The board of the Haagse Kunstkring

  • Vice Chair

    Vice Chair Position Opening

    Job Opening: Vice Chair

  • Theo Cordesius

    Vice President

    An art-loving member, Theo brings more than forty-five years of international experience from business in the Netherlands, the EMEA region and the United States. He was active in a variety of sectors, including insurance, ICT, electronics and digital marketing. In that context, he held management and board positions within both national and internationally listed companies. He also served on boards of directors and chief executives. In addition, he served on the supervisory boards of seven companies in the Netherlands and Germany.

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    This broad managerial background, in which strategy, governance and organizational development were central, provides a valuable basis for his efforts within HKK. Theo is used to guiding complex organizations through change and growth, with an eye for continuity and social responsibility.

    He currently performs part-time audit work. He is also the chairman of the Association Villa Voorschot. Through the associated foundation, a residential facility and living and working environment is provided there for people with intellectual disabilities and autism.

     

  • Réka Deuten-Makkai

    Secretary

    Réka, arts enthusiast, is a cultural manager and programmer with a focus on policy development, networking and connecting diverse partners.

    She currently works as project leader for Digital Inclusion at Sound & Vision and the Alliance for Digital Living Together. Here she works with ministries, municipalities, knowledge institutions and civil society organizations on accessible digital services. In this role, she supervises national programs, organizes dialogue and design sessions and monitors the synergy between public and private parties.Before that, she developed and implemented the policy around the Taalhuis and DigiTaalPunten for the library The Hague and initiated public programs, exhibitions and collaborations with various cultural partners.She is chairperson of the Hungarian Cultural Foundation Mikes where she builds bridges between Hungarian and Dutch culture, for example by organizing bilingual poetry evenings and meetings with writers and artists. In this capacity she has previously worked closely with the Haagse Kunstkring (HKK).With her academic background in art studies and cultural management and her experience in fundraising and governance, she brings overview, managerial diligence and organizational clout.

  • Bart du Chatenier

    Treasurer

    Treasurer and art loving member.

    Bart has done various financial training and has been employed at Dalton College in The Hague for over 30 years where he was responsible for finance and management. Art lover especially of sculpture and architecture.

     

  • Treasurer

    Treasurer Job Opening

    Vacancy Treasurer

  • Alexandra van Dedem-Tielkemeijer

    Member of daily management

    Art enthusiast, art historian and art lover with a broad career in the art world. She started at Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers in The Hague and Düsseldorf, where she set up the Contemporary Art department and was responsible for PR & Communication. From 1999 to 2007 she ran her own gallery in Olst and Wuppertal and participated in international art fairs. She organized open-air concerts and the Young Talent Series for classical musicians. From 2009 to 2022 she managed Ophemert Castle, where she organized art and cultural events. Nowadays, Alexandra combines art advice with board positions and at the HKK is involved in grant applications, preservation of the building and PR.

     

     

  • Robert-Jan Rueb

    (Prospective) Member of the Executive Committee

    Robert-Jan Rueb, an art-loving member, recently joined our board. He is a prospective board member and will be introduced at the next General Meeting, where his appointment is expected to be officially confirmed.

    Robert-Jan Rueb is an organizer with deep ties to The Hague’s cultural scene. For many years, he has been involved in developing, organizing, and facilitating cultural and social projects that are often accessible to a wide audience.

    He is one of the driving forces behind the Liberation Festival in The Hague and the Hague Freedom Weeks, during which he brings together artists, cultural institutions, and civil society organizations around themes such as freedom, democracy, and human rights. In doing so, he operates at the intersection of culture, organization, fundraising, programming, and audience outreach.

    He is particularly interested in the role that art and culture can play in fostering encounters, social engagement, and bringing together diverse groups of people. Within the Haagse Kunstkring, he aims to use his experience, cultural network, and organizational expertise to further strengthen the Haagse Kunstkring’s standing and visibility.

