Zijlstra cabinet

Zijlstra cabinet
51st Cabinet of the Netherlands
The first meeting of the incoming Zijlstra cabinet on 21 November 1966
Date formed	22 November 1966 (1966-11-22)
Date dissolved	5 April 1967 (1967-04-05)
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Juliana
Head of government	Jelle Zijlstra
Deputy head of government	Jan de Quay Barend Biesheuvel
No. of ministers	13
Member party	Catholic People's Party (KVP) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP)
Status in legislature	Centre-right Caretaker government
Opposition party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Opposition leader	Edzo Toxopeus
History
Outgoing election	1967 election
Legislature terms	1963–1967
Incoming formation	1966 formation
Outgoing formation	1967 formation
Predecessor	Cals cabinet
Successor	De Jong cabinet

The Zijlstra cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) following the fall of the Cals cabinet on 14 October 1966. The centre-right rump cabinet served as a caretaker government until the election of 1967. Jelle Zijlstra (ARP) was Prime Minister, Jan de Quay (KVP) and Barend Biesheuvel (ARP) served as Deputy Prime Ministers.

Formation

Following the fall of the Cals cabinet the Labour Party (PvdA) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party and the Anti-Revolutionary Party formed a Rump cabinet.

Term

Such a transitional cabinet is not supposed to take important decisions, but it still resolved the issue over the introduction of commercial television, which had been a major issue in the two previous cabinets, with the omroepwet, which allowed commercial blocks on public television (between shows), despite protests by VVD and part of CHU.

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister			Finance
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Transport and Water Management	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries	24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Koos Verdam (1915–1998)	Minister	Interior	5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
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:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	Minister	Justice	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Joop Bakker (1921–2003)	Minister	Economic Affairs	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	Minister	Defence	24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	Minister	Social Affairs and Health	17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (1916–2004)	Minister	Education and Sciences	14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Herman Witte (1909–1973)	Minister	Housing and Spatial Planning	22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)	Minister	Culture, Recreation and Social Work	22 November 1966 – 6 July 1971	Catholic People's Party
Ministers without portfolio			Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Theo Bot (1911–1984)	Minister	Aid to Developing Countries (within Foreign Affairs)	14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Minister	Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs (within Interior)	24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
State Secretaries			Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Leo de Block (1904–1988)	State Secretary	• European Affairs • NATO Affairs • Benelux Affairs • United Nations Affairs • International Aviation Policy (within Foreign Affairs)	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
State Secretary			• Aviation Infrastructure • Postal Service • Weather Forecasting Service (within Transport and Water Management)	28 November 1966 – 5 April 1967
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Louis van Son (1922–1986)	State Secretary	• International Trade • Export Promotion • Small Business Policy • Retail Policy • Competition Policy • Regional Development • Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	28 November 1966 – 6 July 1971	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"|		Gerard Peijnenburg (1911–2002)	State Secretary	• Army (within Defence)	13 May 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Independent Christian Democrat (Catholic)
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Vice admiral Adri van Es (1913–1994)		• Navy (within Defence)	14 August 1963 – 16 September 1972 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"|		Heije Schaper (1906–1996)		• Air Force (within Defence)	22 June 1966 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000)	State Secretary	• Social Security • Unemployment Affairs • Occupational Safety • Social Services • Poverty Policy • Public Sector Organisations (within Social Affairs and Health)	15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"|		Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002)	State Secretary	• Elderly Policy • Disability Affairs • Veteran Affairs • Medical Ethics Policy (within Social Affairs and Health)	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"|		Hans Grosheide (born 1930)	State Secretary	• Primary Education • Secondary Education • Special Education (within Education and Sciences)	3 September 1963 – 6 July 1971 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Source: Template:Nl icon Rijksoverheid

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

Living cabinet members

• As of 2024, the following cabinet member is still alive:
  • State Secretary
    • Hans Grosheide – (1930-08-06) 6 August 1930

External links

Official

• Template:Nl icon Kabinet-Zijlstra Parlement & Politiek
• Template:Nl icon Kabinet-Zijlstra Rijksoverheid