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Zijlstra cabinet
Zijlstra cabinet
; 51st Cabinet of the Netherlands
	The first meeting of the incoming Zijlstra cabinet on 21 November 1966
Date formed	22 November 1966
Date dissolved	5 April 1967 ; 134 days in office ; (Demissionary from 15 February 1967)
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Juliana
Prime Minister	Jelle Zijlstra
Deputy Prime Minister	Jan de Quay ; Barend Biesheuvel
No. of ministers	13
Member party	Catholic People's Party ; (KVP) ; Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (ARP)
Status in legislature	Centrist ; Minority government ; (Caretaker/Rump)
Opposition party	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy
Opposition leader	Edzo Toxopeus
History
Outgoing election	1967 election
Legislature terms	1963–1967
Incoming formation	1966 formation
Outgoing formation	1967 formation
Predecessor	Cals cabinet
Successor	De Jong cabinet

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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 Marijnen. 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]

Formation

Following the fall of the Cals cabinet the Labour Party (PvdA) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party and the Anti-Revolutionary Party formed a Rump cabinet.

Term

Such a transitional cabinet is not supposed to take important decisions, but it still resolved the issue over the introduction of commercial television, which had been a major issue in the two previous cabinets, with the omroepwet, which allowed commercial blocks on public television (between shows), despite protests by VVD and part of CHU.

Cabinet Members

Ministers		Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Prime Minister	General Affairs		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister	Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Finance			22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	Deputy Prime Minister	Transport and Water Management		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
Minister	Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985)		Transport and Water Management		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Deputy Prime Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister			Agriculture and Fisheries
Minister		Interior	• Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Koos Verdam (1915–1998)	Minister	Interior		5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Minister	Foreign Affairs		13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	Minister	Justice		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Joop Bakker (1921–2003)	Minister	Economic Affairs		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Captain Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	Minister	Defence		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	Minister	Social Affairs and Health		17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (1916–2004)	Minister	Education and Sciences		14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Herman Witte (1909–1973)	Minister	Housing and Spatial Planning		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)	Minister	Culture, Recreation and Social Work		22 November 1966 – 6 July 1971 ^[Continued]	Catholic People's Party
Minister without portfolio		Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Theo Bot (1911–1984)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	• Development Cooperation	14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
State Secretaries		Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Leo de Block (1904–1988)	State Secretary	Foreign Affairs)	• European Union • Benelux	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
State Secretary	Leo de Block (1904–1988)	Transport and Water Management	• Public Transport • Rail Transport • Weather Forecasting	28 November 1966 – 5 April 1967		Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Louis van Son (1922–1986)	State Secretary	Economic Affairs	• Small and Medium-sized Businesses • Regional Development	28 November 1966 – 6 July 1971 ^[Continued]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Independent Catholic (Netherlands)/meta/color;"\|	Gerard Peijnenburg (1919–2000)	State Secretary	Defence	• Army	13 May 1965 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Independent Christian Democratic Catholic
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Vice admiral Adri van Es (1913–1994)			• Navy	14 August 1963 – 16 September 1972 ^[Retained] ^[Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"\|	Lieutenant general Heije Schaper (1906–1996)			• Air Force	22 June 1966 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Independent Conservative Liberal
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002)	State Secretary	Social Affairs and Health	• Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Catholic People's Party/meta/color;"\|	Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000)	State Secretary	Social Affairs and Health	• Occupational Safety • Public Organisations	15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 ^[Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color;"\|	Hans Grosheide (born 1930)	State Secretary	Education and Sciences	• Primary Education • Secondary Education • Special Education	3 September 1963 – 6 July 1971 ^[Retained] ^[Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party

^{Retained from the previous cabinet}

^{Continued in the next cabinet}

Trivia

Four cabinet members (later) served as Prime Minister: Jelle Zijlstra (1966–1967), Jan de Quay (1959–1963), Barend Biesheuvel (1971–1973) and Piet de Jong (1967–1971).
The age difference between oldest cabinet member Jan de Quay (born 1901) and the youngest cabinet member Hans Grosheide (born 1930) was 28 years, 345 days.
Six cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Jelle Zijlstra (Public Economics), Jan de Quay (Applied Psychology and Business Theory), Koos Verdam (International and Roman Law), Gerard Veldkamp (Microeconomics), Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (Criminal Law and Procedure) and Louis Bartels (Health Economics), both Koos Verdam and Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst had also served as Rector Magnificus of the Free University Amsterdam.