     

  • Rob van Doeselaar

    Chair Department of Fine Art Design & Architecture / member of general board

    General Secretary of the Board, has been active as an independent visual artist since graduating from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 1983, with a focus on painting, iPad art and portraiture. He has exhibited extensively throughout his career at home and abroad. He has also served on various boards over the years. Rob is a working member of BK.

  • Ton van Kalmthout

    Chairman Literature Theater Film / member general board

    Chair Department of Literature, Theatre and Film.

    Ton is senior researcher of literary history and associate professor of Dutch literature.

    His research focuses on the institutional transmission of literature and its international circulation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has published some 85 articles and book chapters on cultural societies, theater history, literary education, philology, and the national and international distribution and reception of literature.

    Within that research, his focus is on literature for and about Dutch emigrants, perception of the Netherlands in National Socialist Westforschung and the Dutch reception of German-, English- and French-language literature.

    Within the Haagse Kunstkring, he connects his scholarly expertise to the programming of Literature, Theater and Film. He fosters exchange among LTF members and seeks collaboration with the Visual Arts and Music departments to encourage joint projects and substantive connections across disciplines.

  • Nicolette Brink

    Member of daily management

    Art historian and art-loving member; a member of the Executive Committee since 2022, with extensive experience in the art sector. She has been active for more than 25 years as an entrepreneur at Brink Kunstzaken, specializing in art consulting, collection management, exhibition curation, and art management for businesses. Prior to that, she served as curator of the ING collection for 10 years. At the HKK, Nicolette focuses on the website, the HKK’s social media, PR and marketing, making the building more sustainable, and grant applications.

     

  • David Prins

    Chairman Music / member general board

    Studied cello and music theater direction at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. As a solo cellist he was associated with the Dutch Student Orchestra for two seasons, with which he also performed Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch and, together with Pieter Wispelwey, the Concert for Two Celli and Orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi. Besides performances in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Norway, he has collaborated as a cellist in performances by the Residentie Orkest, the Nieuw Ensemble, the Holland Festival (several editions) and radio and television performances in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others.
    In the field of musical theater, David worked as an assistant director with Harry Kupfer, Peter Mussbach, Gian-Carlo Del Monaco, Peter Sellars, Boris Pokrovski, Brigitte Fassbaender, Alfred Kirchner, Erik Vos and Pierre Audi, among others.
    He soon realized his own staging of operas by Mozart, Purcell, Verdi, Puccini, Offenbach, Poulenc, Menotti, Vaughan Williams, Shostakowitsch, Dvorak, Von Suppé, Künneke, Wagner, Humperdinck and Andriessen, as well as theatrical works by Ionesco, Albee, Anouilh, Büchner, Dürrenmatt and Synge, among others.
    David has participated in productions by Toneelgroep Baal, Opera Forum, De Nationale Opera, Opera Zuid, De Nederlandse Reisopera, Opera aan het Spui, Speeltheater Holland, Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen, the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, The New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv and the State Opera of Tatarstan, among others.
    David regularly gave international acting workshops for opera singers. He has held guest teaching positions at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Maastricht, Tilburg and Utrecht, at De Nieuwe Opera Academie, at the Toneelacademie Maastricht and at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, and has taught outside the Netherlands in Belgium, France, Russia and China. David teaches the subject of acting for singers at the vocal department of Rotterdam Conservatory CODARTS.
    In addition to directing, Prins writes, translates and edits texts for theater and organizes community stage projects. From 2017 to 2025, he was director and artistic director of Music Theater Hollands Diep. (Photo credit Maud Schoonen)

  • Eva Kuipéri

    President

    Eva is an art loving member, art lover and collector with a broad interest in fine art and music.

    After a career in the legal profession and the judiciary, including as clerk, deputy judge, project leader and manager, she is no longer active as a lawyer. Eva has extensive managerial experience within the arts sector and was also a director, supervisor and member of objection committees in education.

