Den Uyl shadow cabinet
The Den Uyl shadow cabinet was a
election of 1972 the basis of the shadow cabinet was used as a template for the formation of the Den Uyl cabinet.[1]
Composition
Ministers
Portrait | Name | Shadow position | Position in 1971 | Position in the Den Uyl cabinet after the 1972 election |
Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) |
Prime Minister Minister of General Affairs |
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives |
Prime Minister Minister of General Affairs |
Labour Party | ||
Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) |
Minister for Constitutional Affairs )
(within Interior |
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives |
None | Democrats 66 | ||
Jacques Aarden (1914–1997) |
Minister of the Interior
|
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives |
None | Political Party of Radicals | ||
Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
Minister of Foreign Affairs
|
Labour Party | ||
Rob van den Bergh (1913–1997) |
Minister of Finance
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Labour Party | ||
Anneke Goudsmit (born 1933) |
Minister of Justice
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Democrats 66 | ||
Dr. Cees de Galan (1932–1987) |
Minister of Economic Affairs
|
Economist | None | Labour Party | ||
Jaap Burger (1904–1986) |
Minister of Defence
|
Member of the Council of State |
None | Labour Party | ||
Dr. Wiebe Draijer (1924–2007) |
Minister of Health and Environment
|
Professor at the University of Twente |
None | Democrats 66 | ||
Theo van Lier (1916–1992) |
Minister of Social Affairs
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Labour Party | ||
Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) |
Minister of Education and Sciences
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Labour Party | ||
Ed van Thijn (born 1934) |
Minister of Transport and Water Management
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Labour Party | ||
Henk Vredeling (1924–2007) |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
Minister of Defence
|
Labour Party | ||
Hans van den Doel (1937–2012) |
Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning
|
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Labour Party | ||
Dr. Max Rood (1927–2001) |
Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work
|
Professor at the Leiden University |
None | Democrats 66 | ||
Dr. Bas de Gaay Fortman (born 1937) |
Minister for Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs) |
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Political Party of Radicals |
State Secretaries
Portrait | Name | Shadow position and portfolio | Position in 1971 | Position in the Den Uyl cabinet after the election of 1972 |
Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) |
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs • European affairs • NATO affairs • Benelux affairs |
Professor at the University of Groningen |
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs
|
Democrats 66 | ||
Irene Vorrink (1918–1996) |
State Secretary of Social Affairs • Social security • Occupational safety |
Member of the Senate | Minister of Health and Environment
|
Labour Party | ||
Jaap van der Doef (born 1934) |
State Secretary of Social Affairs • Social security • Occupational safety |
Trade union leader | None | Labour Party | ||
Tineke Schilthuis (1921–2013) |
State Secretary of Transport and Water Management • Transport infrastructure • Water infrastructure • Public transport |
Member of the House of Representatives |
None | Labour Party | ||
Marcel van Dam (born 1938) |
State Secretary of Culture, Recreation and Social Work • Social services • Welfare |
Ombudsman | State Secretary for Housing
and Spatial Planning |
Labour Party |
References
- ^ "'Schaduwkabinetten' als mislukte opmaat naar een Progressieve Volkspartij" (in Dutch). Parlement & Politiek. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2019.