List of prime ministers of the Netherlands by age

This is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands by longevity, age at ascension and age at leaving office.

Longest serving Prime Ministers
Nr. Prime Minister Term of office Terms Time in office
1 Ruud Lubbers
(1939–2018)		 4 November 1982 22 August 1994 11 years, 291 days
2 Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck
(1873–1936)		 9 September 1918 4 August 1925 6 years, 339 days 10 years, 253 days
10 August 1929 26 May 1933 3 years, 289 days
3 Willem Drees
(1886–1988)		 7 August 1948 22 December 1958 10 years, 137 days
4 Mark Rutte
(born 1967)		 14 October 2010 Incumbent 10 years, 98 days
5 Johan Rudolph
Thorbecke
(1798–1872)		 1 November 1849 19 April 1853 3 years, 169 days 9 years, 143 days
1 February 1862 10 February 1866 4 years, 9 days
4 January 1871 4 June 1872 1 year, 152 days
6 Jan Peter
Balkenende
(born 1956)		 22 July 2002 14 October 2010 8 years, 84 days
7 Jan Heemskerk
(1818–1897)		 27 August 1874 3 November 1877 3 years, 68 days 8 years, 67 days
23 April 1883 20 April 1888 4 years, 363 days
8 Wim Kok
(1938–2018)		 22 August 1994 22 July 2002 7 years, 334 days
9 Hendrikus Colijn
(1869–1944)		 4 August 1925 8 March 1926 216 days 6 years, 292 days
26 May 1933 10 August 1939 6 years, 76 days
10 Theo Heemskerk
(1852–1932)		 12 February 1908 29 August 1913 5 years, 198 days
11 Pieter Cort van
der Linden
(1846–1935)		 29 August 1913 9 September 1918 5 years, 13 days
12 Dries van Agt
(born 1931)		 19 December 1977 4 November 1982 4 years, 320 days
13 Pieter
Sjoerds Gerbrandy
(1885–1961)		 3 September 1940 25 June 1945 4 years, 285 days
14 Joop den Uyl
(1919–1987)		 11 May 1973 19 December 1977 4 years, 222 days
15 Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1960)		 8 March 1926 10 August 1929 3 years, 155 days 4 years, 189 days
10 August 1939 13 September 1940 1 year, 34 days
16 Piet de Jong
(1915–2016)		 5 April 1967 6 July 1971 4 years, 92 days
17 Jan de Quay
(1901–1985)		 19 May 1959 24 July 1963 4 years, 66 days

