National
President of the Supreme Court
- Dutch: President van de Hoge Raad
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the King of the Netherlands
- Exact method
- Appointed for life by royal decree (Constitution art. 117) from a list of three persons drawn up by the House of Representatives (art. 118), on the Court's recommendation.
- Chosen by
- King of the Netherlands
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Dineke de Groot since November 2020 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked (+1 more)
Sources
- 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: President of the Supreme Court
- 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: President of the Supreme Court
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Supreme Court of the Netherlands, read 2026-10-12: Dineke de Groot president since 2020-11-01. Fallback: Wikipedia, because hogeraad.nl returned HTTP 403. [re-linked by verify:nl: world:nl row 483241 used the person id as row_id] For: Dineke de Groot, current term
- rijksoverheid.nl · checked Rijksoverheid, Benoeming president Hoge Raad, 2026-04-24, read 2026-10-12: the cabinet agreed to appoint M.J. (Maarten) Kroeze president of the Hoge Raad from 1 November 2026, succeeding G. (Dineke) de Groot, so she remains president until then. For: Dineke de Groot, current term
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