National
Monarchy of the Netherlands
Governs the Netherlands
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What it can't do
The King is inviolable: ministers are responsible for what the King does. In practice the King has a formal role, such as signing laws and royal decrees, and does not decide government policy.
Who sits on it
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King of the Netherlands
Inherited
- W Willem-Alexander King of the Netherlands · since April 2013
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Sources for who sits on it
- King of the Netherlands
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rijksoverheid.nl · checked - Willem-Alexander as King of the Netherlands royal-house.nl · checked
What it can do
- Head of State and part of the government
The King is the inviolable head of the Government, which also consists of the ministers; ministers are responsible for the King's acts (Constitution art. 42). Royal decrees need a minister's countersignature (art. 47).
- Appointing and dismissing ministers
The King appoints and dismisses ministers by royal decree (Constitution art. 43 and 48).
Sources
- government.nl · checked Government.nl and Rijksoverheid.nl, structure of the Dutch state, read 2026-10-12: Monarchy, Government, States General (two chambers), Supreme Court as national authorities; provincial executive and council per Provinciewet. [linked to this row by verify:nl from the world:nl bulk source] For: Monarchy of the Netherlands
- rijksoverheid.nl · checked Rijksoverheid, Bestuur van Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten, read 2026-10-12: Monarchy of the Netherlands placeholder authority (to be completed by world:nl). For: Monarchy of the Netherlands
- wetten.overheid.nl · checked Grondwet / Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (BWBR0001840), read 2026-10-12: arts. 24-25, 43, 51-55, 117, 131: how each national office is filled. [linked to this row by verify:nl from the world:nl bulk source] For: King of the Netherlands
- wetten.overheid.nl · checked Grondwet (BWBR0001840), read 2026-10-12: arts. 24-25 (succession), 55 and 132a (Senate electorate incl. the Caribbean electoral colleges), 117-118 (Supreme Court appointment from a House list of three), 43 (ministers appointed by royal decree); selection_detail corrected. For: King of the Netherlands
- rijksoverheid.nl · checked Rijksoverheid / Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands art. 2 and constituent-country constitutions, read 2026-10-12: office structure (Governor appointed by Royal Decree; Prime Minister; Estates seat count 21/21/15). For: King of the Netherlands
- royal-house.nl · checked Royal House of the Netherlands: Willem-Alexander became King on 2013-04-30 (abdication of Queen Beatrix); Wikidata Q154952. [re-linked by verify:nl: world:nl row 483240 used the person id as row_id] For: Willem-Alexander as King of the Netherlands
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