Third Van Agt cabinet

Third Van Agt cabinet
58th Cabinet of the Netherlands
Installation of the cabinet by Queen Beatrix at Huis ten Bosch on 29 May 1982
Date formed	29 May 1982 (1982-05-29)
Date dissolved	4 November 1982 (1982-11-04) 159 days in office (Demissionary from 8 September 1982 (1982-09-08))
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Beatrix
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Deputy Prime Minister	Jan Terlouw
No. of ministers	14
Member party	Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) Democrats 66 (D'66)
Status in legislature	Centrist Minority government (Caretaker/Rump)
History
Outgoing election	1982 election
Legislature terms	1981–1982
Outgoing formation	1982 formation
Predecessor	Second Van Agt cabinet
Successor	First Lubbers cabinet

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The Third Van Agt cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 29 May 1982 until 4 November 1982. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the social-liberal Democrats 66 (D'66) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Van Agt II. The caretaker rump cabinet was a centrist coalition and had a minority in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Dries van Agt continuing as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Progressive-Liberal Leader Jan Terlouw continued as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs from previous cabinet.

The cabinet served in the early years of the economic expansion of the 1980s. Domestically its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1982, and it had to deal with a growing inflation following the recession in the 1980s and the Cent was removed as an active currency. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the First Lubbers cabinet.^[1]