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== Organisation ==
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[[File:Lilianne Ploumen 2015 (1).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Lilianne Ploumen]], party leader from January 2021 until April 2022]]

=== Leadership ===
{{See also|Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands)}}
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* [[Parliamentary leader]]s in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
** [[Marinus van der Goes van Naters]] (4 June 1946 – 16 January 1951)
** [[Jaap Burger]] (16 January 1951 – 18 September 1951)
** [[Leendert Antonie Donker]] (18 September 1951 – 2 September 1952)
** [[Jaap Burger]] (2 September 1952 – 16 September 1962)
** [[Anne Vondeling]] (16 September 1962 – 14 April 1965)
** [[Gerard Nederhorst]] (14 April 1965 – 23 February 1967)
** [[Joop den Uyl]] (23 February 1967 – 11 May 1973)
** [[Ed van Thijn]] (11 May 1973 – 8 June 1977)
** [[Joop den Uyl]] (8 June 1977 – 8 September 1977)
** [[Ed van Thijn]] (8 September 1977 – 16 January 1978)
** [[Joop den Uyl]] (16 January 1978 – 11 September 1981)
** [[Wim Meijer (Labour Party)|Wim Meijer]] (11 September 1981 – 16 September 1982)
** [[Joop den Uyl]] (16 September 1982 – 21 July 1986)
** [[Wim Kok]] (21 July 1986 – 4 November 1989)
** [[Thijs Wöltgens]] (4 November 1989 – 17 May 1994)
** [[Wim Kok]] (17 May 1994 – 22 August 1994)
** [[Jacques Wallage]] (22 August 1994 – 19 May 1998)
** [[Wim Kok]] (19 May 1998 – 30 May 1998)
** [[Jacques Wallage]] (30 May 1998 – 10 July 1998)
** [[Ad Melkert]] (10 July 1998 – 16 May 2002)
** [[Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven]] (16 May 2002 – 19 November 2002)
** [[Wouter Bos]] (19 November 2002 – 22 February 2007)
** [[Jacques Tichelaar]] (22 February 2007 – 22 January 2008)
** [[Mariëtte Hamer]] (22 January 2008 – 17 June 2010)
** [[Job Cohen]] (17 June 2010 – 20 February 2012)
** [[Jeroen Dijsselbloem]] (20 February 2012 – 20 March 2012)
** [[Diederik Samsom]] (20 March 2012 – 12 December 2016)
** [[Attje Kuiken]] (12 December 2016 – 23 March 2017)
** [[Lodewijk Asscher]] (23 March 2017 – 14 January 2021)
** [[Lilianne Ploumen]] (14 January 2021 – 12 April 2022)
** [[Attje Kuiken]] (22 April 2022 – 26 October 2023)
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* [[Party chair|Chairs]]
** [[Koos Vorrink]] (9 February 1946 – 5 June 1953)
** [[Hein Vos]] (5 June 1953 – 23 February 1955)
** [[Evert Vermeer]] (23 February 1955 – 10 May 1960)
** [[Hein Vos]] (10 May 1960 – 24 March 1961; ''ad interim'')
** [[Ko Suurhoff]] (24 March 1961 – 14 April 1965)
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** [[Sjeng Tans]] (12 June 1965 – 7 March 1969)
** [[Anne Vondeling]] (7 March 1969 – 1 May 1971)
** [[André van der Louw]] (1 May 1971 – 16 November 1974)
** [[Ien van den Heuvel-de Blank]] (16 November 1974 – 26 April 1979)
** [[Max van den Berg]] (26 April 1979 – 1 August 1986)
** [[Stan Poppe]] (1 August 1986 – 2 April 1987; ''ad interim'')
** [[Marjanne Sint]] (2 April 1987 – 1 August 1991)
** [[Frits Castricum]] (1 August 1991 – 13 March 1992; ''ad interim'')
** [[Felix Rottenberg]] (13 March 1992 – 15 February 1997; co-chair)
** [[Ruud Vreeman]] (13 March 1992 – 15 February 1997; co-chair)
** [[Karin Adelmund]] (15 February 1997 – 3 August 1998)
** [[Ruud Vreeman]] (3 August 1998 – 20 February 1999; ''ad interim'')
** [[Marijke van Hees]] (20 February 1999 – 5 September 2000)
** [[Mariëtte Hamer]] (5 September 2000 – 16 March 2001; ''ad interim'')
** [[Ruud Koole]] (16 March 2001 – 9 December 2005)
** [[Michiel van Hulten]] (9 December 2005 – 25 April 2007)
** [[Ruud Koole]] (25 April 2007 – 6 October 2007; ''ad interim'')
** [[Lilianne Ploumen]] (6 October 2007 – 22 January 2012)
** [[Hans Spekman]] (22 January 2012 – 7 October 2017)
** [[Nelleke Vedelaar]] (7 October 2017 – 1 October 2021)
** [[Esther-Mirjam Sent]] (since 1 October 2021)
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* [[Parliamentary leader]]s in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]]
** [[Marius Reinalda]] (9 February 1946 – 18 March 1947)
** [[Jo van de Kieft]] (27 March 1947 – 15 July 1952)
** [[Kees Woudenberg]] (15 July 1952 – 2 September 1952)
** [[Joris in 't Veld]] (2 September 1952 – 15 November 1960)
** [[Hein Vos]] (15 November 1960 – 16 February 1968)
** [[Maarten de Niet]] (5 March 1968 – 7 October 1968)
** [[Jan Broeksz]] (7 October 1968 – 16 September 1975)
** [[Anne Vermeer]] (16 September 1975 – 23 June 1987)
** [[Ger Schinck]] (23 June 1987 – 13 June 1995)
** [[Joop van den Berg]] (13 June 1995 – 1 August 1996)
** [[Job Cohen]] (1 August 1996 – 3 August 1998)
** [[Ria Jaarsma]] (3 August 1998 – 8 June 1999)
** [[Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt]] (8 June 1999 – 10 June 2003)
** [[Johan Stekelenburg]] (10 June 2003 – 22 September 2003)
** [[Han Noten]] (11 November 2003 – 7 June 2011)
** [[Marleen Barth]] (7 June 2011 – 8 February 2018)
** [[André Postema]] (8 February 2018 – 10 July 2018)
** [[Esther-Mirjam Sent]] (4 September 2018 – 11 June 2019)
** [[Mei Li Vos]] (11 June 2019 – 13 June 2023)
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=== Organisational structure ===
[[File:Presentatie concept-kandidatenlijsten Tweede Kamerverkiezingen PvdA 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|Presentation of the PvdA candidates for the 2012 general election]]
[[File:PvdA protest 20041002.JPG|thumb|200px|PvdA activists in an October 2004 demonstration]]
The highest organ of the PvdA is the [[Party Congress|Congress]], formed by delegates from the municipal branches. It convenes once every year. It appoints the party board, decides the order of candidates on electoral lists for the Senate, House of Representatives and European Parliament and has the final say over the party programme. Since 2002, a [[referendum]] of all members has partially replaced the Congress. Both the [[lead candidate]] of the House of Representatives candidate list, who is the political leader of the party, and the party chairman, who leads the party organisation, are selected by such a referendum. In 2002, Wouter Bos won the [[2002 PvdA leadership election|PvdA leadership election]].