    In addition to her professional work, she played piano and viola in various amateur ensembles and orchestras. Within the Haagse Kunstkring, she enjoys putting her administrative experience and involvement in art and culture to work for the association.

Board of Fine Arts & Architecture and Design

  • Rob van Doeselaar

    Chair Department of Fine Art Design & Architecture / member of general board

    General Secretary of the Board, has been active as an independent visual artist since graduating from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 1983, with a focus on painting, iPad art and portraiture. He has exhibited extensively throughout his career at home and abroad. He has also served on various boards over the years. Rob is a working member of BK.

  • Suus Zweekhorst

    Board Visual Arts Design & Architecture

    After working as a history teacher for many years, she took evening courses in drawing, painting and free graphics at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. There she graduated in 1993. Since then she has been active as a visual artist.

    In 2024, she was awarded the ArtiBrak Fund’s oeuvre prize in recognition of her multifaceted work and commitment to the visual arts.

    She has been a member of the Haagse Kunstkring since 2022 . She has organized several thematic exhibitions in the region, including Flight! (2023) at Kadmium in Delft and the multidisciplinary project Uprooted (2024) at the HKK’s Albert Vogelzaal.

    She has been using the experience she gained from this as a board member of the Department of Visual Arts, Architecture and Design since 2025.

  • Hans Ensink on Kemna

    Board Visual Arts Design & Architecture

    Did his training at the AKI in Enschede. From 1981 to 1986 he studied Monumental Design there, specializing in Free Painting. After his studies he moved to The Hague. Since then he has exhibited in many places at home and sometimes abroad and has also done some commissions in and around buildings. He has also been active in the organization of artists’ initiative LUXUS for a number of years. Since 2018, Hans Ensink on Kemna has been a member of the Haagse Kunstkring. At some point he felt it was on his way to play a more active role in the association and applied for the ballot committee. Since early 2023, he has also been a member of the board of the Visual Arts Department. He hopes to bring about more dynamics in the exhibition policy, that more people can exhibit, and in any case that the Art Circle remains/becomes a place where every art lover likes to go.

     

  • Grace Wychowanska

    Board member Visual Arts Design & Architecture Department.

    Was born in Krakow, Poland and received her education in the Netherlands. From 1983 to 1988 she studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. She also studied art philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam and took a course in photography at Psychopolis in The Hague.

    Her artistic practice includes collages, drawings, paintings and photographic work. A distinct geometric approach is characteristic, in which architecture and the notion of a fourth dimension are central. Personal memories of specific events and situations provide a substantive guide.

    Since 2022, Grace has been a member of the Haagse Kunstkring. In 2023, she joined the Balloting Committee of the BKD&A department. In 2024, she co-organized the summer exhibition The Sea, the Sea…… Earlier, in the late 1980s, she was a board member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists as treasurer.

    With her substantive knowledge of the visual arts and her administrative and organizational experience, Grace Wychowanska wants to serve on the board of the BKD&A department.

Board of Literature Theater Film

  • Ton van Kalmthout

    Chairman Literature Theater Film / member general board

    Chair Department of Literature, Theatre and Film.

    Ton is senior researcher of literary history and associate professor of Dutch literature.

    His research focuses on the institutional transmission of literature and its international circulation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has published some 85 articles and book chapters on cultural societies, theater history, literary education, philology, and the national and international distribution and reception of literature.

    Within that research, his focus is on literature for and about Dutch emigrants, perception of the Netherlands in National Socialist Westforschung and the Dutch reception of German-, English- and French-language literature.

    Within the Haagse Kunstkring, he connects his scholarly expertise to the programming of Literature, Theater and Film. He fosters exchange among LTF members and seeks collaboration with the Visual Arts and Music departments to encourage joint projects and substantive connections across disciplines.

