Fourth Colijn cabinet

{{Infobox government cabinet

| cabinet_name = Fourth Colijn cabinet

| cabinet_type =

| jurisdiction = the Netherlands

| flag = Flag of the Netherlands.svg

| flag_border = true

| incumbent =

| image = Kabinet 1937 - SFA001002657.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Meeting of the Fourth Colijn cabinet in 1937

| image2 =

| image_size2 =

| date_formed = {{Start date|1937|06|24|df=y}}

| date_dissolved = {{End date|1939|07|25|df=y}}
(Demissionary from {{Start date|1939|06|29|df=y}})

| government_head = Hendrikus Colijn

| government_head_history =

| deputy_government_head =

| state_head = Queen Wilhelmina

| members_number = 11

| former_members_number = 1

| total_number =

| political_party = Roman Catholic State Party
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Christian Historical Union

| legislature_status = Right-wing majority government

| opposition_party =

| opposition_leader =

| election = 1937 general election

| last_election =

| legislature_term = 1937–1946

| incoming_formation =

| outgoing_formation =

| previous = Third Colijn cabinet

| successor = Fifth Colijn cabinet

}}

{{Politics of the Netherlands}}

The Fourth Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 24 June 1937 until 25 July 1939. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the 1937 general election. The right-wing cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. It was the fourth of five cabinets of Hendrikus Colijn, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Chairman of the Council of Ministers.{{cite book|author1=Herman Langeveld|title=Hendrikus Colijn 1869-1944 Deel II 1933-1944: Schipper naast God|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=enJgBgAAQBAJ&q=Hendrikus+Colijn+1869-1944|year=1998|publisher=Balans|isbn=9789460034480|page=6}}{{cite web|url=https://historiek.net/hendrikus-colijn-premier-crisisjaren/69176/|title=Hendrikus Colijn (1869-1944) – Premier tijdens de crisisjaren 1930|publisher=Historiek|date=23 May 2017|access-date=10 July 2018|language=nl}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn2/colijn|title=Colijn, Hendrikus (1869-1944)|publisher=Resources Huygens|date=10 July 2006|access-date=10 July 2018|language=nl}}{{cite web|url=https://www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/nl/artikel/41761/hendrikus-colijn.html|title=Hendrikus Colijn|publisher=Historisch Nieuwsblad|date=10 November 2017|access-date=10 July 2018|language=nl}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dehsvl.nl/formeren-kun-je-leren/|title=Formeren kun je leren|publisher=Historische Studievereniging Leiden|date=22 March 2017|access-date=7 July 2018|language=nl}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Composition

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"

! rowspan="2" |Title

! colspan="4" |Minister

! colspan="2" |Term of office

class="unsortable" | Image

! Name

! colspan="2" |Party

! data-sort-type="date" |Start

! data-sort-type=date |End

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

| rowspan=2 height="80px"|File:Hendrik Colijn (1925).jpg

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Hendrikus|Colijn}}

| {{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party|rowspan=2}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of General Affairs

| 8 July 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of the Interior

| height="80px"|File:Hendrik van Boeijen 1942 (1).jpg

| {{sortname|Hendrik van|Boeijen}}

| {{party name with color|Christian Historical Union}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

rowspan=2|Minister of Foreign Affairs

| height="80px"|File:Hendrik Colijn (1925).jpg

| {{sortname|Hendrikus|Colijn}} {{small|(ad interim)}}

| {{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}

| 24 June 1937

| 4 October 1937

height="80px"|File:1918, Burgemeester Jacob Patijn van Den Haag.jpg

| {{sortname|Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas|Patijn}}

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

| Indep.{{efn|name=lib|Liberal}}

| 4 October 1937

| 25 July 1939

rowspan=2|Minister of Finance

| height="80px"|File:Wilde, J.A. de - SFA002019696.jpg

| {{sortname|Jacob Adriaan de|Wilde}}

| {{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}

| 24 June 1937

| 19 May 1939

height="80px"|File:Hendrik Colijn (1925).jpg

| {{sortname|Hendrikus|Colijn}} {{small|(ad interim)}}

| {{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}

| 19 May 1939

| 25 July 1939

Minister of Justice

| height="80px"|File:Carel Goseling.jpg

| {{sortname|Carel|Goseling}}

| {{party name with color|Roman Catholic State Party}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping {{small|(1937)}}
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries {{small|(1937 ad interim)}}
Minister of Economic Affairs {{small|(1937–1939)}}

| height="80px"|File:Max Steenberghe.jpg

| Max Steenberghe

| {{party name with color|Roman Catholic State Party}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of Defence

| height="80px"|File:Jannes Johannes Cornelis van Dijk.jpg

| {{sortname|Jannes van|Dijk}}

| {{party name with color|Anti-Revolutionary Party}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of Social Affairs

| height="80px"|File:Romme, Carl - SFA007000408.jpg

| {{sortname|Carl|Romme}}

| {{party name with color|Roman Catholic State Party}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences

| height="80px"|File:Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruine.jpg

| {{sortname|Jan Rudolph|Slotemaker de Bruïne}}

| {{party name with color|Christian Historical Union}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of Water Management

| height="80px"|File:Johannes Antonius Marie van Buuren.jpg

| {{sortname|Johan van|Buuren}}

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

| Indep.{{efn|name=lib}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

Minister of Colonial Affairs

| height="80px"|File:Welter, Ch.J.I.M. - SFA007000358.jpg

| {{sortname|Charles|Welter}}

| {{party name with color|Roman Catholic State Party}}

| 24 June 1937

| 25 July 1939

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| colspan=7|Source: [https://www.parlement.com/id/vh8lnhrp8ws0/kabinet_colijn_iv_1937_1939 Parlement & Politiek] {{in lang|nl}}

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