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.

Longevity

Prime Minister	Born	Died	Longevity	Known reason of death
Willem Drees	(1886-07-05)July 5, 1886	May 14, 1988(1988-05-14)		Natural causes
Piet de Jong	(1915-04-03)April 3, 1915	Alive
Dirk Jan de Geer	(1870-12-14)December 14, 1870	November 28, 1960(1960-11-28)		Natural causes
Pieter Cort van der Linden	(1846-05-14)May 14, 1846	July 15, 1935(1935-07-15)		Natural causes
Dries van Agt	(1931-02-02)February 2, 1931	Alive
Jan de Quay	(1901-08-26)August 26, 1901	July 4, 1985(1985-07-04)		Natural causes
Jelle Zijlstra	(1918-08-27)August 27, 1918	December 23, 2001(2001-12-23)		Disease-related
Abraham Kuyper	(1837-10-29)October 29, 1837	November 8, 1920(1920-11-08)		Disease-related
Willem Schermerhorn	(1894-12-17)December 17, 1894	March 10, 1977(1977-03-10)
Gerrit de Vries	(1818-02-22)February 22, 1818	March 4, 1900(1900-03-04)
Barend Biesheuvel	(1920-04-05)April 5, 1920	April 29, 2001(2001-04-29)		Disease-related
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	(1822-03-22)March 22, 1822	March 3, 1902(1902-03-03)
Theo Heemskerk	(1852-07-20)July 20, 1852	June 12, 1932(1932-06-12)
Jan Heemskerk	(1818-07-30)July 30, 1818	October 9, 1897(1897-10-09)
Wim Kok	(1938-09-29)September 29, 1938	Alive
Ruud Lubbers	(1939-05-07)May 7, 1939	Alive
Jacob de Kempenaer	(1793-07-06)July 6, 1793	February 12, 1870(1870-02-12)
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	(1885-04-13)April 13, 1885	September 7, 1961(1961-09-07)
Hendrikus Colijn	(1869-06-22)June 22, 1869	September 18, 1944(1944-09-18)		Cardiac arrest
Floris Adriaan van Hall	(1791-05-15)May 15, 1791	March 29, 1866(1866-03-29)
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	(1819-08-19)August 19, 1819	July 1, 1894(1894-07-01)
Louis Beel	(1902-04-12)April 12, 1902	February 11, 1977(1977-02-11)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	(1798-01-14)January 14, 1798	June 4, 1872(1872-06-04)		Pneumonia
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	(1816-06-29)June 29, 1816	November 4, 1890(1890-11-04)
Gijsbert van Tienhoven	(1841-02-12)February 12, 1841	October 10, 1914(1914-10-10)
Jan Jacob Rochussen	(1797-10-23)October 23, 1797	January 21, 1871(1871-01-21)
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	(1822-10-02)October 2, 1822	July 28, 1895(1895-07-28)
Aeneas Mackay	(1838-11-29)November 29, 1838	November 13, 1909(1909-11-13)
Nicolaas Pierson	(1839-02-07)February 7, 1839	December 24, 1909(1909-12-24)
Joan Röell	(1844-07-21)July 21, 1844	July 13, 1914(1914-07-13)
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	(1794-02-25)February 25, 1794	October 6, 1863(1863-10-06)
Pieter Philip van Bosse	(1809-12-16)December 16, 1809	February 21, 1879(1879-02-21)
Joop den Uyl	(1919-08-09)August 9, 1919	December 24, 1987(1987-12-24)		Brain tumor
Theo de Meester	(1851-12-16)December 16, 1851	December 27, 1919(1919-12-27)
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	(1873-12-01)December 1, 1873	April 17, 1936(1936-04-17)		Disease-related
Jan Peter Balkenende	(1956-05-07)May 7, 1956	Alive
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	(1826-02-24)February 24, 1826	November 18, 1885(1885-11-18)
Justinus van der Brugghen	(1804-08-06)August 6, 1804	October 2, 1863(1863-10-02)		Disease-related
Victor Marijnen	(1917-02-21)February 21, 1917	April 5, 1975(1975-04-05)		Myocardial infarction
Jo Cals	(1914-07-18)July 18, 1914	December 30, 1971(1971-12-30)		Neurological disease
Schelto van Heemstra	(1807-11-14)November 14, 1807	December 20, 1864(1864-12-20)		Disease-related
Mark Rutte	(1967-02-14)February 14, 1967	Alive

