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First Beel cabinet

42nd Cabinet of the Netherlands
The first meeting of the First Beel cabinet on 3 July 1946
Date formed3 July 1946 (1946-07-03)
Date dissolved7 August 1948 (1948-08-07)
(Demissionary from 7 July 1948 (1948-07-07))
People and organisations
Head of stateQueen Wilhelmina
Head of governmentLouis Beel
Deputy head of governmentWillem Drees
No. of ministers17
Ministers removed5
Total no. of members19
Member partyCatholic People's Party
(KVP)
Labour Party
(PvdA)
Status in legislatureGrand coalition (Roman/Red)
Opposition partyAnti-Revolutionary Party
Opposition leaderJan Schouten
History
Election1946 election
Outgoing election1948 election
Legislature terms1946–1948
Incoming formation1946 formation
Outgoing formation1948 formation
PredecessorSchermerhorn–Drees cabinet
SuccessorDrees–Van Schaik cabinet
Part of the Politics series
Politics of the Netherlands
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The First Beel cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 3 July 1946 until 7 August 1948/ The cabinet was formed by the political parties Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 1946. It was the first democratically elected cabinet formed after the end of World War II.The grand coalition (Roman/Red) cabinet was a majority cabinet in the House of Representatives.[1]

Term

A major issue was the independence of the Dutch East Indies. This required a change in the constitution. In November 1946 the Linggadjati Agreement was signed, but different interpretations led to Dutch military intervention (politionele acties). Under international pressure through the UN, this ended and negotiations restarted, ultimaltely resulting in the new country Indonesia, but only under the next cabinet, Drees I. An important new law was the 'Noodwet Ouderdomsvoorziening' by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs Willem Drees.

Cabinet Members

Ministers Title/Ministry Term of office Party
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"| Louis Beel Dr.
Louis Beel
(1902–1977) 		Prime Minister 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948 		Catholic People's Party
General Affairs 13 October 1947 –
7 August 1948
Minister Interior 23 February 1945 –
15 September 1947
[Retained]
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Willem Drees Willem Drees
(1886–1988) 		Deputy Prime Minister /
Minister 		Social Affairs 25 June 1945 –
7 August 1948
[Retained] 		Labour Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"| Piet Witteman Dr.
Piet Witteman
(1892–1972) 		Minister Interior 15 September 1947 –
7 August 1948 		Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout Baron
Pim van Boetzelaer
van Oosterhout
(1892–1986) 		Minister Foreign Affairs 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948 		Independent
Liberal
(Conservative Liberal)
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Piet Lieftinck 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;"| Johan van Maarseveen Johan van Maarseveen
(1894–1951) 		Minister Justice 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948 		Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"| Gerardus Huysmans Dr.
Gerardus Huysmans
(1902–1948) 		Minister Economic Affairs 3 July 1946 –
14 January 1948
[Res] 		Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Sicco Mansholt Sicco Mansholt
(1908–1995) 		14 January 1948 –
21 January 1948
[Ad interim] 		Labour Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"| Jan van den Brink Dr.
Jan van den Brink
(1915–2006) 		21 January 1948 –
2 September 1952 		Catholic People's Party
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"| Alexander Fiévez Lieutenant colonel
Alexander Fiévez
(1902–1949) 		Minister War 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948 		Catholic People's Party
Navy 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1946
[Ad interim]
25 November 1947 –
7 August 1948
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| Jules Schagen van Leeuwen Jules Schagen
van Leeuwen
(1896–1976) 		7 August 1946 –
25 November 1947
[Res] 		Independent
Conservative
(Social Conservative)
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"| Jos Gielen Dr.
Jos Gielen
(1898–1981) 		Minister Education, Arts
and Sciences 		3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948 		Catholic People's Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Hein Vos Hein Vos
(1903–1972) 		Minister Transport 3 July 1946 –
1 March 1947 		Labour Party
Transport and
Water Management 		1 March 1947 –
7 August 1948
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Sicco Mansholt Sicco Mansholt
(1908–1995) 		Minister Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food Supplies 		25 June 1945 –
1 January 1958
[Retained] 		Labour Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| Johan Ringers Dr.
Johan Ringers
(1885–1965) 		Minister Public Works and
Reconstruction 		25 June 1945 –
15 November 1946
[Retained] [Res] 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Hein Vos Hein Vos
(1900–1972) 		15 November 1946 –
3 March 1947
[Ad interim] 		Labour Party
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Lambertus Neher Lambertus Neher
(1899–1967) 		Reconstruction and
Housing 		3 March 1947 –
1 March 1948
[Res] 		Labour Party
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Joris in 't Veld Dr.
Joris in 't Veld
(1895–1981) 		1 March 1948 –
2 September 1952 		Labour Party
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"| Jan Jonkman Jan Jonkman
(1891–1976) 		Minister Colonial Affairs 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948 		Labour Party
Ministers without portfolio Title/Portfolio/Ministry Term of office Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| Eelco van Kleffens Eelco van Kleffens
(1894–1983) 		Minister United Nations Affairs

(within Foreign Affairs) 		1 March 1946 –
1 July 1947
[Retained] [Res] 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| Lubbertus Götzen Lubbertus Götzen
(1894–1979) 		Minister Colonial Policy

(within Colonial Affairs) 		11 November 1947 –
15 March 1951 		Independent
Christian Democrat
(Protestant)
Source: Template:Nl icon Rijksoverheid
Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.
Res Resigned.
Ad interim Served ad interim.

References

  1. ^ Template:Nl icon "Coalities tussen sociaaldemocraten en confessionelen". Historisch Nieuwsblad. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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