References

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

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Kabinet-Zijlstra Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Kabinet-Zijlstra Rijksoverheid

[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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+| legislature_status      = [[Centrism|Centrist]] <br/> [[Minority government]] <br/> <small>([[Caretaker government|Caretaker]]/[[Rump cabinet|Rump]])</small>
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-The '''Zijlstra cabinet''' was the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of the [[Politics of the Netherlands|Dutch Government]] from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. The [[rump cabinet]] was formed by the [[Christian democracy|christian-democratic]] [[Catholic People's Party]] (KVP) and the [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]] (ARP) after the fall of the previous [[Cals cabinet|Cabinet Cals]]. The cabinet was a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] [[caretaker government|caretaker]] coalition and had a [[Minority government|minority]] in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]. Prominent [[Anti-Revolutionary Party|Protestant politician]] [[Jelle Zijlstra]] a former Minister of Finance served as [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]] and dual served as Minister of Finances. Former [[Catholic People's Party|Catholic]] Prime Minister [[Jan de Quay]] served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[List of Ministers of Infrastructure of the Netherlands|Minister of Transport and Water Management]], [[Anti-Revolutionary Party#Leadership|Protestant Leader]] [[Barend Biesheuvel]] served as Deputy Prime Minister, [[List of Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands|Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries]] and was given the portfolio of [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs]]. The rump cabinet served until the [[1967 Dutch general election|election of 1967]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1991/09/12/misschien-waren-we-allebei-teveel-boekhouder-val-kabinet-6979942-a913382|title="Misschien waren we allebei teveel boekhouder'|publisher=NRC Handelsblad|date=12 September 1991|accessdate=1 April 2018|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://anderetijden.nl/artikel/5855/Kabinet-Zijlstra|title=Kabinet Zijlstra - Vijftig jaar geleden aangetreden|publisher=Andere Tijden|date=22 November 2016|accessdate=10 March 2018|language=nl}}</ref>
+The '''Zijlstra cabinet''' was the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of the [[Politics of the Netherlands|Dutch Government]] from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. The cabinet was formed by the [[Christian democracy|christian-democratic]] [[Catholic People's Party]] (KVP) and the [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]] (ARP) after the fall of the previous [[Marijnen cabinet|Cabinet Marijnen]]. The [[Caretaker government|caretaker]] [[rump cabinet]] was a [[Centrism|centrist]] coalition and had a [[Minority government|minority]] in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] with former [[Anti-Revolutionary Party#Leadership|Protestant Leader]] [[Jelle Zijlstra]] a former Minister of Finance serving as [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]] and dual served as [[List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands|Minister of Finance]]. Former [[Catholic People's Party|Catholic]] Prime Minister [[Jan de Quay]] served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[List of Ministers of Infrastructure of the Netherlands|Minister of Transport and Water Management]], [[Anti-Revolutionary Party#Leadership|Protestant Leader]] [[Barend Biesheuvel]] continued as Deputy Prime Minister, [[List of Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands|Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries]] and the responsibility for [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs]] from previous [[Cals cabinet|cabinet]].
+The cabinet served in the middle of the tumultuous [[1960s]], domestically it had to deal with the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] and its primary objective was to make preparations for a [[snap election]] in [[1967 Dutch general election|1967]]. Following the [[1967 Dutch general election|election]] the cabinet continued in a [[Demissionary cabinet|demissionary]] capacity until it was replaced by the [[De Jong cabinet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vh8lnhrouwx7/kabinetscrisis_1966_de_nacht_van|title=Kabinetscrisis 1966: de Nacht van Schmelzer|publisher=Parlement & Politiek|date=10 December 2010|accessdate=3 June 2019|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1991/09/12/misschien-waren-we-allebei-teveel-boekhouder-val-kabinet-6979942-a913382|title="Misschien waren we allebei teveel boekhouder'|publisher=NRC Handelsblad|date=12 September 1991|accessdate=1 April 2018|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://anderetijden.nl/artikel/5855/Kabinet-Zijlstra|title=Kabinet Zijlstra - Vijftig jaar geleden aangetreden|publisher=Andere Tijden|date=22 November 2016|accessdate=10 March 2018|language=nl}}</ref>
 ==Formation==
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 | style="background:{{Catholic People's Party/meta/color}};"|
-| [[File:Joseph Luns (1964).jpg|120px|Joseph Luns]]
+| [[File:Joseph Luns 1966 (1).jpg|120px|Joseph Luns]]
 | [[Joseph Luns]] <br/> <small>(1911–2002)</small>
 | [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands|Minister]]
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 |-
 | style="background:{{Catholic People's Party/meta/color}};"|
-| [[File:Struycken, mr. A.A.M. - SFA007000337.jpg|120px|Teun Struycken]]
+| [[File:Teun Struycken 1950 (1).jpg|120px|Teun Struycken]]
 | [[Teun Struycken]] <br/> <small>(1906–1977)</small>
 | [[List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands|Minister]]
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 |-
 | rowspan=2 style="background:{{Catholic People's Party/meta/color}};"|
