Zijlstra cabinet

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Zijlstra cabinet

51st Cabinet of the Netherlands
The first meeting of the incoming Zijlstra cabinet on 21 November 1966
Date formed22 November 1966 (1966-11-22)
Date dissolved5 April 1967 (1967-04-05)
134 days in office
(Demissionary from 15 February 1967 (1967-02-15))
People and organisations
MonarchQueen Juliana
Prime MinisterJelle Zijlstra
Deputy Prime MinisterJan de Quay
Barend Biesheuvel
No. of ministers13
Member partyCatholic People's Party
(KVP)
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(ARP)
Status in legislatureCentrist
Minority government
(Caretaker/Rump)
History
Outgoing election1967 election
Legislature term(s)1963–1967
Incoming formation1966 formation
Outgoing formation1967 formation
PredecessorCals cabinet
SuccessorDe Jong cabinet

The Zijlstra cabinet was the

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the responsibility for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs from previous cabinet
.

The cabinet served in the middle of the tumultuous 1960s, domestically it had to deal with the counterculture and its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1967. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the De Jong cabinet.[1][2][3]

Formation

Following the fall of the Cals cabinet the Labour Party (PvdA) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party and the Anti-Revolutionary Party formed a Rump cabinet.

Term

Such a transitional cabinet is not supposed to take important decisions, but it still resolved the issue over the introduction of

VVD and part of CHU
.

The first meeting the Zijlstra cabinet on 22 November 1966.

Cabinet Members

Ministers Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) Term of office Party
Jelle Zijlstra Dr.
Jelle Zijlstra
(1918–2001)
Prime Minister General Affairs 22 November 1966 –
5 April 1967
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Minister
Finance
Jan de Quay Dr.
Jan de Quay
(1901–1985)
Deputy
Prime Minister
Transport and
Water Management
22 November 1966 –
5 April 1967
Catholic
People's Party
Minister
Barend Biesheuvel Barend Biesheuvel
(1920–2001)
Deputy
Prime Minister
Agriculture and
Fisheries
24 July 1963 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Minister
Minister
Interior Suriname and
Netherlands
Antilles Affairs
Koos Verdam Dr.
Koos Verdam
(1915–1998)
Minister
Interior 5 September 1966 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Joseph Luns Joseph Luns
(1911–2002)
Minister
Foreign Affairs 13 October 1956 –
6 July 1971
[Retained]
Catholic
People's Party
Teun Struycken Teun Struycken
(1906–1977)
Minister
Justice 22 November 1966 –
5 April 1967
Catholic
People's Party
Joop Bakker Joop Bakker
(1921–2003)
Minister
Economic Affairs
22 November 1966 –
5 April 1967
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Piet de Jong Captain
Piet de Jong
(1915–2016)
Minister
Defence 24 July 1963 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Catholic
People's Party
Gerard Veldkamp Dr.
Gerard Veldkamp
(1921–1990)
Minister
Social Affairs
and Health
17 July 1961 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Catholic
People's Party
Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst Dr.
Isaäc Arend
Diepenhorst

(1916–2004)
Minister
Education and
Sciences
14 April 1965 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Herman Witte Herman Witte
(1909–1973)
Minister
Housing and
Spatial Planning
22 November 1966 –
5 April 1967
Catholic
People's Party
Marga Klompé Dr.
Marga Klompé
(1912–1986)
Minister
Culture, Recreation
and Social Work
22 November 1966 –
6 July 1971
[Continued]
Catholic
People's Party
Minister without portfolio Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) Term of office Party
Theo Bot Theo Bot
(1911–1984)
Minister Foreign Affairs Development
Cooperation
14 April 1965 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Catholic
People's Party
State Secretaries
Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) Term of office Party
Leo de Block Leo de Block
(1904–1988)
State Secretary
Foreign Affairs) European Union
Benelux
3 September 1963 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Catholic
People's Party
State Secretary
Transport and
Water Management
Public
Transport

Rail Transport
Weather
Forecasting
28 November 1966 –
5 April 1967
Louis van Son Louis van Son
(1922–1986)
State Secretary
Economic Affairs
Small and
Medium-sized
Businesses

Regional
Development
28 November 1966 –
6 July 1971
[Continued]
Catholic
People's Party
Gerard Peijnenburg Gerard
Peijnenburg

(1919–2000)
State Secretary
Defence Army 13 May 1965 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Independent
Christian Democratic
Catholic
Adri van Es Vice admiral
Adri van Es
(1913–1994)
Navy 14 August 1963 –
16 September 1972
[Retained] [Continued]
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Heije Schaper Lieutenant general
Heije Schaper
(1906–1996)
Air Force 22 June 1966 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Independent
Conservative Liberal
Louis Bartels Dr.
Louis Bartels
(1915–2002)
State Secretary
Social Affairs
and Health
Medical Ethics
3 September 1963 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Catholic
People's Party
José de Meijer Dr.
José de Meijer
(1915–2000)
Occupational
Safety

Public
Organisations
15 November 1963 –
5 April 1967
[Retained]
Catholic
People's Party
Hans Grosheide Hans Grosheide
(1930-2022)
State Secretary
Education and
Sciences
Primary
Education

Secondary
Education

Special
Education
3 September 1963 –
6 July 1971
[Retained] [Continued]
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Retained from the previous cabinet
Continued in the next cabinet

References

  1. ^ "Kabinetscrisis 1966: de Nacht van Schmelzer" (in Dutch). Parlement & Politiek. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Misschien waren we allebei teveel boekhouder'" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 12 September 1991. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Kabinet Zijlstra - Vijftig jaar geleden aangetreden" (in Dutch). Andere Tijden. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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