  • Amanda Wolzak

    board member Literature Theater Film

    Amanda Wolzak is an actress active in both theater and film. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and has appeared in various productions in the Netherlands and England since the 1990s. Among others, Amanda starred in the science fiction film Iron Sky: The Coming Race and in the Nickelodeon series Hunter Street. She has performed in England in plays by Brecht, Büchner, Agatha Christie, among others, as well as her self-written play ‘Hendrickje Stoffels, An Informal Portrait’ at The National Gallery in London and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In addition to her work as an actress, Amanda is involved in communications training, where she uses her experience to inspire and educate others in presentation skills and personal impact.

Board of Music

  • David Prins

    Chairman Music / member general board

    Studied cello and music theater direction at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. As a solo cellist he was associated with the Dutch Student Orchestra for two seasons, with which he also performed Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch and, together with Pieter Wispelwey, the Concert for Two Celli and Orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi. Besides performances in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Norway, he has collaborated as a cellist in performances by the Residentie Orkest, the Nieuw Ensemble, the Holland Festival (several editions) and radio and television performances in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others.
    In the field of musical theater, David worked as an assistant director with Harry Kupfer, Peter Mussbach, Gian-Carlo Del Monaco, Peter Sellars, Boris Pokrovski, Brigitte Fassbaender, Alfred Kirchner, Erik Vos and Pierre Audi, among others.
    He soon realized his own staging of operas by Mozart, Purcell, Verdi, Puccini, Offenbach, Poulenc, Menotti, Vaughan Williams, Shostakowitsch, Dvorak, Von Suppé, Künneke, Wagner, Humperdinck and Andriessen, as well as theatrical works by Ionesco, Albee, Anouilh, Büchner, Dürrenmatt and Synge, among others.
    David has participated in productions by Toneelgroep Baal, Opera Forum, De Nationale Opera, Opera Zuid, De Nederlandse Reisopera, Opera aan het Spui, Speeltheater Holland, Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen, the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, The New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv and the State Opera of Tatarstan, among others.
    David regularly gave international acting workshops for opera singers. He has held guest teaching positions at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Maastricht, Tilburg and Utrecht, at De Nieuwe Opera Academie, at the Toneelacademie Maastricht and at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, and has taught outside the Netherlands in Belgium, France, Russia and China. David teaches the subject of acting for singers at the vocal department of Rotterdam Conservatory CODARTS.
    In addition to directing, Prins writes, translates and edits texts for theater and organizes community stage projects. From 2017 to 2025, he was director and artistic director of Music Theater Hollands Diep. (Photo credit Maud Schoonen)

Board composition Haagse Kunstkring 1891-now

General chairman

May 1, 1891 to November 18, 1894 Théophile de Bock
November 18, 1894 to May 2, 1919 Mr. W.F.W.G. Snijder van Wissenkerke
May 2, 1919 to November 14, 1922 Dr. H.J. Romeyn
Nov. 14, 1922 to June 30, 1926 ir. A. Broese van Groenou
June 30, 1926 to Feb. 27, 1932 Albert Vogel Sr.
Dec. 22, 1932 to Dec. 14, 1938 H.van der Kloot Meyburg
Dec. 14, 1938 to May 8, 1942 A.H. Wegerif
May 8, 1942 to December 16, 1945 Gerard Jacobus van Haersma Buma
Dec. 16, 1945 to Feb. 13, 1952 C.A. Abspoel
Feb. 13, 1952 to March 2, 1954 Dr. A. Henkemans
March 2, 1954 to June 2, 1958 Charles Stok
June 2, 1958 to November 1, 1966 Mr. Piet Cleveringa
November 1, 1966 to December 17, 1970 Kees de Bruyn
Dec. 17, 1970 to Nov. 19, 1971 Drs. André Lüske
Dec. 16, 1971 to Dec. 11, 1972 Antal Sivirsky
December 11, 1972 to August 21, 1975 Mr. Frans baron van Voorst tot Voorst
Aug. 21, 1975 to Nov. 23, 1981 Albert Vogel Jr.
November 23, 1981 to November 1, 1983 Mr. Eddy Hof
November 1, 1983 to March 30, 1984 Ad van Dijk
March 30, 1984 to April 7, 1987 Mr. Maarten Vrolijk
April 7, 1987 to June 3, 1988 Ad van Dijk
June 3, 1988 to Oct. 26, 1988 Drs. Henk Overduin
October 26, 1988 to April 25, 1989 Ad van Dijk
April 25, 1989 to April 25, 1990 Mr. Willem Canneman
May 30, 1990 to March 5, 1991 Mr. Jan Verstegen
March 5, 1991 to July 5, 1995 Drs. Jurri Rooyackers
July 5, 1995 to April 28, 2008 Paul Combrink
April 28, 2008 to March 3, 2015 Leo Hamer
March 3, 2015 to March 21, 2016 Nico Dijkhuizen
March 21, 2016 to June 24, 2019 Will van Sebille
June 24, 2019 to February 18, 2020 dr.ir. Huub Thomas
Feb. 18, 2020 to May 26, 2021 Dr. Bert Nieuwpoort
from May 26, 2021 to March 22, 2022 vacant
Starting March 22, 2022: Anita Poolman
Starting March 25, 2026: Eva Kuipéri

