Minister of Colonial Affairs
Term of office
Party
Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Pieter Mijer (1812–1881)
1 June 1866 – 17 September 1866
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt ) [1]
Nicolaas Trakranen (1819–1890)
17 September 1866 – 20 July 1867
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Johannes Hasselman (1815–1895)
20 July 1867 – 4 June 1868
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Engelbertus de Waal (1821–1905)
4 June 1868 – 16 November 1870
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal )
Pieter Philip van Bosse (Van Bosse–Fock ) [2]
Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (Minister of the Navy ) (1819–1880)
16 November 1870 – 4 January 1871
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal )
Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)
4 January 1871 – 6 July 1872
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal )
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke III ) [3]
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)
6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874
Independent Liberal (Social Liberal )
Gerrit de Vries (De Vries–Fransen van de Putte ) [4]
Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901)
27 August 1873 – 11 September 1876
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Jan Heemskerk (Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg ) [5]
Fokko Alting Mees (1819–1900)
11 September 1876 – 3 November 1877
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879)
3 November 1877 – 21 February 1879
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal )
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (Kappeyne van de Coppello ) [6]
Jonkheer Captain Hendrikus Wichers (Minister of the Navy ) (1831–1889)
21 February 1879 – 12 March 1879
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal )
Otto van Rees (1823–1892)
12 March 1879 – 20 August 1879
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Baron Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller (1831–1901)
20 August 1879 – 1 September 1882
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (Van Lynden van Sandenburg ) [7]
Jonkheer Willem Maurits de Brauw (1838–1898)
1 September 1882 – 23 February 1883
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Willem van Erp Taalman Kip (Minister of the Navy ) (1824–1905)
23 February 1883 – 23 April 1883
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Gerard van Bloemen Waanders (1825–1892)
23 April 1883 – 25 November 1883
Independent Conservative (Liberal Conservative)
Jan Heemskerk (J. Heemskerk ) [8]
Major general August Willem Philip Weitzel (Minister of War ) (1816–1896)
25 November 1883 – 27 February 1884
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Jacobus Sprenger van Eyk (1842–1907)
27 February 1884 – 21 April 1888
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Levinus Keuchenius (1822–1893)
21 April 1888 – 24 February 1890
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Aeneas Mackay (Mackay ) [9]
Baron Aeneas Mackay (Prime Minister ) (1838–1909)
24 February 1890 – 21 August 1891
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Baron Willem van Dedem (1839–1895)
21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894
Liberal Union
Gijsbert van Tienhoven (Van Tienhoven ) [10]
Jacob Bergsma (1838–1915)
9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Joan Röell (Röell ) [11]
Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1847–1923)
27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901
Liberal Union
Nicolaas Pierson (Pierson ) [12]
Jonkheer Titus van Asch van Wijck (1849–1902)
1 August 1901 – 9 September 1902
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Abraham Kuyper (Kuyper ) [13]
Lieutenant general Johannes Bergansius (Minister of War ) (1836–1913)
9 September 1902 – 25 September 1902
Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic )
Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)
25 September 1902 – 17 August 1905
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Dr. Dirk Fock (1858–1941)
17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908
Liberal Union
Theo de Meester (De Meester ) [14]
Theo Heemskerk (Prime Minister ) (1852–1932)
12 February 1908 – 20 May 1908
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk ) [15]
Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)
20 May 1908 – 16 August 1909
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt (1852–1931)
16 August 1909 – 29 August 1913
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926)
29 August 1913 – 8 December 1915
Free-thinking Democratic League
Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden ) [16]
Rear admiral Jean Jacques Rambonnet (Minister of the Navy ) (1864–1942)
8 December 1915 – 17 January 1916
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal )
Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (1864–1926)
17 January 1916 – 9 September 1918
Free-thinking Democratic League
Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)
9 September 1918 – 13 August 1919 Res
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I ) [17]
Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister ) (1873–1936)
13 August 1919 – 13 November 1919 Ad interim
Roman Catholic State Party
Simon de Graaff (1861–1953)
13 November 1919 – 4 August 1925
Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant )
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II ) [18]
Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister ) (1869–1944)
4 August 1925 – 1 October 1925 Ad interim
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I ) [19]
Charles Welter (1880–1972)
1 October 1925 – 8 March 1926
Roman Catholic State Party
Dr. Jacob Koningsberger (1867–1951)
8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal )
Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I ) [20]
Simon de Graaff (1861–1953)
10 August 1929 – 26 May 1933
Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant )
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III ) [21]
Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister ) (1869–1944)
26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II • III ) [22] [23]
Charles Welter (1880–1972)
24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939
Roman Catholic State Party
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV ) [24]
Cornelis van den Bussche (1884–1941)
25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal )
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V ) [25]
Charles Welter (also Minister of Finance 1940–1941) (1880–1972)
10 August 1939 – 17 November 1941 Res
Roman Catholic State Party
Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II ) [26]
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I ) [27]
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II ) [27]
Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime Minister ) (1885–1961)
17 November 1941 – 21 May 1942
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Dr. Huib van Mook (1894–1965)
21 May 1942 – 23 February 1945
Independent Liberal (Social Liberal )
Dr. Josef Schmutzer (1882–1946)
23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945
Roman Catholic State Party
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III ) [28]
Dr. Johann Logemann (1892–1969)
25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946
Independent Social Democrat
Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees ) [29]
Labour Party