Second Biesheuvel cabinet

Second Biesheuvel cabinet
Second Biesheuvel cabinet
	; 54th Cabinet of the Netherlands
	The members of the Second Biesheuvel cabinet in the House of Representatives on 17 August 1972
Date formed	9 August 1972
Date dissolved	11 May 1973 ; (Demissionary from 29 November 1972)
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Juliana
Head of government	Barend Biesheuvel
Deputy head of government	Roelof Nelissen ; Molly Geertsema
No. of ministers	14
Total no. of members	14
Member party	Catholic People's Party ; (KVP) ; People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy ; (VVD) ; Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (ARP) ; Christian Historical Union ; (CHU)
Status in legislature	Centre-right Caretaker government
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Joop den Uyl
History
Election(s)	1971 election
Outgoing election	1972 election
Legislature term(s)	1971–1972
Incoming formation	1971 formation
Outgoing formation	1972–1973 formation
Predecessor	First Biesheuvel cabinet
Successor	Den Uyl cabinet

The Second Biesheuvel cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 9 August 1972 until 11 May 1973. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Catholic People's Party (KVP), People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the resignation of the First Biesheuvel cabinet. The centre-right rump cabinet served as a caretaker government until the election of 1972.[1]

Formation

Following the fall of the First Biesheuvel cabinet the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union formed a Rump cabinet. Because the following negotiations for forming the next cabinet took rather long, the cabinet took further reaching decisions than a caretaker cabinet is usually supposed to do.

Cabinet Members

Ministers		Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
	Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Roelof Nelissen (1931–2019)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Finance	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
	Molly Geertsema (1918–1991)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Interior	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
	Dries van Agt (born 1931)	Minister	Justice	6 July 1971 – 8 September 1977 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
	Harrie Langman (1931–2016)	Minister	Economic Affairs	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Hans de Koster (1914–1992)	Minister	Defence	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Dr. Louis Stuyt (1914–2000)	Minister	Health and Environment	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
	Jaap Boersma (1929–2012)	Minister	Social Affairs	6 July 1971 – 19 December 1977 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Chris van Veen (1922–2009)	Minister	Education and Sciences	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Christian Historical Union
	Bé Udink (1926–2016)	Minister	Transport and Water Management	21 July 1972 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Christian Historical Union
	Bé Udink (1926–2016)	Minister	Housing and Spatial Planning	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Christian Historical Union
	Pierre Lardinois (1924–1987)	Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries	5 April 1967 – 1 January 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Appt]	Catholic People's Party
	Jaap Boersma (1929–2012)	Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries	1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973 ^{[Ad interim]}	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Piet Engels (1923–1994)	Minister	Culture, Recreation and Social Work	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
Ministers without portfolio		Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
	Pierre Lardinois (1924–1987)	Minister	Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs (within Interior)	28 January 1972 – 1 January 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Appt]	Catholic People's Party
	Molly Geertsema (1918–1991)	Minister		1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Dr. Kees Boertien (1927–2002)	Minister	Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Chris van Veen (1922–2009)	Minister	Higher Education and Science Policy (within Education and Sciences)	21 July 1972 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Christian Historical Union
State Secretaries		Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
	Tjerk Westerterp (born 1930)	State Secretary	• European Affairs • NATO Affairs • Benelux Affairs (within Foreign Affairs)	17 August 1971 – 7 March 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	Catholic People's Party
	Willem Scholten (1927–2005)	State Secretary	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration (within Finance)	14 July 1971 – 19 March 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	Christian Historical Union
	Fons van der Stee (1928–1999)	State Secretary	• Local Government Finances • National Mint • Gambling Policy • State Lottery (within Finance)	14 July 1971 – 12 March 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	Catholic People's Party
	Hans Grosheide (born 1930)	State Secretary	• Integration • Immigration • Asylum Affairs • Privacy Policy • Prison Administration • Youth Justice • Rehabilitation • Prevention (within Justice)	28 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Jan Oostenbrink (born 1936)	State Secretary	• Small Business Policy • Retail Policy • Consumer Protection • Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	17 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
	Adri van Es (1913–1994)	State Secretary	• Personnel Affairs • Equipment Policy • Veteran Affairs (within Defence)	14 August 1963 – 16 September 1972 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Koos Rietkerk (1927–1986)	State Secretary	• Social Security • Unemployment Affairs • Occupational Safety (within Social Affairs)	28 July 1971 – 23 April 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Kees Schelfhout (1918–1983)	State Secretary	• Special Education • Early Childhood Education (within Education and Sciences)	28 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
	Dr. Roelof Kruisinga (1922–2012)	State Secretary	• Transport Infrastructure • Water Infrastructure • Public Transport • Postal Service • Weather Forecasting Service • Environmental Remediation (within Transport and Water Management)	28 July 1971 – 20 March 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	Christian Historical Union
	Werner Buck (1925–2010)	State Secretary	• Urban Planning • Public Housing • Spatial Planning (within Housing and Spatial Planning)	17 August 1971 – 11 May 1973 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
	Henk Vonhoff (1931–2010)	State Secretary	• Social Services • Youth Policy • Poverty Policy • Environmental Policy • Nature Policy • Media Affairs • Culture Policy • Arts Policy • Recreation Affairs • Sport (within Culture, Recreation and Social Work)	28 July 1971 – 23 April 1973 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Source: (in Dutch) Rijksoverheid

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.

^Appt Appointment: Pierre Lardinois appointed European Commissioner.

References

"Ideeën van Drees jr. waren te afwijkend" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 8 September 1998. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Kabinet-Biesheuvel I en II Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Kabinet-Biesheuvel Rijksoverheid

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[1] "Ideeën van Drees jr. waren te afwijkend" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 8 September 1998. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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Second Biesheuvel cabinet (1972–1973)
Preceded: First Biesheuvel cabinet Succeed: Den Uyl cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harrie Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management and Housing and Spatial Planning) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1972–1973) Jaap Boersma (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Pierre Lardinois (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1972–1973) Molly Geertsema (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1973) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy)
State Secretaries	Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Jan Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) (1972) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)