General Secretary

Feb. 9, 1892 to Aug. 1, 1892 J.C. v.d. Tol
Aug. 1, 1892 to Aug. 1, 1893 Adolf Lange
August 1, 1893 to August 1, 1894 Jurriaan Kok
Oct. 2, 1894 to 1896 D.J.R. Jordens
1896 to Nov. 23, 1901 Mr. S. Jules Enthoven
Nov. 23, 1901 to Nov. 8, 1902 G.D. Gratama
Nov. 8, 1902 to Dec. 24, 1902 W. Martin
December 24, 1902 to January 17, 1903 D.J.R. Jordens
Jan. 17, 1903 to Aug. 1, 1904 A. Coert
Aug. 11, 1904 to Aug. 1, 1910 Joh. D. Looyen
Aug. 1, 1910 to Feb. 3, 1913 E. Polak Daniels
February 3, 1913 to August 1, 1919 G.J. van Haersma Buma
August 1, 1919 to January 1, 1922 Jan Wils
January 1, 1922 to March 1, 1922 Fokko Mees
March 1, 1922 to November 10, 1922 August Heyting
Nov. 10, 1922 to June 11, 1924 J.F.J.L. Ezerman
June 11, 1924 to February 18, 1925 H. Lankhout
Feb. 18, 1925 to June 30, 1926 Ch.V. Aarsse
June 30, 1926 to Aug. 1, 1928 J.F.J.L. Ezerman
Feb. 20, 1928 to Dec. 12, 1934 Cornelis Kloos
Dec. 12, 1934 to Dec. 11, 1935 J.F.J.L. Ezerman
Dec. 11, 1935 to Aug. 1, 1937 J.C. Sonneborn
August 1, 1937 to March 1, 1939 Charles Stok
… until … ir. Hein von Essen
Oct. 26, 1942 to after Nov. 20, 1944 Bertha von Essen
… until December 29, 1945 ir. F.H. Warnaars
December 29, 1945 to February 13, 1952 Charles Stok
February 13, 1952 to March 2, 1954 Nico Wijnen
March 2, 1954 to December 18, 1958 Willem Pauwels
December 18, 1958 to March 12, 1962 Wim Gijsen
March 12, 1962 to April 28, 1969 Mr. R.A.M. Thunnissen
April 28, 1969 to December 17, 1970 Thea Twaalfhoven
December 17, 1970 to November 19, 1971 mr. Pieter Klomp
December 16, 1971 to April 25, 1974 Ad van Dijk
April 25, 1974 to May 7, 1975 Mr. Alexander van de Pol
May 7, 1975 to … Thom Zomerschoe
June 17, 1976 to December 29, 1976 Hans Janssen
April 4, 1977 to April 19, 1982 Joca van der Leest
April 19, 1982 to 1985 ir. Bob Busking
June 7, 1985 to March 24, 1986 Don Vermeire
March 24, 1986 to December 21, 1989 Hanneke Ellerman
December 21, 1989 to April 25, 1990 Ellen Fernhout
May 30, 1990 to March 5, 1991 ir. Cor Westerduin
March 5, 1991 to April 15, 1999 Ellen Fernhout
April 15, 1999 to May 22, 2002 ir. Ben Stork
May 22, 2002 to April 28, 2009 Mr. Kaj van Oven
April 28, 2009 to March 25, 2013 Els de Boer
March 25, 2013 to March 19, 2018 Nico Dijkhuizen
March 19, 2018 – June 24, 2019 vacant
June 24, 2019 to Sept. 21, 2021 Ron Sikking
as of September 21, 2021 vacant
Starting May 21, 2024: Rob van Doeselaar
; starting March 25, 2026: Réka Deuten-Makkai

