Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

! colspan=3 | Leader

! Term of office

! Age as leader

! Position(s) as leader

! Further position(s)

! Former
affiliation

! Professional
function(s)

! Lead candidate

| File:Pieter Oud 1956 (1).jpg

| Pieter Oud
{{small|(1886–1968)}}

| 15 May 1948 –
12 January 1963
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| 61–76

| Mayor of Rotterdam
{{small|(1945–1952)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1948–1963)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1948–1963)}}
Party chairman
{{small|(1949–1963)}}

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1917–1933, 1937–1938)}}
Minister of Finance
{{small|(1933–1937)}}
Leader of the Free-thinking
Democratic League
{{small|(1935–1938)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1937–1938)}}
Mayor of Rotterdam
{{small|(1938–1941)}}

| Free-thinking
Democratic League
Committee-Oud
Labour Party

| Jurist
Civil servant
Historian
Academic
Author

| 1948
1952
1956
1959

| File:Toxopeus, E.H. - SFA008007403.jpg

| Edzo Toxopeus
{{small|(1918–2009)}}

| 12 January 1963 –
1 October 1969
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1963|01|12|1969|10|01}})}}

| 44–51

| Minister of the Interior
{{small|(1959–1965)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1963, 1965–1969)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1963, 1966–1969)}}

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1956–1959)}}
President of the
Liberal International
{{small|(1966–1970)}}
Queen's Commissioner
of Groningen
{{small|(1970–1980)}}
Member of the
Council of State
{{small|(1980–1988)}}

| Freedom Party

| Jurist
Lawyer
Businessperson
Diplomat

| 1963
1967

| File:Molly Geertsema 1964 (1).jpg

| Molly Geertsema
{{small|(1918–1991)}}

| 1 October 1969 –
20 July 1971
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1969|10|01|1971|07|20}})}}

| 50–52

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1959–1971)}}
Mayor of Wassenaar
{{small|(1961–1971)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1969–1971)}}

| Mayor of Warffum
{{small|(1953–1957)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1963–1966)}}
Minister of the Interior
Deputy Prime Minister
{{small|(1971–1973)}}
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs
{{small|(1973)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1973, 1973)}}
Queen's Commissioner
of Gelderland
{{small|(1973–1983)}}
Member of the Senate
{{small|(1983–1987)}}

| Freedom Party

| Jurist
Civil servant
Educator

| 1971

| File:Hans Wiegel 1977 (2).jpg

| Hans Wiegel
{{small|(born 1941)}}

| 20 July 1971 –
20 April 1982
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1971|07|20|1982|04|20}})}}

| 30–40

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1967–1977, 1981–1982)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1971–1977, 1981–1982)}}
Minister of the Interior
Deputy Prime Minister
{{small|(1977–1981)}}

| Queen's Commissioner
of Friesland
{{small|(1982–1994)}}
Member of the Social
and Economic Council
{{small|(1994–2012)}}
Member of the Senate
{{small|(1995–2000)}}

|

| Businessperson
Nonprofit director
Trade association
executive
Political pundit
Columnist
Lobbyist

| 1972
1977
1981

| File:Ed Nijpels 1982 (2).jpg

| Ed Nijpels
{{small|(born 1950)}}

| 20 April 1982 –
27 June 1986
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1982|04|20|1986|06|27}})}}

| 32–36

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1977–1986)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1982–1986)}}

| Minister of Housing,
Spatial Planning and
the Environment
{{small|(1986–1989)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1989–1990)}}
Mayor of Breda
{{small|(1990–1995)}}
Queen's Commissioner
of Friesland
{{small|(1999–2008)}}
Member of the Social
and Economic Council
{{small|(since 2014)}}

|

| Jurist
Civil servant
Businessperson
Nonprofit director
Trade association
executive
Educator
Lobbyist
Activist

| 1982
1986

| File:Rudolf de Korte 1985 (1).jpg

| Rudolf de Korte
{{small|(1936–2020)}}

| 27 June 1986 –
15 December 1986
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1986|06|27|1986|12|15}})}}{{fact|date=August 2023}}

| 49–50

| Minister of the Interior
{{small|(1986)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1986)}}
Minister of Economic Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister
{{small|(1986–1989)}}

