Second Rutte cabinet Rutte–Asscher cabinet | |
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Date formed | 5 November 2012 |
Date dissolved | 26 October 2017 4 years, 355 days in office (Demissionary from 14 March 2017 ) |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Queen Beatrix (2012–2013) King Willem-Alexander (2013–2017) |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Deputy Prime Minister | Lodewijk Asscher |
No. of ministers | 13 |
Ministers removed | 4 |
Total no. of members | 17 |
Member party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Labour Party (PvdA) |
Status in legislature | Centrist Majority government (Grand coalition/Purple) 79/150 (52.6%)
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History | |
Election | 2012 election |
Outgoing election | 2017 election |
Legislature terms | 2012–2017 |
Incoming formation | 2012 formation |
Outgoing formation | 2017 formation |
Predecessor | First Rutte cabinet |
Successor | Third Rutte cabinet |
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The second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet, was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 2012. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives. VVD Leader Mark Rutte served as Prime Minister; prominent PvdA politician Lodewijk Asscher, a former alderman of Amsterdam, served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.
The cabinet served in the middle of the 2010s. Domestically, it had to deal with the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, in which 193 Dutch citizens on board were killed when that civilian aircraft was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile; while internationally, climate change was a major point of attention. The cabinet suffered several major internal conflicts such as multiple cabinet resignations, including those of two Justice Ministers. The cabinet completed its entire term, and was succeeded by the third Rutte cabinet following the 2017 election. Having spent four years and 355 days in office, it is the longest-serving post-war cabinet in the Netherlands.[1]
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