General Treasurer

1891 D.J.R. Jordens
1891 Jurriaan Kok
1894 to November 18, 1894 W. Nijhoff
1897 to April 30, 1898 W.F. Margadant
1911 P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek
1912 mr. P. Drooglever Fortuyn
Nov. 15, 1915 to Sept. 24, 1917 A.C. Gebhard
Jan. 21, 1918 to … G.A. v.d. Stok
1919 ir. J.M. Steffelaar
1922 H. Lankhout
1929 Dusseldorp
July 16, 1929 to at least Dec. 21, 1934 Mr. L.J.Th. Bakker
Oct. 26, 1942 to after June 16, 1945 Eitel Ross
1946 to Feb. 13, 1952 Mr. L.J.Th. Bakker
February 13, 1952 to March 2, 1954 Charles Stok
March 2, 1954 to March 12, 1962 ir. Jan Piets
March 12, 1962 to November 1, 1966 ir. K.G. Brummel
November 1, 1966 to November 17, 1969 Hans de Roo
November 17, 1969 to December 17, 1970 Joop Hoogeveen
Dec. 17, 1970 to Nov. 19, 1971 Dr. Herman Koopman
December 16, 1971 to December 11, 1972 Fred van de Walle
Dec. 11, 1972 to Aug. 1, 1974 Chris Broos
August 1, 1974 to May 7, 1975 Mr. Alexander van de Pol
May 7, 1975 to April 24, 1980 Wim Gevers
April 24, 1980 to April 19, 1983 Marnix van Abbe
April 19, 1983 to June 3, 1988 Jan Kortenhorst
June 3, 1988 to April 25, 1990 Drs. Jan Terleth
May 30, 1990 to March 5, 1991 Drs. Jurri Rooyackers
March 5, 1991 to Aug. 1, 1993 George Schmit
Sept. 15, 1993 to April 20, 1998 Louis Schuerman
April 20, 1998 to April 8, 2003 Sjoerd Hiel
April 8, 2003 to April 25, 2012 Jacques Blom
April 25, 2012 to September 2, 2020 Dr. Bert Nieuwpoort
Sept. 2, 2020 – Oct. 26, 2023 Willem Jan Telgenkamp
October 26, 2023 – January 15, 2025 Anita Poolman (interim)
from January 15, 2025 Bart du Chatenier through March 25, 2026

Chairman 1st Department (now: Fine Arts Department).

