List of prime ministers of the Netherlands by education

This is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands by higher education since 20th century. Of the twenty-three prime ministers since 1901 eight had doctorates and five served as university professors and the other five served as visiting professors. Four Cort van der Linden, Gerbrandy, Beel and Van Agt were legal scholars.

• Willem Schermerhorn
  (Doctor of Engineering
  in Civil Engineering)
• Louis Beel
  (Doctor of Law
  in Administrative Law)
• Jan de Quay
  (Doctor of Philosophy
  in Applied Psychology)
• Jelle Zijlstra
  (Doctor of Philosophy
  in Public Economics)
• Jan Peter Balkenende
  (Doctor of Philosophy
  in Governmental Studies)

Prime ministers by higher education

Prime Minister	Professional Background	civil service / Military service		Alma mater	Bachelor's degree	Master's degree	Doctoral degree	professor	Honorary doctorate degree
The Reverend Dr. Abraham Kuyper	Minister Theologian Journalist Author professor			Leiden University	Bachelor of Letters Bachelor of Philosophy Bachelor of Theology	Master of Theology	Doctor of Theology	Y	Princeton University Delft University of Technology Hope College Catholic University of Leuven	Political science Political science Theology Theology
Theo de Meester	Economist	civil servant	Ministry of Finance	Leiden University	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
Theo Heemskerk	Lawyer Judge			Leiden University	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden	Lawyer Professor	Civil servant	House of Representatives	Leiden University	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws	Doctor of Law	Y	University of Groningen University of Amsterdam	Law Economics
Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Lawyer Judge	Civil servant	Public Prosecution Service	Utrecht University	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
Hendrikus Colijn	Businessman Publisher	Military officer (Major)	Royal Netherlands East Indies Army	Koninklijke Militaire Academie					Free University Amsterdam University of Debrecen	Law Political science
Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer	Journalist			Utrecht University	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
Dr. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy	Lawyer Judge Professor			Free University Amsterdam	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws	Doctor of Law (in Civil Law)	Y	University of Edinburgh	Law
Dr. Willem Schermerhorn	Civil engineer Cartographer Surveyor Researcher Professor			Delft University of Technology	Bachelor of Science (in Civil engineering)	Master of Science (in Civil engineering)	Doctor of Engineering (in Civil engineering)	Y	Ghent University ETH Zurich Polytechnic University of Milan University of Glasgow Leibniz University Hannover	Civil engineering Civil engineering Civil engineering Political science Civil engineering
Dr. Louis Beel	Lawyer Researcher Professor	Civil servant	Overijssel Government	Radboud University Nijmegen	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws	Doctor of Law (in Administrative Law)	Y	Tilburg University	Political science
Willem Drees	Accountant Historian Author	Civil servant	House of Representatives	Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences	Bachelor of Accountancy				Erasmus University Rotterdam University of Maryland, College Park	Economics Law
Dr. Jan de Quay	Psychologist Researcher Professor			Utrecht University	Bachelor of Philosophy (in Psychology)	Master of Philosophy (in Psychology)	Doctor of Philosophy (in Applied Psychology)	Y	Tilburg University	Political science
Victor Marijnen	Lawyer Economist Trade association executive	Civil servant	Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	Radboud University Nijmegen	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
			Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Shipping	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Bachelor of Economics
Jo Cals	Lawyer Researcher Teacher			Radboud University Nijmegen	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
Dr. Jelle Zijlstra	Economist Researcher Professor			Erasmus University Rotterdam	Bachelor of Economics	Master of Economics	Doctor of Philosophy (in Public Economics)	Y	VU University Amsterdam	Political science
Piet de Jong		Naval officer (Captain)	Royal Netherlands Navy	Royal Naval College
Barend Biesheuvel	Lawyer	Civil servant		Free University Amsterdam	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
	Trade association executive
Joop den Uyl	Economist Accountant Journalist	Civil servant	Ministry of Commerce and Industry	University of Amsterdam	Bachelor of Economics	Master of Economics			University of Amsterdam	Economics
Dries van Agt	Lawyer Judge Researcher Professor	Civil servant	Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	Radboud University Nijmegen	Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws		Y	Radboud University Nijmegen Ritsumeikan University Kwansei Gakuin University	Law Political science Political science
			Ministry of Justice
Ruud Lubbers	Businessman Economist			Erasmus University Rotterdam	Bachelor of Economics	Master of Economics		Y	University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro Georgetown University Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Grand Valley State University Radboud University Nijmegen	Political science and Economics Law Political science Economics Economics
Wim Kok	Trade union leader			Nyenrode Business University	Bachelor of Public Administration				Nyenrode Business University University of Münster	Public administration Philosophy
Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende	Lawyer Researcher Professor			Free University Amsterdam	Bachelor of Arts (in History)	Master of Arts (in History)	Doctor of Philosophy (in Governmental Studies)	Y	Károli Gáspár University Keio University Yonsei University Hofstra University Hope College	Theology Political science Economics Law Theology
					Bachelor of Laws	Master of Laws
Mark Rutte	Businessman			Leiden University	Bachelor of Arts (in History)	Master of Arts (in History)
	Teacher

See also

• Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• List of prime ministers of the Netherlands
• Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands
• Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands

References