De Quay cabinet

De Quay cabinet
De Quay cabinet
; 48th Cabinet of the Netherlands
	The installation of the De Quay cabinet on 19 May 1959
Date formed	16 May 1959
Date dissolved	24 July 1963 ; (Demissionary from 15 May 1963)
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Juliana
Head of government	Jan de Quay
Deputy head of government	Henk Korthals
No. of ministers	14
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	16
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 Majority government
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Jaap Burger (1959–1962) ; Anne Vondeling (1962–1963)
History
Election	1959 election
Outgoing election	1963 election
Legislature terms	1959–63
Incoming formation	1959 formation
Outgoing formation	1963 formation
Predecessor	Second Beel cabinet
Successor	Marijnen cabinet

The De Quay cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 19 May 1959 until 24 July 1963. 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 election of 1959. The centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives.^[1]

Formation

Cabinet formation was again difficult due to the growing friction between Labour Party and the Catholic People's Party. Despite the fact that this was the first post-war cabinet with the right-wing VDD and without the socialist PvdA, it continued with the building up social security that was started after the war, made possible by the continually growing economy.

Term

The free Saturday was introduced (for civil servants, in 1961), as well as laws for education (mammoetwet), unemployment benefit (bijstandwet) and child benefit (kinderbijslagwet). Natural gas was discovered in Slochteren, which would later turn out to be one of the biggest gas reserves in the world and a major source of income for the Netherlands in the decades to come.

On 23 December 1960 the cabinet fell over extra public housing (woningwetwoningen), but Gaius de Gaay Fortman reconciled matters and the cabinet resumed on 2 January 1961.

In August/September 1962, New Guinea was handed over to Indonesia, under supervision of the UN.

Shortly after the installation of the new government, minister of defence Ven den Bergh resigned for personal reasons (family affairs with his United States wife and children). In 1962, the new minister of defence Visser also had to resign after protests against his dismissal of a critical civil servant. In 1961 minister Van Rooy of social affairs resigned after criticism of how he dealt with the new child benefit law. His post was taken over by former state secretary Veldkamp, whose now vacant former position in turn was taken over by Gijzels.

In 1963, a proposal to install commercial television was not accepted.

