Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal

The Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal is the most senior politician within the Christian Democratic Appeal (Dutch: Christen-Democratisch Appèl, CDA) in the Netherlands.The current leader is Hugo de Jonge.[1]

Christian Democratic Appeal

Future Leader Ruud Lubbers and Incumbent Leader Dries van Agt in the House of Representatives on 23 June 1981.

Future Leader Elco Brinkman and Incumbent Leader Ruud Lubbers in the House of Representatives on 3 May 1984.

History

The Leaders outwardly act as the 'figurehead' and the main representative of the party. Within the party, they must ensure political consensus. At election time the Leader is always the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) of the party list. Outside election time the Leader can serve as the Opposition leader. In the Christian Democratic Appeal the Leader is often the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives. Some Christian Democratic Appeal leaders became a Minister in a Cabinet.

Leader			Term of office	Age as Leader	Position(s) as Leader	Further position(s)	Former Affiliation	Professional Background	Religion	Lijsttrekker
		Dries van Agt (born 1931)	10 December 1976 – 25 October 1982 (5 years, 319 days) [1]	45–51	Minister of Justice (1971–1977) Deputy Prime Minister (1973–1977) Member of the House of Representatives (1977) (1981) (1982–1983) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1977) (1981) Minister of General Affairs (1977–1982) Prime Minister (1977–1982) President of the European Council (1981) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982)	Member of the House of Representatives (KVP) (1973) Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant (1983–1987) Ambassador of the European Union to Japan (1987–1990) Ambassador of the European Union to the United States (1990–1995)	Catholic People's Party	Lawyer Civil Servant Professor	Roman Catholic	1977
										1981
										1982
		Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018)	25 October 1982 – 29 January 1994 (11 years, 96 days) [1]	43–54	Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1982) (1986) (1989) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1981–1982) (1986) (1989) Minister of General Affairs (1982–1994) Prime Minister (1982–1994) President of the European Council (1986) (1991) Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs (1989) (1994)	Minister of Economic Affairs (KVP) (1973–1977) Member of the House of Representatives (1977) Minister of State (1995–2018) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005)	Catholic People's Party	Businessman Economist	Roman Catholic	1986
										1989
		Elco Brinkman (born 1948)	29 January 1994 – 16 August 1994 (199 days) [1]	45–46	Member of the House of Representatives (1989–1995) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1989–1994)	Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture (1982–1986) Member of the House of Representatives (1986) Member of the Social and Economic Council (1995–2011) Member of the Senate (2011–2019) Parliamentary leader in the Senate (2011–2019)		Civil Servant	Protestant	1994
		Enneüs Heerma (1944–1999)	16 August 1994 – 27 March 1997 (2 years, 254 days) [1]	49–52	Member of the House of Representatives (1994–1997) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1994–1997)	State Secretary for Economic Affairs (1986) State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (1986–1994) Member of the House of Representatives (1989)	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Management consultant	Protestant
		Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948)	27 March 1997 – 1 October 2001 (4 years, 157 days) [1]	48–53	Member of the House of Representatives (1986–2002) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1997–2001)	Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002–2003) Secretary General of NATO (2003–2009) Minister of State (since 2018)	Democrats 66	Civil Servant Diplomat	Roman Catholic	1998
		Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956)	1 October 2001 – 9 June 2010 (8 years, 251 days) [1]	46–54	Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002) (2003) (2006–2007) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2001–2002) (2003) (2006–2007) Minister of General Affairs (2002–2010) Prime Minister (2002–2010) President of the European Council (2004)			Researcher Professor	Protestant	2002
										2003
										2006
										2010
		Maxime Verhagen (born 1956)	9 June 2010 – 30 June 2012 (2 years, 21 days) [1]	53–55	Member of the House of Representatives (2010) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2010) Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (2010–2012) Deputy Prime Minister (2010–2012)	Member of the European Parliament (1989–1994) Member of the House of Representatives (1994–2007) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2002–2003) (2003–2006) (2007) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2010) Minister for Development Cooperation (2010) Member of the Social and Economic Council (since 2015)		Political consultant	Roman Catholic
		Sybrand van Haersma Buma (born 1965)	30 June 2012 – 22 May 2019 (6 years, 326 days) [1]	46–53	Member of the House of Representatives (2002–2019) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2010–2019)	Mayor of Leeuwarden (since 2019)		Jurist Civil Servant	Protestant	2012
										2017
^[Vacant] (22 May 2019 – 15 July 2020)
		Hugo de Jonge (born 1977)	15 July 2020 – Incumbent	42–	Deputy Prime Minister (since 2017) Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (since 2017)			Teacher School Administrator Political consultant	Protestant	2021
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek

^{After Sybrand van Haersma Buma stepped down Pieter Heerma took over as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives but the party leadership remained vacant until the leadership election of 2020.}

Deputy Leader

The Christian Democratic Appeal doesn't have an official designated Deputy Leader in the party's hierarchy but some are given the title as an unofficial description by the media. Because of the often unofficial nature of the position, reliable sources can sometimes differ over who the deputy actually is or was.

Deputy Leader			Term of office	Position(s) as Deputy Leader	Former Affiliation	Leader(s)
		Willem Aantjes (1923–2015)	10 December 1976 – 7 November 1978 (1 year, 332 days)	Member of the House of Representatives (1959–1978) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1977–1978)	ARP	Dries van Agt
		Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018)	7 November 1978 – 25 October 1982 (3 years, 352 days) [2]	Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1982) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1978–1981) (1981–1982)	KVP
Not in use (25 October 1982 – 4 November 1982)
		Dr. Bert de Vries (born 1938)	4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989 (7 years, 3 days)	Member of the House of Representatives (1978–1989) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1982–1986) (1986–1989)	ARP	Ruud Lubbers
		Elco Brinkman (born 1948)	7 November 1989 – 29 January 1994 (4 years, 83 days) [3]	Member of the House of Representatives (1989–1995) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1989–1994)
Not in use (29 January 1994 – 14 December 1995)
		Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948)	14 December 1995 – 27 March 1997 (1 year, 134 days) [4]	Member of the House of Representatives (1986–2002)		Enneüs Heerma
Not in use (27 March 1997 – 24 January 2001)
		Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956)	24 January 2001 – 1 October 2001 (250 days) [5]	Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002)		Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
		Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948)	1 October 2001 – 3 December 2003 (2 years, 63 days)	Member of the House of Representatives (1986–2002) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002–2003)		Jan Peter Balkenende
		Maxime Verhagen (born 1956)	11 July 2002 – 9 June 2010 (7 years, 333 days) [6][7][8]	Member of the House of Representatives (1994–2007) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2002–2003) (2003–2006) (2007) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2010) Minister for Development Cooperation (2010)
Not in use (9 June 2010 – 14 October 2010)
		Sybrand van Haersma Buma (born 1965)	14 October 2010 – 30 June 2012 (6 years, 326 days)	Member of the House of Representatives (2002–2019) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2010–2019)		Maxime Verhagen
		Mona Keijzer (born 1968)	30 June 2012 – 26 October 2017 (5 years, 118 days) [9]	Member of the House of Representatives (2012–2017) State Secretary for Economic Affairs and the Environment (since 2017)		Sybrand van Haersma Buma
		Hugo de Jonge (born 1977)	26 October 2017 – 15 July 2020 (2 years, 288 days)	Deputy Prime Minister (since 2017) Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (since 2017)
						Hugo de Jonge
		Pieter Heerma (born 1977)	21 May 2019 (1 year, 55 days)	Member of the House of Representatives (since 2012) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (since 2019)

See also

• Christian Democratic Appeal

References

1. "Politiek leider van een partij". Parlement&Politiek. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
2. "Ruud Lubbers (1939-2018): medevormgever van het Nederland zoals we het vandaag kennen" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
3. "Lubbers' voorkeur voor Hirsch Ballin" (in Dutch). Vrij Nederland. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
4. "CDA-fractie stemt in met De Hoop Scheffer als nieuwe tweede man" (in Dutch). Trouw. 14 December 1995. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
5. "Balkenende tweede man in CDA-fractie" (in Dutch). Digibron. 24 January 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
6. "Verhagen nieuwe fractievoorzitter CDA" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
7. "Maxime Verhagen (CDA)" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
8. "Maxime Verhagen" (in Dutch). EenVandaag. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
9. "Populaire Mona Keijzer op 2 op CDA-lijst" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Official website