=== Membership ===
As of 2025, PvdA has 47,869 members.<ref name="auto"/> They are organised in over 500 municipal branches.

=== Linked organisations ===
''Rood'' is the party periodical. It appears eight times a year. The [[Young Socialists (Netherlands)|Young Socialists]] is the youth organisation of the PvdA. It is a member of [[Young European Socialists]] and the [[International Union of Socialist Youth]]. They publish the periodical ''Lava''.

The scientific institute (or [[think tank]]) of the PvdA is the [[Wiardi Beckman Stichting|Wiardi Beckman Foundation]]. It publishes the periodical ''Socialisme & Democratie''. The PvdA participates in the [[Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy]], a democracy assistance organisation of seven Dutch political parties.

==== Pillarised organisations ====
During the period of strong [[pillarisation]] the PvdA had strong links with the social democratic broadcasting organisation [[Omroepvereniging VARA|VARA Broadcasting Association]], the [[Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen|Dutch Association of Trade Unions]], and the paper ''[[Het Vrije Volk]]''.

=== International affiliation ===
The PvdA is a full member of the [[Party of European Socialists]] and was formerly an observer member of the [[Socialist International]] until December 2014, having previously downgraded their membership in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pvda.nl/berichten/2012/12/PvdA+steunt+oprichting+Progressive+Alliance|title=PvdA steunt oprichting Progressive Alliance|website=PvdA – Partij van de Arbeid|access-date=8 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083343/http://www.pvda.nl/berichten/2012/12/PvdA+steunt+oprichting+Progressive+Alliance|archive-date=24 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The PvdA joined the [[Progressive Alliance]], a new international network for social democratic political parties, at its founding event on 22 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pvda.nl/berichten/2013/05/Progressive+Alliance+opgericht+in+Leipzig/|title=Progressive Alliance opgericht in Leipzig – PvdA|date=24 May 2013|website=pvda.nl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224054121/http://www.pvda.nl/berichten/2013/05/Progressive+Alliance+opgericht+in+Leipzig|archive-date=24 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Relationships to other parties ===
Historically, the PvdA has co-operated in cabinets with the Christian democratic [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA), [[Political Party of Radicals]] (PPR), [[Catholic People's Party]] (KVP), [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]] (ARP), [[Christian Historical Union]] (CHU) and [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|ChristianUnion]] (CU) parties and the liberal parties [[Democrats 66]] (D66) and [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD). Between 1971 and 1977, PvdA was allied with D66 and the PPR. After 1977 until 1989, it was closely allied to D66. Since 2003, the relationship between the PvdA and D66 has considerably worsened, at first because PvdA was in opposition to the [[Second Balkenende cabinet]], in which D66 had co-operated.

During the governance of the [[second Balkenende cabinet|second]] and [[third Balkenende cabinet]], the [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] and [[GroenLinks|GreenLeft]] were calling for closer cooperation with the PvdA, calling to form a shadow government against the Balkenende cabinet, PvdA leader Bos held this off.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

The PvdA has strong ties with [[GreenLeft]]. In the [[2021 Dutch cabinet formation]], the parties unsuccessfully combined. Prominent members including [[Frans Timmermans]] and [[Marjolein Moorman]] have called for a deepened collaboration. A merger has also been discussed. The [[Wiardi Beckman Foundation]] has voiced its opposition to this.

Despite the fact that the two parties (PvdA and GroenLinks) separately participate in a European Political Group, Groenlinks as a member of [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] and PvdA as a member of the [[Party of European Socialists]], the parties campaigned together as GroenLinks-PvdA for the [[2024 European Parliament election]].