State Secretary for Social Affairs Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Dr. Piet Muntendam (1901–1986) • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy 1 April 1950 – 15 September 1951 Labour Party Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik ) [15] [16] Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services 15 February 1950 – 15 September 1951 Labour Party State Secretary for Social Affairs and Health Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Dr. Piet Muntendam (1901–1986) • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy 15 September 1951 – 1 October 1953 [Res] Labour Party Willem Drees (Drees I • II ) [16] [17] Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services 15 September 1951 – 22 December 1958 Labour Party Willem Drees (Drees I • II • III ) [16] [17] [18] Vacant Bauke Roolvink (1912–1979) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services 15 June 1959 – 24 July 1963 Anti-Revolutionary Party Jan de Quay (De Quay ) [20] Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002) • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 Catholic People's Party Victor Marijnen (Marijnen ) [21] Jo Cals (Cals ) [22] Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra ) [23] Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000) • Occupational Safety • Public Organisations 15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 Catholic People's Party Victor Marijnen (Marijnen ) [21] Jo Cals (Cals ) [22] Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra ) [23] Dr. Roelof Kruisinga (1922–2012) • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics 18 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 Christian Historical Union Piet de Jong (De Jong ) [24] State Secretary for Social Affairs Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Koos Rietkerk (1927–1986) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety 28 July 1971 – 23 April 1973 [Res] People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II ) [25] Jan Mertens (1916–2000) • Social Security • Occupational Safety 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 Catholic People's Party Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl ) [26] Louw de Graaf (1930–2020) • Social Security • Occupational Safety 28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 Anti-Revolutionary Party Dries van Agt (Van Agt I ) [27] Christian Democratic Appeal State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister (Cabinet) Ien Dales (1931–1994) • Social Security • Unemployment • Elderly Care • Disability Policy 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 [Res] Labour Party Dries van Agt (Van Agt II ) [28] Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937) • Occupational Safety • Adult Education • Equality • Emancipation 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 [Res] Labour Party Piet van Zeil (1927–2012) • Occupational Safety • Elderly Care • Disability Policy 12 June 1982 – 4 November 1982 [State Secretary] Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt (Van Agt III ) [29] Louw de Graaf (1930–2020) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety 5 November 1982 – 3 February 1987 [App] Christian Democratic Appeal Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II ) [30] [31] 6 May 1987 – 1 October 1989 [Res] Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello (1936–1990) • Disability Policy • Family Policy • Equality • Emancipation 8 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I ) [30] Elske ter Veld (1944–2017) • Social Services • Equality • Emancipation 7 November 1989 – 4 June 1993 [Res] Labour Party Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III ) [32] Jacques Wallage (born 1946) 9 June 1993 – 22 August 1994 Labour Party Robin Linschoten (born 1956) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety 22 August 1994 – 28 June 1998 [Res] People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Wim Kok (Kok I ) [33] Frank de Grave (born 1955) 2 July 1996 – 3 August 1998 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956) • Social Security • Occupational Safety • Social Services 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Wim Kok (Kok II ) [34] Annelies Verstand (born 1949) • Unemployment • Equality • Emancipation 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 Democrats 66 Mark Rutte (born 1967) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services 22 July 2002 – 17 June 2004 [App] People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I ) [35] Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II ) [36] Henk van Hoof (born 1947) 17 June 2004 – 22 February 2007 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III ) [37] Philomena Bijlhout (born 1957) • Family Policy • Equality • Emancipation 22 July 2002 – 24 July 2002 [Res] Pim Fortuyn List Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I ) [35] Khee Liang Phoa (born 1955) 9 September 2002 – 27 May 2003 Pim Fortuyn List Ahmed Aboutaleb (born 1961) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services 22 February 2007 – 18 December 2008 [App] Labour Party Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV ) [38] Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957) 18 December 2008 – 23 February 2010 [Res] Labour Party Paul de Krom (born 1963) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Mark Rutte (Rutte I ) [40] Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services • Equality • Emancipation 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 Labour Party Mark Rutte (Rutte II ) [40] Tamara van Ark (born 1974) • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services • Youth Care • Equality • Emancipation 26 October 2017 – 9 July 2020 [App] People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Mark Rutte (Rutte III ) [41] Bas van 't Wout (born 1979) 9 July 2020 – 20 January 2021 [App] People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Dennis Wiersma (born 1986) 10 August 2021 – 10 January 2022 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy