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Second Biesheuvel cabinet

{{Short description|Dutch cabinet, 1972 to 1973}}

{{Infobox government cabinet

| cabinet_name = Second Biesheuvel cabinet

| cabinet_type =

| jurisdiction = the Netherlands

| flag = Flag of the Netherlands.svg

| flag_border = true

| incumbent =

| image = Kabinet-Biesheuvel II.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = The members of the Second Biesheuvel cabinet in the House of Representatives on 17 August 1972

| image2 = ZetelsBiesheuvelII.svg

| image_size2 = 250px

| date_formed = {{Start date|df=y|1972|08|09}}

| date_dissolved = {{End date|df=y|1973|05|11}}
{{Age in years and days|1972|08|09|1973|05|11}} in office
(Demissionary from {{End date|df=y|1972|11|29}})

| government_head = Barend Biesheuvel

| government_head_history =

| deputy_government_head = Roelof Nelissen
Molly Geertsema

| state_head = Queen Juliana

| members_number = 14

| former_members_number = 1

| total_number = 14

| political_party = Catholic People's Party
(KVP)
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(VVD)
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(ARP)
Christian Historical Union
(CHU)

| legislature_status = Centre-right Caretaker government

| opposition_party =

| opposition_leader =

| election = 1971 election

| last_election = 1972 election

| legislature_term = 1971–1972

| incoming_formation = 1971 formation

| outgoing_formation = 1972–1973 formation

| previous = First Biesheuvel cabinet

| successor = Den Uyl cabinet

}}

{{Politics of the Netherlands}}

The second Biesheuvel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 9 August 1972 until 11 May 1973. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Biesheuvel I. The cabinet was a centre-right caretaker government and had a minority in the House of Representatives. Protestant Leader Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party served as Prime Minister. Prominent Catholic politician Roelof Nelissen served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and former Liberal Leader Molly Geertsema served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. The rump cabinet served until the election of 1972.{{cite web|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/ideeen-van-drees-jr-waren-te-afwijkend~a474846/|title=Ideeën van Drees jr. waren te afwijkend|publisher=Volkskrant|date=8 September 1998|accessdate=20 March 2018|language=nl}}

Formation

Following the fall of the First Biesheuvel cabinet the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union formed a Rump cabinet. Because the following negotiations for forming the next cabinet took rather long, the cabinet took further reaching decisions than a caretaker cabinet is usually supposed to do.

Cabinet Members

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3 | Ministers

! colspan=3 | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)

! Term of office

! Party

style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"|

| File:Barend Biesheuvel 1971.jpg

| Barend Biesheuvel
(1920–2001)

| Prime Minister

| General Affairs

|

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Anti-Revolutionary
Party

rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| rowspan=2 | File:Roelof Nelissen 1971 (1).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Roelof Nelissen
(1931–2019)

| Deputy
Prime Minister

| rowspan=2 | Finance

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| rowspan=2 | Catholic
People's Party

Minister
rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|

| rowspan=2 | File:Molly Geertsema 1964 (1).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Molly Geertsema
(1918–1991)

| Deputy
Prime Minister

| rowspan=2 | Interior

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| rowspan=2 | People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

Minister
style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Schmelzer, Norbert - SFA005000409.jpg

| Norbert Schmelzer
(1921–2008)

| Minister

| Foreign Affairs

|

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Dries van Agt (1971).jpg

| Dries van Agt
(1931–2024)

| Minister

| Justice

|

| 6 July 1971 –
8 September 1977
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Continued|Continued}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|

| File:Harrie Langman 1982 (1).jpg

| Harrie Langman
(1931–2016)

| Minister

| Economic Affairs

|

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|

| File:Hans de Koster 1975 (1).jpg

| Hans de Koster
(1914–1992)

| Minister

| Defence

|

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Louis Stuyt 1973 (1).jpg

| Dr.
Louis Stuyt
(1914–2000)

| Minister

| Health and
Environment

|

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"|

| File:Boersma, Minister J. - Boersma, Jacob - Boersma Jaap - SFA002005011.jpg

| Jaap Boersma
(1929–2012)

| Minister

| Social Affairs

|

| 6 July 1971 –
19 December 1977
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Continued|Continued}}

| Anti-Revolutionary
Party

rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Christian Historical Union}};"|

| rowspan=2 | File:Chris van Veen 1972 (1).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Chris van Veen
(1922–2009)

| rowspan=2 | Minister

| rowspan=2 | Education and
Sciences

|

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| rowspan=2 | Christian
Historical Union

• Higher
Education
• Science

| 21 July 1972 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Christian Historical Union}};"|

| rowspan=2 | File:Berend Jan Udink 1969 (2).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Bé Udink
(1926–2016)

| Minister

| Transport and
Water Management

| rowspan=2 |

| 21 July 1972 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| rowspan=2 | Christian
Historical Union

Minister

| Housing and
Spatial Planning

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Pierre Lardinois 1974 (1).jpg

| Pierre Lardinois
(1924–1987)

| rowspan=2 | Minister

| rowspan=2 | Agriculture and
Fisheries

| rowspan=2 |

| 5 April 1967 –
1 January 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Appointed1|Appt}}

| Catholic People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"|

| File:Boersma, Minister J. - Boersma, Jacob - Boersma Jaap - SFA002005011.jpg

| Jaap Boersma
(1929–2012)

| 1 January 1973 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Acting|Acting}}

| Anti-Revolutionary Party

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Piet Engels 1973 (1).jpg

| Piet Engels
(1923–1994)

| Minister

| Culture, Recreation
and Social Work

|

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Catholic
People's Party

colspan=3 | Ministers without portfolio

! colspan=3 | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)

! Term of office

! Party

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Pierre Lardinois 1974 (1).jpg

| Pierre Lardinois
(1924–1987)

| rowspan=2 | Minister

| rowspan=2 | Interior

| rowspan=2 | • Suriname and
Netherlands
Antilles Affairs

| 28 January 1972 –
1 January 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Appointed1|Appt}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|

| File:Molly Geertsema 1964 (1).jpg

| Molly Geertsema
(1918–1991)

| 1 January 1973 –
11 May 1973

| People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"|

| File:Kees Boertien 1971 (1).jpg

| Dr.
Kees Boertien
(1927–2002)

| Minister

| Foreign Affairs

| • Development
Cooperation

| 6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Anti-Revolutionary
Party

colspan=3 | State Secretaries

! colspan=3 | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)

! Term of office

! Party

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Tjerk Westerterp 1974 (2).jpg

| Tjerk Westerterp
(1930–2023)

| State Secretary

| Foreign Affairs

| • European Union
• Benelux

| 17 August 1971 –
7 March 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Resigned|Res}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Christian Historical Union}};"|

| File:Scholten, W. - SFA008007286.jpg

| Willem Scholten
(1927–2005)

| rowspan=2 | State Secretary

| rowspan=2 | Finance

| • Fiscal Policy
• Tax and Customs

| 14 July 1971 –
19 March 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Resigned|Res}}

| Christian
Historical Union

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Fons van der Stee 1979 (1).jpg

| Fons van der Stee
(1928–1999)

| • Governmental
Budget

| 14 July 1971 –
12 March 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Resigned|Res}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"|

| File:Hans Grosheide 1963 (1).jpg

| Hans Grosheide
(1930–2022)

| State Secretary

| Justice

| • Immigration
and Asylum
• Civil Law
• Penitentiaries
• Youth Justice

| 28 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Anti-Revolutionary
Party

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Drs. J. Oostenbrink, secretaris van de Raad van het Grootwinkelbedrijf, Bestanddeelnr 922-1676.jpg

| Jan Oostenbrink
(born 1936)

| State Secretary

| Economic Affairs

| • Small and
Medium-sized
Businesses
• Consumer
Protection
• Tourism

| 17 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"|

| File:Adri van Es aan boord van Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman.jpg

| Vice admiral
Adri van Es
(1913–1994)

| State Secretary

| Defence

| • Human
Resources
• Equipment

| 14 August 1963 –
16 September 1972
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Resigned|Res}}

| Anti-Revolutionary
Party

style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|

| File:Koos Rietkerk 1977 (1).jpg

| Koos Rietkerk
(1927–1986)

| State Secretary

| Social Affairs

| • Social Security
• Unemployment
• Occupational
Safety
• Social Services

| 28 July 1971 –
23 April 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Resigned|Res}}

| People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| File:Kees Schelfhout 1971 (1).jpg

| Kees Schelfhout
(1918–1983)

| State Secretary

| Education and
Sciences

| • Primary
Education
• Special
Education
• Preschool

| 28 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|Christian Historical Union}};"|

| File:Roelof Kruisinga 1973 (1).jpg

| Dr.
Roelof Kruisinga
(1922–2012)

| State Secretary

| Transport and
Water Management

| • Public
Infrastructure
• Water
Management
• Postal Service
• Weather
Forecasting

| 28 July 1971 –
20 March 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Resigned|Res}}

| Christian
Historical Union

style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"|

| 120px

| Werner Buck
(1925–2010)

| State Secretary

| Housing and
Spatial Planning

| • Urban Planning
• Spatial Planning

| 17 August 1971 –
11 May 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}

| Catholic
People's Party

style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|

| File:Henk Vonhoff 1971 (1).jpg

| Henk Vonhoff
(1931–2010)

| State Secretary

| Culture, Recreation
and Social Work

| • Social Services
• Disability Policy
• Youth Care
• Nature
• Culture
• Art
• Recreation
• Sport

| 28 July 1971 –
23 April 1973
{{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Resigned|Res}}

| People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

colspan=8 | Source: {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/regering/over-de-regering/kabinetten-sinds-1945/kabinet-biesheuvel Rijksoverheid]

:{{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|Appointed1|Appointment European Commissioner}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

;Official

  • {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.parlement.com/id/vh8lnhronvwa/kabinet_biesheuvel_i_en_ii_1971_1973 Kabinet-Biesheuvel I en II] Parlement & Politiek
  • {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/regering/over-de-regering/kabinetten-sinds-1945/kabinet-biesheuvel Kabinet-Biesheuvel] Rijksoverheid

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