<page_title> List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands </page_title> <section_title> List of State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs </section_title> <table> <cell> René van der Linden (born 1943) <col_header> State Secretary for Foreign Affairs </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) <col_header> Prime Minister (Cabinet) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Baron Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (born 1944) <col_header> State Secretary for Foreign Affairs </col_header> </cell> <cell> 27 september 1988 – 7 november 1989 <col_header> Portfolio </col_header> </cell> </table>
After René van der Linden as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Van Voorst tot Voorst succeeded him and took office in the Cabinet Lubbers II on September 27, 1988.