| Vice-President of the Council of State of the Netherlands | |
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| Vice-President van de Raad van State | |
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| Member of | Council of State |
| Nominator | Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
| Appointer | Monarch |
| Term length | Life tenure until the age of 70 |
| Formation | 12 April 1814; 211 years ago (1814-04-12) |
| First holder | Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp |
| Unofficial names | Viceroy of the Netherlands[1][2] |
| Website | The Council of State |
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Thevice-president of the Council of State (Dutch:Vice-President van de Raad van State) is thede factopresiding officer of theCouncil of State.[3] Themonarch serves as theex officio president of the Council of State but in reality seldom chairs meetings, in his absence, the vice-president serves aspro tempore chair of those meetings. The vice-president is also in charge of the council's organisation and administrative duties. TheConstitution of the Netherlands stipulates that if theroyal house were to become extinct the vice-president will become the actinghead of state. Like the other members of the Council of State the vice president is appointed by the monarch upon nomination by theminister of the interior and kingdom relations. The service of the vice-president is alife tenure appointment but is required by law to enter amandatory retirement at the age of 70. Alternatively, an early retirement or a forced termination of his tenure can be given by themonarch in a royal decree.[4]
The current vice-president of the Council of State isThom de Graaf.[5]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Monarch | Ref | |
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.jpg) | Count Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834) | 12 April 1814 – 7 November 1816 (2 years, 209 days) | Independent (pro-government) | King William I | [6] | |
.jpg) | Baron Johan Hendrik Mollerus (1750–1834) | 7 November 1816 – 1 July 1829 (12 years, 236 days) | Independent (pro-government) | [7] | ||
 | His Royal Highness William, Prince of Orange (1792–1849) | 1 July 1829 – 7 October 1840 (19 years, 98 days) | Nonpartisan (Royal House) | [8] | ||
| Vacant | King William II | |||||
 | Dr. Baron Henri van Doorn van Westcapelle (1786–1853) | 1 January 1841 – 26 March 1848 (7 years, 85 days) | Independent Conservative (ultraconservative) | [9] | ||
.jpg) | Jonkheer Willem Gerard van de Poll (1793–1872) | 26 March 1848 – 1 April 1858 (10 years, 6 days) | Independent | [10] | ||
| King William III | ||||||
| Vacant | ||||||
 | Baron Aeneas Mackay (1806–1876) | 1 July 1862 – 6 March 1876 (13 years, 249 days) | Independent Antirevolutionary | [11] | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Jonkheer Gerlach Cornelis Joannes van Reenen (1818–1893) | 1 April 1876 – 31 May 1893 (17 years, 60 days) | Independent Conservative | [12] | ||
| Queen Wilhelmina | ||||||
| Vacant | ||||||
_(cropped).jpg) | Jonkheer Bram van Panhuys (1837–1907) | 1 August 1893 – 1 January 1897 (3 years, 153 days) | Independent Liberal | [13][14] | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
 | Jonkheer Johan Willem Meinard Schorer (1834–1903) | 1 February 1897 – 1 October 1903 (6 years, 242 days) [Died] | Independent Liberal | [15] | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Jonkheer Petrus Johannes van Swinderen (1842–1911) | 1 December 1903 – 19 December 1911 (8 years, 18 days) [Died] | Christian Historical Party (until 1908) | [16] | ||
| Christian Historical Union (from 1908) | ||||||
| Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Jonkheer Joan Röell (1844–1914) | 1 February 1912 – 13 July 1914 (2 years, 162 days) [Died] | League of Free Liberals | [17] | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Dr. Wilhelmus Frederik van Leeuwen (1860–1930) | 16 December 1914 – 18 April 1928 (13 years, 124 days) | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | [18] | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
_in_1923.png) | Dr. Count Alex van Lynden van Sandenburg (1873–1932) | 1 May 1928 – 25 December 1932 (4 years, 238 days) [Died] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | [19] | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956) | 20 April 1933 – 27 March 1956 (22 years, 342 days) [Died] | Christian Historical Union | [20] | ||
| Queen Juliana | ||||||
| Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Dr. Bram Rutgers (1884–1966) | 16 May 1956 – 1 August 1959 (3 years, 77 days) | Anti-Revolutionary Party | [21] | ||
 | Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977) | 1 August 1959 – 1 July 1972 (12 years, 335 days) | Catholic People's Party | [22] | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Marinus Ruppert (1911–1992) | 1 September 1973 – 1 October 1980 (7 years, 30 days) | Anti-Revolutionary Party | [23] | ||
| Queen Beatrix | ||||||
.jpg) | Willem Scholten (1927–2005) | 1 October 1980 – 1 July 1997 (16 years, 273 days) | Christian Historical Union (until 1980) | [24] | ||
| Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980) | ||||||
.jpg) | Herman Tjeenk Willink (born 1942) | 1 July 1997 – 1 February 2012 (14 years, 215 days) | Labour Party | [25] | ||
 | Piet Hein Donner (born 1948) | 1 February 2012 – 1 November 2018 (6 years, 273 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal | [26] | ||
| King Willem-Alexander | ||||||
| Thom de Graaf (born 1957) | 1 November 2018 (7 years, 107 days) | Democrats 66 | [27] | ||
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