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