Drees–Van Schaik cabinet

Drees–Van Schaik cabinet First Drees cabinet
43rd Cabinet of the Netherlands
The members of the Drees–Van Schaik cabinet in the House of Representatives on 10 December 1948
Date formed	7 August 1948 (1948-08-07)
Date dissolved	15 March 1951 (1951-03-15) (Demissionary from 24 January 1951 (1951-01-24))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina (1948) Queen Juliana (1948–1951)
Head of government	Willem Drees
Deputy head of government	Josef van Schaik
No. of ministers	15
Ministers removed	3
Total no. of members	18
Member party	Catholic People's Party (KVP) Labour Party (PvdA) Christian Historical Union (CHU) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
Status in legislature	Grand coalition (Roman/Red)
Opposition party	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Opposition leader	Jan Schouten
History
Election	1948 election
Legislature terms	1948–1952
Incoming formation	1948 formation
Outgoing formation	1951 formation
Predecessor	First Beel cabinet
Successor	First Drees cabinet

The Drees–Van Schaik cabinet, also called the First Drees cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 7 August 1948 until 15 March 1951. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Catholic People's Party (KVP), Labour Party (PvdA), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the election of 1948. The grand coalition (Roman/Red) cabinet was a majority cabinet in the House of Representatives.

Term

This coalition had a 76% representation in the second chamber of parliament. It had to have a broad basis for the change in constitution that was required to make the Dutch East Indies independent, resulting in the new country Indonesia (in December 1949). In 1948 a second politionele actie (litt: politional action, but actually a military intervention) was embarked upon, but ended under international pressure. The rejection of a VVD-motion over New Guinea in 1951 led to the fall of the cabinet. However, no elections were held and a new cabinet was formed with the same parties, Drees I.

In 1949, the Netherlands entered the NATO. In the same year several alterations of the German border took place.

Cabinet members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Dr. Willem Drees (1886–1988)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	7 August 1948 – 22 December 1958	Labour Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Josef van Schaik (1882–1962)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Constitutional Reform (within Interior)	7 August 1948 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)	Minister	Interior	7 August 1948 – 15 June 1949 [Appt]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Josef van Schaik (1882–1962)			15 June 1949 – 20 September 1949 [Ad interim]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Frans Teulings (1891–1966)			20 September 1949 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"|		Dirk Stikker (1897–1979)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	7 August 1948 – 2 September 1952	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Dr. Piet Lieftinck (1902–1989)	Minister	Finance	25 June 1945 – 1 July 1952 [Retained]	Labour Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		René Wijers (1891–1973)	Minister	Justice	7 August 1948 – 15 May 1950 [Res]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)			15 May 1950 – 10 July 1950 [Ad interim]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Teun Struycken (1906–1977)			10 July 1950 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Jan van den Brink (1915–2006)	Minister	Economic Affairs	20 January 1948 – 2 September 1952 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Christian Historical Union/meta/color;"|		Wim Schokking (1900–1960)	Minister	War and Navy	7 August 1948 – 16 October 1950 [Res]	Christian Historical Union
style="background:Template:Independent Protestant (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Hans s'Jacob (1906–1967)			16 October 1950 – 15 March 1951	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Dr. Dolf Joekes (1885–1962)	Minister	Social Affairs	7 August 1948 – 15 September 1951	Labour Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Theo Rutten (1899–1980)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	7 August 1948 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Josef van Schaik (1882–1962)	Minister	Transport and Water Management	7 August 1948 – 1 November 1948 [Ad interim]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Independent Protestant (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Derk Spitzen (1896–1957)			1 November 1948 – 15 March 1951	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Sicco Mansholt (1908–1995)	Minister	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies	25 June 1945 – 1 January 1958 [Retained]	Labour Party
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Dr. Joris in 't Veld (1895–1981)	Minister	Reconstruction and Housing	1 March 1948 – 2 September 1952 [Retained]	Labour Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Maan Sassen (1911–1995)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	7 August 1948 – 14 February 1949 [Res]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)			14 February 1949 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party
Minister without portfolio			Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Independent Protestant (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Lubbertus Götzen (1894–1979)	Minister	Colonial Policy (within Colonial Affairs)	11 November 1947 – 15 March 1951 [Retained]	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)
State Secretaries			Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"|		Nico Blom (1899–1972)	State Secretary	• Indonesian Political Affairs (within Foreign Affairs)	16 February 1950 – 2 September 1952	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Wim van der Grinten (1913–1994)	State Secretary	• Small Business Policy • Retail Policy • Public Sector Organisations (within Economic Affairs)	29 January 1949 – 15 March 1951	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"|		Wim Fockema Andreae (1909–1996)	State Secretary	• Army • Air Force (within War)	1 May 1949 – 27 November 1950 [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Harry Moorman (1899–1971)			27 November 1950 – 1 June 1951	Catholic People's Party
• Navy (within Navy)				1 May 1949 – 19 May 1959
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986)	State Secretary	• Social Security • Unemployment Affairs • Occupational Safety • Social Services • Poverty Policy (within Social Affairs)	15 February 1950 – 15 September 1951	Labour Party
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"|		Dr. Piet Muntendam (1901–1986)		• Elderly Policy • Disability Affairs • Veteran Affairs • Minority Affairs • Medical Ethics Policy (within Social Affairs)	1 April 1950 – 15 September 1951	Labour Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Jo Cals (1914–1971)	State Secretary	• Youth Policy • Environmental Policy • Nature Policy • Media Affairs • Culture Policy • Arts Policy • Recreation Affairs • Sport (within Education, Arts and Sciences)	15 March 1950 – 2 September 1952	Catholic People's Party
Source: (in Dutch) Rijksoverheid

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.

^Appt Appointment: Johan van Maarseveen appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs.

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Drees I Parlement & Politiek
• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Drees-Van Schaik Rijksoverheid