Zijlstra cabinet

Zijlstra cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
The first meeting of the incoming Zijlstra cabinet on 21 November 1966
Date formed22 November 1966 (1966-11-22)
Date dissolved5 April 1967 (1967-04-05)
134 days in office
(Demissionary from 15 February 1967 (1967-02-15))
People and organisations
MonarchQueen Juliana
Prime MinisterJelle Zijlstra
Deputy Prime MinisterJan de Quay
Barend Biesheuvel
No. of ministers13
Member partyCatholic People's Party
(KVP)
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(ARP)
Status in legislatureCentrist
Minority government
(Caretaker/Rump)
History
Outgoing election1967 election
Legislature terms1963–1967
Incoming formation1966 formation
Outgoing formation1967 formation
PredecessorCals cabinet
SuccessorDe Jong cabinet

The Zijlstra cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Cals. The caretaker rump cabinet was a centrist coalition and had a minority in the House of Representatives with former Protestant Leader Jelle Zijlstra a former Minister of Finance serving as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Finance. Former Catholic Prime Minister Jan de Quay served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Water Management, Protestant Leader Barend Biesheuvel continued as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the responsibility for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs from previous cabinet.

The cabinet served in the middle of the tumultuous 1960s, domestically it had to deal with the counterculture and its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1967. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the De Jong cabinet.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Kabinetscrisis 1966: de Nacht van Schmelzer" (in Dutch). Parlement & Politiek. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Misschien waren we allebei teveel boekhouder'" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 12 September 1991. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Kabinet Zijlstra - Vijftig jaar geleden aangetreden" (in Dutch). Andere Tijden. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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