Longevity

Yellow indicates a living (former) Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Born Died Longevity Known reason of death
Willem Drees (1886-07-05)5 July 1886 (1988-05-14)14 May 1988 101 years, 314 days Natural causes
Piet de Jong (1915-04-03)3 April 1915 (2016-07-27)27 July 2016 101 years, 115 days Natural causes
Dries van Agt (1931-02-02)2 February 1931 Alive 89 years, 353 days
Dirk Jan de Geer (1870-12-14)14 December 1870 (1960-11-28)28 November 1960 89 years, 350 days Natural causes
Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846-05-14)14 May 1846 (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 89 years, 62 days Natural causes
Jan de Quay (1901-08-26)26 August 1901 (1985-07-04)4 July 1985 83 years, 312 days Natural causes
Jelle Zijlstra (1918-08-27)27 August 1918 (2001-12-23)23 December 2001 83 years, 118 days Neurological disorder
Abraham Kuyper (1837-10-29)29 October 1837 (1920-11-08)8 November 1920 83 years, 10 days Disease-related
Willem Schermerhorn (1894-12-17)17 December 1894 (1977-03-10)10 March 1977 82 years, 83 days
Gerrit de Vries (1818-02-22)22 February 1818 (1900-03-04)4 March 1900 82 years, 10 days
Barend Biesheuvel (1920-04-05)5 April 1920 (2001-04-29)29 April 2001 81 years, 24 days Cardiovascular disease
Wim Kok (1938-09-29)29 September 1938 (2018-10-20)20 October 2018 80 years, 21 days Heart failure
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822-03-22)22 March 1822 (1902-03-03)3 March 1902 79 years, 346 days
Theo Heemskerk (1852-07-20)20 July 1852 (1932-06-12)12 June 1932 79 years, 328 days
Jan Heemskerk (1818-07-30)30 July 1818 (1897-10-09)9 October 1897 79 years, 71 days
Ruud Lubbers (1939-05-07)7 May 1939 (2018-02-14)14 February 2018 78 years, 283 days Disease-related
Jacob de Kempenaer (1793-07-06)6 July 1793 (1870-02-12)12 February 1870 76 years, 221 days
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885-04-13)13 April 1885 (1961-09-07)7 September 1961 76 years, 147 days
Hendrikus Colijn (1869-06-22)22 June 1869 (1944-09-18)18 September 1944 75 years, 88 days Heart failure
Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791-05-15)15 May 1791 (1866-03-29)29 March 1866 74 years, 318 days
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819-08-19)19 August 1819 (1894-07-01)1 July 1894 74 years, 316 days
Louis Beel (1902-04-12)12 April 1902 (1977-02-11)11 February 1977 74 years, 305 days Leukemia
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-01-14)14 January 1798 (1872-06-04)4 June 1872 74 years, 142 days Pneumonia
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816-06-29)29 June 1816 (1890-11-04)4 November 1890 74 years, 128 days
Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841-02-12)12 February 1841 (1914-10-10)10 October 1914 73 years, 240 days
Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797-10-23)23 October 1797 (1871-01-21)21 January 1871 73 years, 90 days
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822-10-02)2 October 1822 (1895-07-28)28 July 1895 72 years, 299 days
Aeneas Mackay (1838-11-29)29 November 1838 (1909-11-13)13 November 1909 70 years, 349 days
Nicolaas Pierson (1839-02-07)7 February 1839 (1909-12-24)24 December 1909 70 years, 320 days
Joan Röell (1844-07-21)21 July 1844 (1914-07-13)13 July 1914 69 years, 357 days
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794-02-25)25 February 1794 (1863-10-06)6 October 1863 69 years, 223 days
Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809-12-16)16 December 1809 (1879-02-21)21 February 1879 69 years, 67 days
Joop den Uyl (1919-08-09)9 August 1919 (1987-12-24)24 December 1987 68 years, 137 days Brain tumor
Theo de Meester (1851-12-16)16 December 1851 (1919-12-27)27 December 1919 68 years, 11 days
Jan Peter Balkenende (1956-05-07)7 May 1956 Alive 64 years, 258 days
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873-12-01)1 December 1873 (1936-04-17)17 April 1936 62 years, 138 days Disease-related
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826-02-24)24 February 1826 (1885-11-18)18 November 1885 59 years, 267 days
Justinus van der Brugghen (1804-08-06)6 August 1804 (1863-10-02)2 October 1863 59 years, 57 days Disease-related
Victor Marijnen (1917-02-21)21 February 1917 (1975-04-05)5 April 1975 58 years, 43 days Myocardial infarction
Jo Cals (1914-07-18)18 July 1914 (1971-12-30)30 December 1971 57 years, 165 days Brain tumor
Schelto van Heemstra (1807-11-14)14 November 1807 (1864-12-20)20 December 1864 57 years, 36 days Disease-related
Mark Rutte (1967-02-14)14 February 1967 Alive 53 years, 341 days

Age in office

The median age upon taking office as Prime Minister is 53 years. The youngest being Ruud Lubbers at 43 years and 181 days and the oldest being Johan Rudolph Thorbecke at 72 years and 355 days, when he started his third and last non-consecutive term. The oldest first-time Prime Minister was Pieter Cort van der Linden at age 67 and 107 days.

