Minister of the Navy (Netherlands)

The minister of the Navy (Dutch: Minister van Marine) of the Netherlands was the minister responsible for the Ministry of the Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy. Created in 1855, the position was abolished with the creation of the position of Minister of Defence in 1928, then reestablished in 1941 upon the abolition of the Ministry of Defence. When the Ministry of Defence was reestablished in 1948, the position of Minister of the Navy again was abolished.

Minister of the Navy
Minister van Marine
Flag of the Minister of the Navy
Longest serving
Lodewijk Gerard Brocx

(4 June 1868–18 December 1873)
Ministry of the Navy
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Cabinet
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPrime Minister
Formation25 March 1848
First holderCharles Nepveu
Final holderAlexander Fiévez
Abolished7 August 1948
SuccessionMinister of Defence
DeputyState Secretary for Navy

The first minister of the Navy was Abraham Johannes de Smit van den Broecke, while the last one was Alexander Fiévez, a member of the Catholic People's Party.

List of officeholders

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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
Resigned
Acting
Ad Interim

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kabinet-Van Zuylen van Nijevelt". VanZuylenvanNijevelt. Parlement & Politiek.
  2. ^ "Kabinet-Van Bosse/Fock". VanBosseFock. Parlement & Politiek.
  3. ^ "Kabinet-Thorbecke III". ThorbeckeIII. Parlement & Politiek.
  4. ^ "Kabinet-De Vries/Fransen van de Putte". DeVriesFransenvandePutte. Parlement & Politiek.
  5. ^ "Kabinet-Kappeyne van de Coppello". KappeynevandeCoppello. Parlement & Politiek.
  6. ^ "Kabinet-Van Lynden van Sandenburg". VanLyndenvanSandenburg. Parlement & Politiek.
  7. ^ "Kabinet-Heemskerk Azn". J.Heemskerk. Parlement & Politiek.
  8. ^ "Kabinet-Mackay". Mackay. Parlement & Politiek.
  9. ^ "Kabinet-Van Tienhoven". VanTienhoven. Parlement & Politiek.
  10. ^ "Kabinet-Röell". Röell. Parlement & Politiek.
  11. ^ "Kabinet-Pierson". Pierson. Parlement & Politiek.
  12. ^ "Kabinet-Kuyper". Kuyper. Parlement & Politiek.
  13. ^ "Kabinet-De Meester". DeMeester. Parlement & Politiek.
  14. ^ "Kabinet-Heemskerk". T.Heemskerk. Parlement & Politiek.
  15. ^ "Kabinet-Cort van der Linden". CortvanderLinden. Parlement & Politiek.
  16. ^ "Kabinet-Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I". RuijsDeBeerenbrouckI. Parlement & Politiek.
  17. ^ "Kabinet-Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II". RuijsDeBeerenbrouckII. Parlement & Politiek.
  18. ^ "Kabinet-Colijn I". ColijnI. Parlement & Politiek.
  19. ^ "Kabinet-De Geer I". DeGeerI. Parlement & Politiek.
  20. ^ "Kabinet-Gerbrandy I / II". GerbrandyI/II. Parlement & Politiek.
  21. ^ "Kabinet-Gerbrandy III". GerbrandyIII. Parlement & Politiek.
  22. ^ "Kabinet-Schermerhorn-Drees". SchermerhornDrees. Rijksoverheid.
  23. ^ "Kabinet-Beel I". BeelI. Rijksoverheid.