Age at ascension

Prime Minister	Term	Age at ascension
Ruud Lubbers	1982–1994
Mark Rutte	2010–Incumbent
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	1866
Louis Beel (1st)	1946–1948
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	1861
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1st)	1918–1925
Jan Peter Balkenende	2002–2010
Victor Marijnen	1963–1965
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	1866–1868
Dries van Agt	1977–1982
Jelle Zijlstra	1966–1967
Aeneas Mackay	1888–1891
Joan Röell	1894–1897
Willem Schermerhorn	1945–1946
Gijsbert van Tienhoven	1891–1894
Jo Cals	1965–1966
Barend Biesheuvel	1971–1973
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1st)	1849–1853
Justinus van der Brugghen	1856–1858
Piet de Jong	1967–1971
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	1879–1883
Theo de Meester	1905–1908
Joop den Uyl	1973–1977
Jan Heemskerk (1st)	1874–1877
Schelto van Heemstra	1861–1862
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	1848
Gerrit de Vries	1872–1874
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	1877–1879
Dirk Jan de Geer (1st)	1926–1929
Jacob de Kempenaer	1848–1849
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	1940–1945
Theo Heemskerk	1908–1913
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (2nd)	1929–1933
Wim Kok	1994–2002
Hendrikus Colijn (1st)	1925–1926
Louis Beel (2nd)	1958–1959
Jan de Quay	1959–1963
Nicolaas Pierson	1897–1901
Pieter Philip van Bosse	1868–1871
Jan Jacob Rochussen	1858–1860
Floris Adriaan van Hall (1st)	1853–1856
Willem Drees	1948–1958
Abraham Kuyper	1901–1905
Hendrikus Colijn (2nd)	1933–1939
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (2nd)	1862–1866
Jan Heemskerk (2nd)	1883–1888
Pieter Cort van der Linden	1913–1918
Dirk Jan de Geer (2nd)	1939–1940
Floris Adriaan van Hall (2nd)	1860–1861
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (3rd)	1871–1872

Age at leaving office

Prime Minister	Term	Age at leaving office	Note(s)
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte	1866
Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt	1861
Louis Beel (1st)	1946–1948
Victor Marijnen	1963–1965
Jelle Zijlstra	1966–1967
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt	1866–1868
Mark Rutte	2010–Incumbent
Willem Schermerhorn	1945–1946
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1st)	1918–1925
Aeneas Mackay	1888–1891
Dries van Agt	1977–1982
Jo Cals	1965–1966
Joan Röell	1894–1897
Barend Biesheuvel	1971–1973
Justinus van der Brugghen	1856–1858
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	1848
Gijsbert van Tienhoven	1891–1894
Schelto van Heemstra	1861–1862
Jan Peter Balkenende	2002–2010
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1st)	1849–1853
Ruud Lubbers	1982–1994
Jan Heemskerk (1st)	1874–1877
Theo de Meester	1905–1908
Piet de Jong	1967–1971
Jacob de Kempenaer	1848–1849
Gerrit de Vries	1872–1874
Hendrikus Colijn (1st)	1925–1926
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello	1877–1879
Louis Beel (2nd)	1958–1959
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	1879–1883
Joop den Uyl	1973–1977
Dirk Jan de Geer (1st)	1926–1929
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (2nd)	1929–1933
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	1940–1945
Pieter Philip van Bosse	1868–1871
Theo Heemskerk	1908–1913
Jan de Quay	1959–1963
Jan Jacob Rochussen	1858–1860
Nicolaas Pierson	1897–1901
Wim Kok	1994–2002
Floris Adriaan van Hall (1st)	1853–1856
Abraham Kuyper	1901–1905
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (2nd)	1862–1866
Dirk Jan de Geer (2nd)	1939–1940
Jan Heemskerk (2nd)	1883–1888
Floris Adriaan van Hall (2nd)	1860–1861
Hendrikus Colijn (2nd)	1933–1939
Pieter Cort van der Linden	1913–1918
Willem Drees	1948–1958
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (3rd)	1871–1872		Died in office

See also

• Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
• Historical rankings of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
• Religious affiliations of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands