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The Order of precedence in the Netherlands dictates in which order persons holding official positions in the Kingdom of the Netherlands must be ordered at formal occasions, such as receptions and formal dinners.

Royal family

Title	Holder
The King	King Willem-Alexander
The Queen	Queen Máxima
The King's children	Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
	Princess Alexia
	Princess Ariane
The former Queen	Princess Beatrix
The King's brother	Prince Constantijn
His spouse	Princess Laurentien
The King's nephews and nieces	Countess Eloise
	Count Claus-Casimir
	Countess Leonore
The King's aunt	Princess Margriet
Her spouse	Pieter van Vollenhoven

High political and diplomatic officials

Title	Holder
The president of the International Court of Justice	Joan Donoghue
The doyen of the diplomatic corps	Carlos Argüello Gómez (Nicaragua, since 1983)
The president of the International Criminal Court	Piotr Hofmański
The vice-president of the International Court of Justice	Kirill Gevorgian
Alternating:	Ambassadors in order of length of tenure in the Netherlands
	Judges of the International Court of Justice in order of length of tenure
The prime minister	Mark Rutte
The president of the Senate (precedes the prime minister if the King is present)	Jan Anthonie Bruijn
The president of the House of Representatives (precedes the prime minister if the King is present)	Vera Bergkamp
The deputy prime ministers	Sigrid Kaag
	Wopke Hoekstra
	Carola Schouten
The other ministers, in order of their ministry's chapter in the annual budget:
The minister of foreign affairs	Wopke Hoekstra (also deputy prime minister)
The minister of justice and security	Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius
The minister of the interior and Kingdom relations	Hanke Bruins Slot
The minister of education, culture and science	Robbert Dijkgraaf
The minister of finance	Sigrid Kaag (also deputy prime minister)
The minister of defence	Kajsa Ollongren
The minister of infrastructure and water management	Mark Harbers
The minister of economic affairs and climate policy	Micky Adriaansens
The minister of agriculture, nature and food quality	Henk Staghouwer
The minister of social affairs and employment	Karien van Gennip
The minister of health, welfare and sport	Ernst Kuipers
The ministers without portfolio, in order of their ministry's chapter in the annual budget:
The minister for foreign trade and development cooperation	Liesje Schreinemacher
The minister for legal protection	Franc Weerwind
The minister for housing and spatial planning	Hugo de Jonge
The minister for primary and secondary education	Dennis Wiersma
The minister for climate and energy	Rob Jetten
The minister for nature and nitrogen	Christianne van der Wal
The minister for poverty, participation and pensions	Carola Schouten (also deputy prime minister)
The minister for long-term care and sports	Conny Helder
The Dutch member of the European Commission	Frans Timmermans
Living ministers of State, in order of appointment:	Frits Korthals Altes
	Jaime Saleh
	Hans van den Broek
	Herman Tjeenk Willink
	Winnie Sorgdrager
	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
	Sybilla Dekker
	Piet Hein Donner
The State secretaries, in order of their ministry's chapter in the budget:	Eric van der Burg (State secretary for asylum and migration)
	Alexandra van Huffelen (State secretary for Kingdom relations and digitization)
	Gunay Uslu (State secretary for culture and media)
	Marnix van Rij (State secretary for fiscal affairs)
	Aukje de Vries (State secretary for benefits and customs)
	Christophe van der Maat (State secretary for defence)
	Vivianne Heijnen (State secretary for infrastructure and water management)
	Hans Vijlbrief (State secretary for mining)
	Maarten van Ooijen (State secretary for youth and prevention)

Other Dutch political and diplomatic officials

Title	Holder
The vice-president of the Council of State	Thom de Graaf
The president of the Supreme Court	Dineke de Groot
The procurator-general of the Supreme Court	Edwin Bleichrodt
The president of the Court of Audit	Arno Visser
The National Ombudsman	Reinier van Zutphen
The chancellor of the orders of chivalry	Henk Morsink
The chief of defence	Onno Eichelsheim
The highest-ranking Dutch diplomats (if in the Netherlands):
His Majesty's ambassador in Berlin	Ronald van Roeden
His Majesty's ambassador in Paris	Pieter de Gooijer
His Majesty's ambassador in Washington D.C.	André Haspels
The Dutch permanent representative to the United Nations	Joke Brand
The Dutch permanent representative to NATO	Marisa Gerards
The Dutch permanent representative to the European Union	Robert de Groot
His Majesty's ambassador in London	Karel van Oosterom
His Majesty's ambassador in Moscow	Gilles Beschoor Plug
His Majesty's ambassador in Beijing	Wim Geerts
His Majesty's ambassador in Tokyo	Peter van der Vliet

Local government officials

Title	Holder
The King's commissioners in order of length of service	Leen Verbeek (Flevoland)
	Han Polman (Zeeland)
	Jaap Smit (South Holland)
	René Paas (Groningen)
	Arno Brok (Friesland)
	Jetta Klijnsma (Drenthe)
	Andries Heidema (Overijssel)
	Arthur van Dijk (North Holland)
	Hans Oosters (Utrecht)
	John Berends (Gelderland)
	Ina Adema (North Brabant)
	Emile Roemer (Limburg)
The mayors of the four largest cities in order of length of service:	Ahmed Aboutaleb (Rotterdam)
	Femke Halsema (Amsterdam)
	Jan van Zanen (The Hague)
	Sharon Dijksma (Utrecht)

Other

• The president of De Nederlandsche Bank
• Major religious figures(?)
• High-ranking military officers: C-ZEE, C-LAND, C-KMAR, IGK, V-adm, l-gen
• Director of the King's cabinet
• HM's ambassadors to other capitals
• Chargés d'affaires
• Secretaries-general