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1977–1986, 1989–1995)}}
Vice President
of the European
Investment Bank
{{small|(1986–1989)}}

|

| Businessperson
Nonprofit director
Banker

|

| File:Joris Voorhoeve 1981 (1).jpg

| Joris Voorhoeve
{{small|(born 1945)}}

| 15 December 1986 –
30 April 1990
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1986|12|15|1990|04|30}})}}

| 40–44

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1982–1991)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1986–1990)}}

| Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs
{{small|(1994–1998)}}
Minister of Defence
{{small|(1994–1998)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1998–1999)}}
Member of the
Council of State
{{small|(1999–2011)}}

| Democrats 66

| Political scientist
Academic
Researcher
Civil servant
Nonprofit director
Author
Activist

| 1989

| File:Frits Bolkestein 1999.jpg

| Frits Bolkestein
{{small|(1933–2025)}}

| 30 April 1990 –
30 July 1998
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1990|04|30|1998|07|30}})}}

| 57–65

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1989–1999)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1990–1998)}}

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1978–1982, 1986–1988)}}
State Secretary for
Economic Affairs
{{small|(1982–1986)}}
Minister of Defence
{{small|(1988–1989)}}
President of the
Liberal International
{{small|(1996–2000)}}
European Commissioner
{{small|(1999–2004)}}

|

| Businessperson
Economist
Political pundit
Historian
Academic
Author

| 1994
1998

| File:Hans Dijkstal 1985 (1).jpg

| Hans Dijkstal
{{small|(1943–2010)}}

| 30 July 1998 –
16 May 2002
{{small|({{Age in years and days|1998|07|30|2002|05|16}})}}

| 55–59

| Minister of the Interior
Deputy Prime Minister
{{small|(1994–1998)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1998–2002)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(1998–2002)}}

| Municipal councillor
of Wassenaar
{{small|(1974–1986)}}
Alderman of Wassenaar
{{small|(1978–1983)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1982–1986, 1986–1994)}}

|

| Financial adviser
Management
consultant
Nonprofit director
Educator
Lobbyist

| 2002

| File:GZalm.jpg

| Gerrit Zalm
{{small|(born 1952)}}

| 16 May 2002 –
27 November 2004
{{small|({{Age in years and days|2002|05|16|2004|11|27}})}}

| 50–52

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(2002–2003)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(2002–2003)}}
Minister of Finance
Deputy Prime Minister
{{small|(2003–2007)}}

| Director of the
Bureau for Economic
Policy Analysis
{{small|(1989–1994)}}
Minister of Finance
{{small|(1994–1996, 1996–2002)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1998)}}
Minister of Economic Affairs
{{small|(2006)}}

| Labour Party

| Economist
Civil servant
Businessperson
Banker
Academic

| 2003

| File:JAartsen.jpg

| Jozias van Aartsen
{{small|(born 1947)}}

| 27 November 2004 –
8 March 2006
{{small|({{Age in years and days|2004|11|27|2006|03|08}})}}

| 56–58

| Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(2002–2006)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(2003–2006)}}

| Secretary-General of the
Ministry of the Interior
{{small|(1985–1994)}}
Minister of Agriculture,
Nature and Fisheries
{{small|(1994–1998)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(1998)}}
Minister of Foreign Affairs
{{small|(1998–2002)}}
Mayor of The Hague
{{small|(2008–2017)}}
King's Commissioner
of Drenthe
{{small|(2017)}}
Mayor of Amsterdam
{{small|(2017–2018)}}

|

| Political
consultant
Civil servant
Nonprofit director

|

| File:Mark Rutte 2015 (1) (cropped).jpg

| Mark Rutte
{{small|(born 1967)}}

| 31 May 2006 –
14 August 2023
{{small|({{Age in years and days|2006|03|08|2023|08|14}})}}

| 39–56

| State Secretary for
Education, Culture
and Science
{{small|(2004–2006)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(2006–2010, 2012,
2017, 2021–2022)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(2006–2010, 2012, 2017)}}
Prime Minister
{{small|(2010–2024)}}

| State Secretary for
Social Affairs and
Employment
{{small|(2002–2004)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(2003)}}
Secretary General of NATO
{{small|(since 2024)}}

|

| Businessperson
HR-executive
Historian
Educator

| 2006
2010
2012
2017
2021

| File:Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, October 2022.jpg

| Dilan Yeşilgöz
{{small|(born 1977)}}

| 14 August 2023 –
Incumbent
{{small|({{Age in years and days|2023|08|14}})}}

| 46–{{Age in years|1977|06|18}}

| Minister of
Justice and Security
{{small|(2022–2024)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(since 2023)}}
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
{{small|(since 2023)}}

| Municipal councillor
of Amsterdam
{{small|(2014–2017)}}
Member of the House
of Representatives
{{small|(2017–2021)}}
State Secretary for
Economic Affairs and
Climate Policy
{{small|(2021–2022)}}

|

| Management
consultant

| 2023