 |
Michiel Scheltema | 1981–1982 | 6 June 1939 |
Aad Kosto | 1989–1994 | 9 January 1938 |
Elizabeth Schmitz | 1994–1998 | 20 May 1938 |
Job Cohen | 1998–2001 | 18 October 1947 |
Ella Kalsbeek | 2001–2002 | 5 January 1955 |
Nebahat Albayrak | 2007–2010 | 10 April 1968 |
Fred Teeven | 2010–2015 | 5 August 1958 |
Klaas Dijkhoff | 2015–2017 | 13 January 1981 |
Mark Harbers | 2017–2019 | 19 April 1969 |
See also
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