Cabinet Members

Ministers		Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"\|	Henk Korthals (1911–1976)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Transport and Water Management	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"\|	Edzo Toxopeus (1918–2009)	Minister	Interior	19 May 1959 – 14 April 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Minister	Finance	22 December 1958 – 24 July 1963 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Christian Historical Union/meta/color;"\|	Albert Beerman (1901–1967)	Minister	Justice	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Christian Historical Union
style="background:Template:Christian Historical Union/meta/color;"\|	Jan de Pous (1920–1996)	Minister	Economic Affairs	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Christian Historical Union
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"\|	Sidney J. van den Bergh (1898–1977)	Minister	Defence	19 May 1959 – 1 August 1959 ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985)			1 August 1959 – 4 September 1959 ^{[Ad interim]}	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"\|	Sim Visser (1908–1983)			4 September 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Charles van Rooy (1912–1996)	Minister	Social Affairs and Health	19 May 1959 – 3 July 1961 ^[Res]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)			3 July 1961 – 17 July 1961 ^{[Ad interim]}	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)			17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Jo Cals (1914–1971)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	2 September 1952 – 7 November 1961 ^[Retained] ^[Note]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)			7 November 1961 – 4 February 1962 ^{[Ad interim]}	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Jo Cals (1914–1971)			4 February 1962 – 23 April 1963 ^[Note]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)			23 April 1963 – 24 July 1963 ^{[Ad interim]}	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Jan van Aartsen (1909–1992)	Minister	Housing and Construction	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)	Minister	Social Work	13 October 1956 – 24 July 1963 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
Minister without portfolio		Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"\|	Henk Korthals (1911–1976)	Minister	Overseas Affairs (within Interior)	19 May 1959 – 1 September 1959	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs (within Interior)	Henk Korthals (1911–1976)	Minister	1 September 1959 – 24 July 1963		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
State Secretaries		Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008)	State Secretary	• Privatization Policy • Government Real Estate • Public Sector Organisations (within General Affairs)	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Theo Bot (1911–1984)	State Secretary	• New Guinea Political Affairs (within Interior)	23 November 1959 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Hans van Houten (1907–1996)	State Secretary	• European Affairs • NATO Affairs • Benelux Affairs • Development Cooperation • International Aviation Policy (within Foreign Affairs)	24 August 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Willem Hendrik van den Berge (1905–1987)	State Secretary	• Fiscal Affairs • Tax and Customs Administration (within Finance)	27 May 1959 – 14 April 1965	Independent Socialist (Social Democrat)
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	State Secretary	• Small Business Policy • Retail Policy • Competition Policy • Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	10 October 1952 – 17 July 1961 ^[Retained] ^[Appt]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Frans Gijzels (1911–1977)	State Secretary		14 September 1961 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Christian Historical Union/meta/color;"\|	Michael Calmeyer (1895–1990)	State Secretary	• Army • Air Force (within Defence)	19 June 1959 – 24 July 1963	Christian Historical Union
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	State Secretary	• Navy (within Defence)	25 June 1959 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Bauke Roolvink (1912–1979)	State Secretary	• Social Security • Unemployment Affairs • Occupational Safety • Social Services • Poverty Policy • Elderly Policy • Disability Affairs • Veteran Affairs (within Social Affairs and Health)	15 June 1959 – 24 July 1963	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Gerard Stubenrouch (1918–1962)	State Secretary	• Primary Education • Secondary Education • Special Education (within Education, Arts and Sciences)	16 June 1959 – 22 April 1962 ^[Died]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Harry Janssen (1910–1982)			4 June 1962 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Christian Historical Union/meta/color;"\|	Ynso Scholten (1918–1984)		• Youth Policy • Environmental Policy • Nature Policy • Media Affairs • Culture Policy • Arts Policy • Recreation Affairs • Sport (within Education, Arts and Sciences)	16 June 1959 – 24 July 1963	Christian Historical Union
style="background:Template:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy/meta/color;"\|	Eddie Stijkel (1918–1982)	State Secretary	• Transport Infrastructure • Aviation Infrastructure • Water Infrastructure • Public Transport • Postal Service • Weather Forecasting Service (within Transport and Water Management)	15 October 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Source: Template:Nl icon Rijksoverheid.nl

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.

^Appt Appointment: Gerard Veldkamp appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Health.

^Died Died in office.

^Note Medical leave of absence.

References

^ Template:Nl icon "Jan de Quay: politicus met een dubbel imago". Historiek. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

External links

Official

Template:Nl icon Kabinet-De Quay Parlement & Politiek
Template:Nl icon Kabinet-De Quay Rijksoverheid

[1] Template:Nl icon "Jan de Quay: politicus met een dubbel imago". Historiek. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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v t e De Quay cabinet (1959–1963)
Preceded: Second Beel cabinet Succeed: Marijnen cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan de Quay (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Henk Korthals (Transport and Water Management and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Edzo Toxopeus (Interior) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Jelle Zijlstra (Finance) Albert Beerman (Justice) Jan de Pous (Economic Affairs) Sidney J. van den Bergh (Defence) (1959) Jan de Quay (Defence) (Ad interim) Sim Visser (Defence) (from 1959) Charles van Rooy (Social Affairs and Health) (1959–1961) Victor Marijnen (Social Affairs and Health) (Ad interim) Gerard Veldkamp (Social Affairs and Health) (from 1961) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1959–1961) Marga Klompé (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1961–1962) (Ad interim) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1962–1963) Marga Klompé (Education, Arts and Sciences) (from 1963) (Ad interim) Victor Marijnen (Agriculture and Fisheries) Jan van Aartsen (Housing and Construction) Marga Klompé (Social Work)
State Secretaries	Norbert Schmelzer (General Affairs) Theo Bot (Interior) Hans van Houten (Foreign Affairs) Willem van den Berge (Finance) Gerard Veldkamp (Economic Affairs) (1959–1961) Frans Gijzels (Economic Affairs) (from 1961) Michael Calmeyer (Defence) Piet de Jong (Defence) Bauke Roolvink (Social Affairs and Health) Ynso Scholten (Education, Arts and Sciences) Gerard Stubenrouch (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1959–1962) (†) Harry Janssen (Education, Arts and Sciences) (from 1962) Eddie Stijkel (Transport and Water Management)