Leader
Term of office
Age as Leader
Position(s) as Leader
Further position(s)
Former Affiliation
Professional Background
Lijsttrekker
Ria Beckers (1938–2006)
17 June 1989 – 20 April 1993 (3 years, 307 days) [ 1]
50–54
Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1993) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1989–1993)
Chairwoman of the Political Party of Radicals (1974–1976) Leader of the Political Party of Radicals (1977–1989) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (PPR ) (1977–1989)
Political Party of Radicals
Teacher
1989
Peter Lankhorst (born 1947)
20 April 1993 – 22 February 1994 (308 days) [ 1]
46–47
Member of the House of Representatives (1981–1994) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1993–1994)
Political Party of Radicals
Political consultant civil servant
Ina Brouwer (born 1950)
22 February 1994 – 4 May 1994 (71 days) [ 1]
43–44
Member of the House of Representatives (1989–1994)
Member of the House of Representatives (CPN ) (1981–1986) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (CPN ) (1982–1986) Leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (1982–1989)
Communist Party of the Netherlands
Lawyer
1994
Paul Rosenmöller (born 1956)
4 May 1994 – 26 November 2002 (8 years, 206 days) [ 1]
37–46
Member of the House of Representatives (1989–2003) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1994–2002)
Member of the Senate (since 2019) Parliamentary leader in the Senate (since 2019)
Communist Party of the Netherlands
Trade Union leader Nonprofit director Activist
1998
2002
Femke Halsema (born 1966)
26 November 2002 – 16 December 2010 (8 years, 20 days) [ 1]
36–44
Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2011) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2002–2010)
Mayor of Amsterdam (since 2018)
Labour Party
Teacher Researcher Civil servant Author
2003
2006
2010
Jolande Sap (born 1963)
16 December 2010 – 8 October 2012 (1 year, 297 days) [ 1]
47–49
Member of the House of Representatives (2008–2012) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2010–2012)
Economist Researcher Civil servant Nonprofit director
2012
Bram van Ojik (born 1954)
8 October 2012 – 12 May 2015 (2 years, 216 days) [ 1]
58–60
Member of the House of Representatives (2012–2015) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2012–2015)
Chairman of the Political Party of Radicals (1988–1990) Member of the House of Representatives (1993–1994) (since 2017) Ambassador of the Netherlands to Benin (2003–2006) Special Envoy of the Netherlands for Migration (2015–2017)
Political Party of Radicals
Economist Civil servant Diplomat Nonprofit director Author Activist
Jesse Klaver (born 1986)
12 May 2015 – Incumbent (9 years, 146 days) [ 1]
29–
Member of the House of Representatives (since 2010) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (since 2015)
Trade Union leader Activist
2017
2021