Second Beel cabinet
Second Beel cabinet | |
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Cabinet of the Netherlands | |
First meeting of the cabinet in the Trêveszaal on 23 December 1958 | |
Date formed | 22 December 1958 (1958-12-22) |
Date dissolved | 19 May 1959 (1959-05-19) 148 days in office (Demissionary from 12 March 1959 (1959-03-12)) |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Queen Juliana |
Prime Minister | Louis Beel |
Deputy Prime Minister | Teun Struycken |
No. of ministers | 10 |
Member party | Catholic People's Party (KVP) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU) |
Status in legislature | Centre-right Majority government (Caretaker) |
History | |
Outgoing election | 1959 election |
Legislature terms | 1956–1959 |
Incoming formation | 1958 formation |
Outgoing formation | 1959 formation |
Predecessor | Third Drees cabinet |
Successor | De Quay cabinet |
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The second Beel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 22 December 1958 until 19 May 1959. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the fall of the previous Third Drees cabinet. The caretaker cabinet was a centre-right coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives with former Catholic Prime Minister Louis Beel returning as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health. Prominent Catholic politician Teun Struycken continued as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Organisations from previous cabinet and dual served as Minister of Justice.
The cabinet served during final years of the turbulent 1950s. Domestically its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1959. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the De Quay cabinet.[1]
Formation
On 11 December 1958 the Third Drees cabinet fell after a crises between the Labour Party and the Catholic People's Party over the prolonging for a proposed tax increase from the initial two years to only one fiscal year. Following the fall of the cabinet the Labour Party left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union formed a rump cabinet. Former Prime Minister Louis Beel was appointed as Prime Minister on 22 December 1958.
Cabinet Members
Ministers | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | ||||
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Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977) | Prime Minister | General Affairs | 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 | Catholic People's Party | |||
Minister | Social Affairs and Health | ||||||
Teun Struycken (1906–1977) | Deputy Prime Minister | Interior, Property and Public Organisations | 29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Catholic People's Party | |||
Minister | |||||||
Minister | Justice | 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 | |||||
Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | Minister | Foreign Affairs | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 [Retained] [Continued] | Catholic People's Party | |||
Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | Minister | Finance | 22 December 1958 – 24 July 1963 [Continued] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||
Minister | Economic Affairs | 2 September 1952 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | |||||
Kees Staf (1905–1973) | Minister | War and Navy | 15 March 1951 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Christian Historical Union | |||
Minister | Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies | 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 | |||||
Jo Cals (1914–1971) | Minister | Education, Arts and Sciences | 2 September 1952 – 24 July 1963 [Retained] [Continued] | Catholic People's Party | |||
Jan van Aartsen (1909–1992) | Minister | Transport and Water Management | 1 November 1958 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||
Herman Witte (1909–1973) | Minister | Housing and Construction | 2 September 1952 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Catholic People's Party | |||
Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) | Minister | Social Work | 13 October 1956 – 24 July 1963 [Retained] [Continued] | Catholic People's Party | |||
Gerard Helders (1905–2013) | Minister | Colonial Affairs | 16 February 1957 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Christian Historical Union | |||
State Secretaries | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | ||||
Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008) | State Secretary | Interior, Property and Public Organisations | • Public Organisations | 29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Catholic People's Party | ||
Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990) | State Secretary | Economic Affairs | • Small and Medium-sized Businesses • Consumer Protection • Tourism | 10 October 1952 – 17 July 1961 [Retained] [Continued] | Catholic People's Party | ||
Vice admiral Harry Moorman (1899–1971) | State Secretary | Navy | • Navy | 1 May 1949 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Catholic People's Party | ||
René Höppener (1903–1983) | State Secretary | Education, Arts and Sciences | • Youth Care • Nature • Media • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport | 12 November 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained] | Catholic People's Party |
- Retained from the previous cabinet
- Continued in the next cabinet
References
- Four cabinet members would later be granted the honorary title of Minister of State: Louis Beel (1956), Jelle Zijlstra (1983), Jo Cals (1966) and Marga Klompé (1971).
References
- ^ "Coalities tussen sociaaldemocraten en confessionelen" (in Dutch). Historisch Nieuwsblad. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
External links
- Official
- (in Dutch) Kabinet-Beel II Parlement & Politiek
- (in Dutch) Kabinet-Beel II Rijksoverheid