-| rowspan=2 | [[File:Leo de Block 1967 (1).jpg|120px|Leo de Block]]
+| rowspan=2 | [[File:Leo de Block 1969 (1).jpg|120px|Leo de Block]]
 | rowspan=2 | [[Leo de Block]] <br/> <small>(1904–1988)</small>
 | [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs|State Secretary]]
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 | [[List of Ministers of Infrastructure of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Infrastructure|State Secretary]]
 | [[Ministry of Transport and Water Management (Netherlands)|Transport and <br/> Water Management]]
-| • [[Rail transport in the Netherlands|Rail Transport]] <br/> • [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute|Weather <br/> Forecasting]]
+| • [[Public transport in the Netherlands|Public <br/> Transport]] <br/> • [[Rail transport in the Netherlands|Rail Transport]] <br/> • [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute|Weather <br/> Forecasting]]
 | 28 November 1966 – <br/> 5 April 1967
 |-
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 | style="background:{{Independent Catholic (Netherlands)/meta/color}};"|
 | [[File:Gerard Peijnenburg 1983 (1).jpg|120px|Gerard Peijnenburg]]
-| [[Gerard Peijnenburg]] <br/> <small>(1919–2000)</small>
+| [[Gerard Peijnenburg|Gerard <br/> Peijnenburg]] <br/> <small>(1919–2000)</small>
 | rowspan=3 | [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Defence|State Secretary]]
 | rowspan=3 | [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Defence]]
 | • [[Royal Netherlands Army|Army]]
 | 13 May 1965 – <br/> 5 April 1967 <br/> {{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}
-| [[Independent politician|Independent <br/> Christian Democrat]] <br/> <small>([[Christian democracy in the Netherlands|Catholic]])</small>
+| [[Independent politician|Independent]] <br/> [[Christian democracy in the Netherlands|Christian Democratic <br/> Catholic]]
 |-
 | style="background:{{Anti Revolutionary Party/meta/color}};"|
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 | • [[Royal Netherlands Air Force|Air Force]]
 | 22 June 1966 – <br/> 5 April 1967 <br/> {{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}
-| [[Independent politician|Independent <br/> Liberal]] <br/> <small>([[Liberalism in the Netherlands|Conservative Liberal]])</small>
+| [[Independent politician|Independent]] <br/> [[Liberalism in the Netherlands|Conservative Liberal]]
 |-
 | style="background:{{Catholic People's Party/meta/color}};"|
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 | <small>[[Doctor (title)|Dr.]]</small> <br/> [[Louis Bartels]] <br/> <small>(1915–2002)</small>
 | rowspan=2 | [[List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Social Affairs|State Secretary]]
-| rowspan=2 | [[Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment|Social Affairs]] <br/> [[Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport|and Health]])
+| rowspan=2 | [[Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment|Social Affairs]] <br/> [[Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport|and Health]]
 | • [[Primary health care|Primary <br/> Healthcare]] <br/> • [[Elderly Care]] <br/> • [[Disability|Disability Policy]] <br/> • [[Medical Ethics]]
 | 3 September 1963 – <br/> 5 April 1967 <br/> {{ref_label|Retained|Retained}}
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 | 3 September 1963 – <br/> 6 July 1971 <br/> {{ref_label|Retained|Retained}} {{ref_label|Continued|Continued}}
 | [[Anti-Revolutionary Party|Anti-Revolutionary <br/> Party]]
-|-
-| colspan=8 | <small>Source: {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/regering/over-de-regering/kabinetten-sinds-1945/kabinet-zijlstra Rijksoverheid]</small>
 |-
 |}
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 :{{note_label|Continued|Continued in the next cabinet}}
+==Trivia==
-===Living cabinet members===
+* Four cabinet members (later) served as Prime Minister: [[Jelle Zijlstra]] (1966–1967), [[Jan de Quay]] (1959–1963), [[Barend Biesheuvel]] (1971–1973) and [[Piet de Jong]] (1967–1971).
-* As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the following cabinet member is still alive:
+* The age difference between oldest cabinet member Jan de Quay (born 1901) and the youngest cabinet member [[Hans Grosheide]] (born 1930) was {{Age in years and days|1901|08|26|1930|08|06}}.
-** State Secretary
+* Six cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Jelle Zijlstra (Public Economics), Jan de Quay (Applied Psychology and Business Theory), [[Koos Verdam]] (International and Roman Law), [[Gerard Veldkamp]] (Microeconomics), [[Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst]] (Criminal Law and Procedure) and [[Louis Bartels]] (Health Economics), both Koos Verdam and Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst had also served as [[List of rectores magnifici of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Rector Magnificus of the Free University Amsterdam]].
-*** [[Hans Grosheide]] – {{Birth date and age|1930|08|06|df=y}}
 ==References==

v t e Zijlstra cabinet (1966–1967)
Preceded: Cals cabinet Succeed: De Jong cabinet
Prime Minister	Jelle Zijlstra (General Affairs and Finance)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Jan de Quay (Transport and Water Management) Barend Biesheuvel (Agriculture and Fisheries and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Koos Verdam (Interior) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Teun Struycken (Justice) Joop Bakker (Economic Affairs) Piet de Jong (Defence) Gerard Veldkamp (Social Affairs and Health) Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (Education and Sciences) Herman Witte (Housing and Spatial Planning) Marga Klompé (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Theo Bot (Aid to Developing Countries)
State Secretaries	Leo de Block (Foreign Affairs and Transport and Water Management) Louis van Son (Economic Affairs) Gerard Peijnenburg (Defence) Adri van Es (Defence) Heije Schaper (Defence) José de Meijer (Social Affairs and Health) Louis Bartels (Social Affairs and Health) Hans Grosheide (Education and Sciences)