Marijnen cabinet

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
		Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	Prime Minister	General Affairs		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Catholic People's Party
		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Deputy Prime Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
			Minister
			Minister	Interior	• Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs
		Edzo Toxopeus (1918–2009)	Minister	Interior		19 May 1959 – 14 April 1965 [Retained]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Minister	Foreign Affairs		13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 [Retained] [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Johan Witteveen (1921–2019)	Minister	Finance		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Ynso Scholten (1918–1984)	Minister	Justice		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union
		Dr. Koos Andriessen (1928–2019)	Minister	Economic Affairs		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union
		Captain Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	Minister	Defence		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	Minister	Social Affairs and Health		17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 [Retained] [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
		Theo Bot (1911–1984)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Catholic People's Party
		Jan van Aartsen (1909–1992)	Minister	Transport and Water Management		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Pieter Bogaers (1924–2008)	Minister	Housing and Construction		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	Catholic People's Party
		Jo Schouwenaar- Franssen (1909–1995)	Minister	Social Work		24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
State Secretaries			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
		Leo de Block (1904–1988)	State Secretary	Foreign Affairs	• European Union • Benelux	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst (1907–1976)			• Development Cooperation • United Nations • International Organizations	28 September 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union
		Dr. Willem Hendrik van den Berge (1905–1987)	State Secretary	Finance	• Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget	27 May 1959 – 14 April 1965 [Retained]	Independent Social Democrat
		Joop Bakker (1921–2003)	State Secretary	Economic Affairs	• Small and Medium-sized Businesses • Regional Development	3 September 1963 – 22 November 1966 [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Major general Joop Haex (1911–2002)	State Secretary	Defence	• Army	14 August 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union
		Rear admiral Adri van Es (1913–1994)			• Navy	14 August 1963 – 16 September 1972 [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Major general Willem den Toom (1911–1998)			• Air Force	25 November 1963 – 14 April 1965	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002)	State Secretary	Social Affairs and Health	• Medical Ethics	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000)			• Occupational Safety • Public Organisations	15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
		Hans Grosheide (1930–2022)	State Secretary	Education and Sciences	• Primary Education • Secondary Education • Special Education	3 September 1963 – 6 July 1971 [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Louis van de Laar (1921–2004)			• Social Services • Youth Care • Media • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport	24 October 1963 – 14 April 1965	Catholic People's Party
		Mike Keyzer (1911–1983)	State Secretary	Transport and Water Management	• Public Transport • Aviation • Rail Transport • Weather Forecasting	22 October 1963 – 14 April 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

^{Retained from the previous cabinet}

^{Continued in the next cabinet}

Trivia

• The age difference between oldest cabinet member Leo de Block (born 1904) and the youngest cabinet member Hans Grosheide (born 1930) was 25 years, 357 days.
• Five cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Johan Witteveen (Financial Economics), Koos Andriessen (Political Economics), Gerard Veldkamp (Microeconomics), Willem Hendrik van den Berge (Public Economics) and Louis Bartels (Health Economics).
• The three cabinet State Secretaries for Defence where all flag officers: Joop Haex (Major General in the Army), Adri van Es (Rear Admiral in the Navy) and Willem den Toom (Major General in the Air Force).
• Ten cabinet member would later serve in the De Jong cabinet: Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs), Johan Witteveen (Finance), Piet de Jong (Prime Minister), Leo de Block (Economic Affairs), Joop Bakker (Deputy Prime Minister), Joop Haex (Army), Adri van Es (Navy), Willem den Toom (Defence), Hans Grosheide (Education) and Mike Keyzer (Transport and Water Management).
• Koos Andriessen again served as Minister of Economic Affairs 24 years, 207 days later in the Third Lubbers cabinet.

References

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Marijnen Parlement & Politiek
• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Marijnen Rijksoverheid

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