1891 Théophile de Bock
1894 Paul R. Rink
1895 Jan Toorop
1896 Philippe Zilcken
1896 H.J. Haverman
July 1898 Théophile de Bock
Nov. 16, 1901 L. Storm van ‘sGravesande
1903 G.D. Gratama
1905 C.J. Thijsen
November 12, 1908 H. Buisman
1913 to November 26, 1917 W. Roelofs jr.
1918 J.H. van Mastenbroek
1919 Georges Hogerwaard
1920 to Sept. 1, 1921 G.A.H. v.d. Stok
1922 J.V.C.M. Cossaar
1929 Chris de Moor
1933 to Nov. 30, 1937 Jan Franken Pzn.
1937 to May 25, 1939 ir. Hein von Essen
May 25, 1939 to 1939 Jan van Heel
1939 to August 30, 1940 A.B. Neujean
1940 Chris de Moor
on August 1, 1942 until after November 20, 1944 Jan Franken
1946 until after Aug. 1, 1949 Willem Schrofer
on August 1, 1950 until after August 1, 1953 Louis Meijs
on August 1, 1954 Herman Berserik
on July 31, 1955 until after July 31, 1957 Louis Meijs
on July 31, 1958 Gerard van Remmen
on July 31, 1959 until after July 31, 1960 H. Pieck
on July 31, 1961 George Lampe
November 1966 to January 21, 1968 Jan Roëde
October 1, 1969 to 1971 Lucy van Duyn
August 1971 to November 25, 1974 Fred van de Walle
December 19, 1975 to June 2, 1980 Ad van Dijk
June 2, 1980 to March 10, 1989 Jack Hellinga
March 10, 1989 to July 1, 1991 Pim Piët
Sept. 16, 1992 to March 8, 1994 Marius Quee
March 8, 1994 to March 5, 1996 Annemieke de Roy van Zuydewijn
March 5, 1996 to April 3, 2008 Paul Combrink
April 3, 2008 to April 24, 2009 vacant
April 24, 2009 to February 24, 2015 Peter van Loon
2015 to July 1, 2017 Bettina van Elk
from July 1, 2017 to February 27, 2018 Hans la Hey
Feb. 27, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2019 Nienke van der Noordaa
as of January 1, 2019 Hans la Hey
January 2019 – February 20, 2025 Hans la Hey
starting February 20, 2025 Maarten van Noort
starting March 25, 2026 Rob van Doeselaar

Chairman 2nd Department (now: Design &Architecture Department).

1891 A. van Delden
1895 J.H. Mialaret
1897 J. Limburg
1898 K. Sluyterman
1903 J. Kuyper
October 28, 1905 to 1930 Willem van Boven
1930 H. v.d. Kloot Meyburg
1932 Jan Wils
1936 H. van Zeggeren
1938 H. Fels
1939 C. Abspoel
on Aug. 1, 1942 until after Nov. 20, 1944 ir. F.H. Warnaars
1945 to 1949 ir. H.J.W. Thunnissen
on August 1, 1950 ir. J.F. van Hoytema
on Aug. 1, 1951 until after Aug. 1, 1954 P. Verhave
on July 31, 1955 until after July 31, 1957 A.J. van Eck
on July 31, 1958 G.J. Heering
on July 31, 1959 ir. F. van der Sluys
July 31, 1960 to 1964 Gerrit Jan Heering
1964 to 1968 ir. André Thunnissen
in 1968 until Nov. 17, 1972 ir. Cor Westerduin
Nov. 17, 1972 to after Nov. 22, 1973 Wim Tettero
April 4, 1974 to April 2, 1979 Guus van Lummel
April 2, 1979 to May 11, 1981 Dr. Chris Rehorst
May 11, 1981 to April 6, 1983 Robert de Haas
April 6, 1983 to April 18, 1990 Drs. Jurri Rooyackers
April 18, 1990 to April 15, 1993 Jan Kammeijer
April 15, 1993 to June 15, 2012 vacant
June 15, 2012 to 2015 Carlijn van Vlijmen
vacant since 2015, since 2016 board merged with board department. Fine Art

Chairman 3rd Department (now: Department of Literature, Theater and Film)