Prime Minister Term Age at ascension Age at leaving office
Ruud Lubbers 1982–1994 43 years, 181 days 55 years, 107 days
Mark Rutte 2010–present 43 years, 242 days 53 years, 341 days
Isaäc van de Putte 1866 43 years, 325 days 44 years, 71 days
Louis Beel [1] 1946–1948 44 years, 82 days 46 years, 117 days
Jacob van Zuylen
van Nijevelt		 1861 44 years, 258 days 45 years, 134 days
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck [1]		 1918–1925 44 years, 282 days 51 years, 246 days
Jan Peter Balkenende 2002–2010 46 years, 76 days 54 years, 160 days
Victor Marijnen 1963–1965 46 years, 153 days 48 years, 52 days
Julius van Zuylen
van Nijevelt		 1866–1868 46 years, 286 days 48 years, 290 days
Dries van Agt 1977–1982 46 years, 320 days 51 years, 275 days
Jelle Zijlstra 1966–1967 48 years, 87 days 48 years, 221 days
Aeneas Mackay II 1888–1891 48 years, 143 days 51 years, 265 days
Joan Röell 1894–1897 49 years, 292 days 53 years, 6 days
Gijsbert van Tienhoven 1891–1894 50 years, 190 days 53 years, 86 days
Willem Schermerhorn 1945–1946 50 years, 190 days 51 years, 198 days
Jo Cals 1965–1966 50 years, 270 days 52 years, 127 days
Barend Biesheuvel 1971–1973 51 years, 92 days 53 years, 36 days
Johan Rudolph
Thorbecke [1]		 1849–1853 51 years, 291 days 55 years, 95 days
Justinus van
der Brugghen		 1856–1858 51 years, 300 days 53 years, 224 days
Piet de Jong 1967–1971 52 years, 2 days 56 years, 94 days
Theo van Lynden
van Sandenburg		 1879–1883 53 years, 177 days 57 years, 58 days
Theo de Meester 1905–1908 53 years, 244 days 56 years, 58 days
Joop den Uyl 1973–1977 53 years, 275 days 58 years, 132 days
Jan Heemskerk [1] 1874–1877 53 years, 342 days 56 years, 28 days
Schelto van Heemstra 1861–1862 53 years, 361 days 54 years, 79 days
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck 1848 54 years, 29 days 54 years, 52 days
Gerrit de Vries 1872–1874 54 years, 103 days 56 years, 186 days
Jan Kappeyne
van de Coppello		 1877–1879 55 years, 32 days 56 years, 322 days
Dirk Jan de Geer [1] 1926–1929 55 years, 84 days 58 years, 239 days
Jacob de Kempenaer 1848–1849 55 years, 138 days 56 years, 117 days
Pieter Sjoerds
Gerbrandy		 1940–1945 55 years, 143 days 60 years, 73 days
Theo Heemskerk 1908–1913 55 years, 207 days 61 years, 40 days
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck [2]		 1929–1933 55 years, 252 days 59 years, 176 days
Wim Kok 1994–2002 55 years, 327 days 63 years, 296 days
Hendrikus Colijn [1] 1925–1926 56 years, 43 days 56 years, 259 days
Louis Beel [2] 1958–1959 56 years, 254 days 57 years, 37 days
Jan de Quay 1959–1963 57 years, 266 days 61 years, 332 days
Nicolaas Pierson 1897–1901 58 years, 170 days 62 years, 174 days
Pieter Philip
van Bosse		 1868–1871 58 years, 171 days 61 years, 19 days
Jan Jacob Rochussen 1858–1860 60 years, 146 days 62 years, 123 days
Floris Adriaan
van Hall [1]		 1853–1856 61 years, 339 days 65 years, 47 days
Willem Drees 1948–1958 62 years, 33 days 72 years, 170 days
Abraham Kuyper 1901–1905 63 years, 276 days 67 years, 292 days
Hendrikus Colijn [2] 1933–1939 63 years, 338 days 70 years, 49 days
Johan Rudolph
Thorbecke [2]		 1862–1866 64 years, 18 days 68 years, 27 days
Jan Heemskerk [2] 1883–1888 64 years, 267 days 69 years, 265 days
Pieter Cort
van der Linden		 1913–1918 67 years, 107 days 72 years, 118 days
Dirk Jan de Geer [2] 1939–1940 68 years, 239 days 69 years, 264 days
Floris Adriaan
van Hall [2]		 1860–1861 68 years, 284 days 69 years, 303 days
Johan Rudolph
Thorbecke [3]		 1871–1872 72 years, 355 days 74 years, 142 days
First non-consecutive Term
Second non-consecutive Term
Third non-consecutive Term

See also

References
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