Cals cabinet

{{Main|1965 Dutch cabinet formation}}

After the fall of the Marijnen cabinet, the confessional parties did not want snap elections because those could centre on the introduction of commercial television, the issue that led to the fall of the former cabinet. So a new cabinet was formed on the basis of the existing situation. A continuation of the Marijnen cabinet was considered to have too narrow a basis, so PvdA was asked to join in. As a result, CHU stepped out. But previous frictions between PvdA and KVP were overcome because there was a desire to form a cabinet fast, which was indeed done, in just over a month.

After two decades of economic growth, this cabinet experienced a slight recession. Plans to build sports halls, roads and houses had to be tempered. In Limburg the coal mines were closed, and plans were devised to educate and re-employ the former miners.

There was also social unrest, which became apparent in the Provo movement, construction worker protests, riots over the marriage of Princess Beatrix in Amsterdam and the rise of new parties: the Farmers' Party (BP), the Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP), the Reformed Political League (GPV) and the Democrats 66 (D'66). The last party, especially, wished to change the political order..

On 14 October 1966 Norbert Schmelzer the Leader of the Catholic People's Party and Parliamentary leader of the Catholic People's Party in the House of Representatives proposed a Motion of no confidence against the cabinet and Prime Minister Jo Cals. A shocking and surprised action in Dutch politics, it marked the first time that a motion of no confidence was proposed against a cabinet of the same party. The cabinet resigned that evening.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/andere-tijden/afleveringen/2001-2002/50-Jaar-Televisie.html De Nacht van Schmelzer], Geschiedenis24, 15 October 2001{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9291000/modulesf/g1ibk1hl Kabinetscrisis 1966: de Nacht van Schmelzer], Parlement & Politiek, 24 December 2008{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.histotheek.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1602&Itemid=75 De Nacht van Schmelzer (1966)], Histotheek.nl, 9 March 2010

On 5 February 1966 State Secretary for Defense for Air Force Affairs Jan Borghouts (KVP) died following a debilitating disease at the age of 55. On 22 June 1966 former Chairman of the United Defence Staff lieutenant general Heije Schaper, who until then had been working as Chief Adjutant in extraordinary service to Queen Juliana was installed as his successor.

On 31 August 1966 Minister of the Interior Jan Smallenbroek (ARP) resigned after he was involved in a traffic incident while driving under the influence. Minister of Justice Ivo Samkalden (PvdA) served as acting Minister of the Interior until 5 September 1966 when Koos Verdam (ARP), who until then had been working as a professor of Roman and International Private Law at the VU University Amsterdam was appointed as his successor.

File:Staatsbezoek president Nyerere van Tanzania. Op vliegveld Soesterberg, vlnr Luns, Bestanddeelnr 917-6689.jpg, Prime Minister Jo Cals, President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere and Prince Bernhard at Soesterberg Air Base on 21 April 1965.]]

File:Minister Luns , Averill Hariman (Links) op zijn departement ontvangen, Hariman (, Bestanddeelnr 918-1380.jpg W. Averell Harriman and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Luns at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 3 September 1965.]]

File:West-Duitse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Schröder in gesprek met minister Lun, Bestanddeelnr 918-4029.jpg Hendrik Fayat, West-German Minister for Foreign Affairs Gerhard Schröder and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Luns at a Western European Union conference in Brussels on 4 November 1965.]]

File:Mevrouw Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit en minister president Cals in gesprek, Bestanddeelnr 918-4415.jpg and Prime Minister Jo Cals at the Catshuis on 12 November 1965.]]

File:Receptie op Catshuis, Minister President Cals (rechts) gesprek met Alain Poher e, Bestanddeelnr 919-1891.jpg Alain Poher and Prime Minister Jo Cals at the Catshuis on 24 May 1966.]]

File:Russen te gast op Catshuis, rechts naast Cals de Russisch ambassadeur de heer To, Bestanddeelnr 919-3094.jpg and Prime Minister Jo Cals at the Catshuis on 30 June 1966.]]

File:President Bourguiba in het Catshuis, nummer 28 v.l.n.r. Luns, Bourguiba en Cals, Bestanddeelnr 919-3317.jpg, President of Tunisia Habib Bourguiba and Prime Minister Jo Cals at the Catshuis on 7 July 1966.]]

File:Vergaderingen, ministers, buitenlandse betrekkingen, Buono Hamengkoe, Luns, JA, Bestanddeelnr 083-0729.jpg, Indonesian Minister for Economic Affairs Hamengkubuwono IX and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Luns at the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague on 5 September 1966.]]

:{{note_label|Resigned|Resigned}}

:{{note_label|Retained|Retained from the previous cabinet}}

:{{note_label|Continued|Continued in the next cabinet}}

:{{note_label|Acting|Acting}}

:{{note_label|Ad Interim|Ad Interim}}

:{{note_label|Died|Died in Office}}

:{{note_label|Note|Medical leave of absence from 1 May 1966 until 30 June 1966}}

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• {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.parlement.com/id/vh8lnhronvwc/kabinet_cals_1965_1966 Kabinet-Cals] Parlement & Politiek
• {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/regering/over-de-regering/kabinetten-sinds-1945/kabinet-cals Kabinet-Cals] Rijksoverheid

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