1891 Marcellus Emants
1894 Thérèse Hoven
1895 Frits Lapidoth
1898 P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek
1904 H. de Boer
1909 P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek
1913 W.F. Margadant
1918 H. Borel
1920 L. Landry
1926 J. Fabricius
1927 Albert Vogel Sr.
1933 to 1936 Jan Ubink
1938 J.C. Sonneborn
1941 Drs. F.P. Huygens
on August 1, 1942 until after November 20, 1944 Jan van der Linden
1946 to 1947 F. van Wel
on November 20, 1947 Jan Ubink
on Aug. 1, 1949 to June 30, 1951 Albert Vogel Jr.
June 30, 1951 to 1955 Antal Sivirsky
on July 31, 1955 to after July 31, 1958 Bert Bakker
on July 31, 1959 until after July 31, 1961 Prof. Sem Dresden
on July 3, 1962 to January 12, 1972 Nico Wijnen
Jan. 12, 1972 to Aug. 26, 1976 Erik Plooyer
Aug. 26, 1976 to Feb. 26, 1979 Clara Eggink
Feb. 26, 1979 to mid-1979 Jaap Joppe
mid-1979 to March 30, 1983 Antal Sivirsky
March 30, 1983 to March 20, 1989 Prof. Nico Brederoo
March 20, 1989 to January 15, 2001 Drs. Henri Mühl
Jan. 15, 2001 to March 23, 2005 Tatiana Radier
March 23, 2005 to 2005 Rein Edzard
until July 10, 2006 Jet Quadekker
July 10, 2006 to March 2, 2014 Dr. Ruud Hisgen
March 2, 2014 to March 1, 2019 Ellen Fernhout
March 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020 Christien Kok
from June 1, 2020 Mar-Lin Schut
June 1, 2020 – March 1, 2025 Mar-Lin Schut
From March 1, 2025, Anita Poolman (interim)
From March 25, 2026, Ton van Kalmthout

Chairman 4th Ward (now: Music Department)

1891 Gottfried Mann
1894 Arnold Spoel
1898 Carel Oberstadt
1902 Dr. J.D. de Jong
1909 G. van Lammeren
1912 P.C. Brederode
1919 Henk v.d. Berg
1922 C. v.d. Elshoudt
1923 J.F.J.L. Ezerman
1924 Henk v.d. Berg
1924 J.F.J.L. Ezerman
1926 Henk v.d. Berg
1927 Hugo van Dalen
1937 Ari Vadesta
1939 P.C. Brederode
1940 Hugo van Dalen
1946 to 1947 Eitel Ross
on November 20, 1947 until after August 1, 1952 Theo van der Pas
Nov. 4, 1952 to Dec. 12, 1958 Paul Niessing
on July 31, 1959 Wim Thijsse
on July 31, 1960 until after July 31, 1961 Theo Olof
on July 31, 1962 Sam Swaap
… until … André Lüske
on November 17, 1969 to 17-11-1970 Dr. Clemens von Gleich
in April and May 1971 Otto Ketting
December 11, 1972 to March 16, 1974 Chris Verhoog
March 16, 1974 to March 12, 1975 Ap Bronkhorst
March 12, 1975 to October 3, 1977 together with 3rd Department (Literature, Theater and Film)
October 3, 1977 to … November 1981 Ap Bronkhorst
… November 1981 to February 26, 1984 Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
Feb. 26, 1984 to March 9, 1986 Peter Visser
March 9, 1986 to March 1, 1988 Everhard Spelberg
March 1, 1988 to April 10, 1989 Willem Noske
April 10, 1989 to April 5, 1990 Onno Mensink
April 5, 1990 to January 1, 1992 Erik Stotijn
Jan. 1, 1992 to Sept. 19, 1996 Jaap Geraedts
Sept. 19, 1996 to Sept. 1, 2002 Otto Bentinck
September 1, 2002 to 2009 Els de Boer
2009 to 2013 Tiziana Chessa
2013 to March 14, 2018 Adriaan Wouters
March 14, 2018 to September 2020 Marco Kreiken
Vacant as of September 2020
; as of March 25, 2026, David Prins