Minister of the Navy
Term of office
Party
Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Captain
Abraham Johannes de Smit van den Broecke (1801–1875)
8 February 1855 – 1 July 1856
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Floris Adriaan van Hall (
Van Hall-Donker Curtius )
1 July 1856 – 1 August 1856
Ad interim
Justinus van der Brugghen (
Van der Brugghen )
Johannes Servaas Lotsy (1808–1863)
1 August 1856 – 18 March 1858
(Liberal)
18 March 1858 – 23 February 1860
Jan Jacob Rochussen (
Rochussen )
23 February 1860 – 14 March 1861
Floris Adriaan van Hall (
Van Hall Van Heemstra )
Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke (1816–1866)
14 March 1861 – 1 February 1862
(Liberal)
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Haemstra )
1 February 1862 – 6 February 1866
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (
Thorbecke II )
Lieutenant General
Johan Wilhelm Blanken (1806–1880)
6 February 1866 – 10 February 1866
Ad interim
(Liberal)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (
Thorbecke II )
10 February 1866 – 1 June 1866
Ad interim
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (
Fransen van de Putte )
Vice admiral
Pels Rijcken (1810–1889)
1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt )
[1]
Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (1819–1880)
4 June 1868 – 18 December 1873
[Res]
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Pieter Philip van Bosse (
Van Bosse–Fock )
[2]
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (
Thorbecke III )
[3]
Gerrit de Vries (
De Vries–Fransen van de Putte )
[4]
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (
Minister of Colonial Affairs ) (1822–1902)
18 December 1873 – 16 May 1874
Ad interim
Independent Liberal (
Social Liberal )
Willem van Erp Taalman Kip (1824–1905)
16 May 1874 – 3 November 1877
Independent Liberal (
Conservative Liberal )
Jonkheer
Captain
Hendrikus Wichers (1831–1889)
3 November 1877 – 20 August 1879
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (
Kappeyne van de Coppello )
[5]
Willem van Erp Taalman Kip (1824–1905)
20 August 1879 – 23 April 1883
Independent Liberal (
Conservative Liberal )
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (
Van Lynden van Sandenburg )
[6]
Vice admiral
Frederik Geerling (1815–1894)
23 April 1883 – 19 April 1884
[Res]
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Jan Heemskerk (
J. Heemskerk )
[7]
Willem van Erp Taalman Kip (1824–1905)
19 April 1884 – 5 August 1885
[Res]
Independent Liberal (
Conservative Liberal )
Rear admiral
Willem Gericke (1836–1914)
5 August 1885 – 26 January 1887
[Res]
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Frederik Cornelis Tromp (1828–1900)
26 January 1887 – 21 April 1888
Independent Liberal (
Conservative Liberal )
Rear admiral
Hendrik Dyserinck (1838–1906)
21 April 1888 – 31 March 1891
[Res]
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Aeneas Mackay (
Mackay )
[8]
Rear admiral
Gerhardus Kruys (1846–1916)
31 March 1891 – 21 August 1891
Independent Christian Democrat (
Protestant )
Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925)
21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894
Liberal Union
Gijsbert van Tienhoven (
Van Tienhoven )
[9]
Jonkheer
Herman van der Wijck (1843–1932)
9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Joan Röell (
Röell )
[10]
Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925)
27 July 1897 – 22 December 1897
[Res]
Liberal Union
Nicolaas Pierson (
Pierson )
[11]
Lieutenant general
Kornelis Eland (Minister of War) (1838–1927)
22 December 1897 – 12 January 1898
Ad interim
Liberal Union
Vice admiral
Jonkheer
Jacob Röell (1846–1935)
12 January 1898 – 1 August 1901
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Vice admiral
Gerhardus Kruys (1846–1916)
1 August 1901 – 12 December 1902
[Died]
Independent Christian Democrat (
Protestant )
Abraham Kuyper (
Kuyper )
[12]
Lieutenant general
Johannes Bergansius (Minister of War) (1836–1913)
12 December 1902 – 16 March 1903
Ad interim
Independent Christian Democrat (
Catholic )
Vice admiral
Abraham George Ellis (1846–1916)
16 March 1903 – 17 August 1905
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Captain
William Cohen Stuart (1857–1935)
17 August 1905 – 5 August 1907
[Res]
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Theo de Meester (
De Meester )
[13]
Vice admiral
Jan Wentholt (1851–1931)
5 August 1907 – 14 May 1912
[Res]
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Theo Heemskerk (
T. Heemskerk )
[14]
Major
Hendrikus Colijn (also Minister of War) (1869–1944)
14 May 1912 – 29 August 1913
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Rear admiral
Jean Jacques Rambonnet (1864–1943)
29 August 1913 – 28 June 1918
[Res]
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Pieter Cort van der Linden (
Cort van der Linden )
[15]
Jonkheer
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge (Minister of War) (1875–1958)
28 June 1918 – 9 September 1918
Ad interim
Christian Historical Union
Jonkheer
George Alting von Geusau (Minister of War) (1864–1937)
9 September 1918 – 16 September 1918
Ad interim
Roman Catholic State Party
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I )
[16]
Vice admiral
Willem Naudin ten Cate (1860–1942)
16 September 1918 – 19 February 1919
[Res]
Independent Christian Democrat (
Protestant )
Jonkheer
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)
19 February 1919 – 19 April 1919
Ad interim
Roman Catholic State Party
Hendrik Bijleveld (1885–1954)
19 April 1919 – 5 January 1920
[Res]
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (
Minister of Agriculture ,
Commerce and Industry ) (1874–1942)
5 January 1920 – 31 March 1920
Ad interim
Independent Christian Democrat (
Protestant )
Lieutenant general
Willem Frederik Pop (also Minister of War) (1858–1931)
31 March 1920 – 28 July 1921
[Res]
Independent
Captain
Jannes van Dijk (also Minister of War) (1871–1954)
28 July 1921 – 18 September 1922
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Lieutenant commander
Evert Pieter Westerveld (1873–1964)
18 September 1922 – 4 August 1925
Independent Liberal (
Conservative Liberal )
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II )
[17]
Major
Johan Lambooij (also Minister of War) (1874–1942)
4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926
Roman Catholic State Party
Hendrikus Colijn (
Colijn I )
[18]
Captain
Louis van Royen (also Minister of War) (1865–1946)
8 March 1926 – 24 April 1926
[Res]
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Dirk Jan de Geer (
De Geer I )
[19]
Major
Johan Lambooij (also Minister of War) (1874–1942)
24 April 1926 – 1 September 1928
Roman Catholic State Party
No minister of the navy (1928–1941)
Lieutenant admiral
Johan Furstner (1887–1970)
27 July 1941 – 23 February 1945
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (
Gerbrandy II )
[20]
Lieutenant commander
Jim de Booy (1885–1969)
23 February 1945 – 3 July 1946
Independent Liberal (
Classical Liberal )
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (
Gerbrandy III )
[21]
Willem Schermerhorn (
Schermerhorn–Drees )
[22]
Lieutenant colonel
Alexander Fiévez (Minister of War) (1902–1949)
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1946
Ad interim
Catholic People's Party
Louis Beel (
Beel I )
[23]
Lieutenant commander
Jules Schagen van Leeuwen (1896–1976)
7 August 1946 – 25 November 1947
[Res]
Independent Conservative (Social Conservative)
Lieutenant colonel
Alexander Fiévez (also Minister of War) (1902–1949)
25 November 1947 – 7 August 1948
Catholic People's Party