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 (1966-11-22)
Date dissolved	5 April 1967 (1967-04-05) 134 days in office (Demissionary from 15 February 1967 (1967-02-15))
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

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 Cals. 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.

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.

The first meeting the Zijlstra cabinet on 22 November 1966.

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
		Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Prime Minister	General Affairs		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
			Minister	Finance
		Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	Deputy Prime Minister	Transport and Water Management		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
			Minister
		Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Deputy Prime Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
			Minister
			Minister	Interior	• Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs
		Dr. Koos Verdam (1915–1998)	Minister	Interior		5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Minister	Foreign Affairs		13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	Minister	Justice		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
		Joop Bakker (1921–2003)	Minister	Economic Affairs		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Captain Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	Minister	Defence		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	Minister	Social Affairs and Health		17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (1916–2004)	Minister	Education and Sciences		14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Herman Witte (1909–1973)	Minister	Housing and Spatial Planning		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
		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
		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
		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	Transport and Water Management	• Public Transport • Rail Transport • Weather Forecasting	28 November 1966 – 5 April 1967
		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
		Gerard Peijnenburg (1919–2000)	State Secretary	Defence	• Army	13 May 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Independent Christian Democratic Catholic
		Vice admiral Adri van Es (1913–1994)			• Navy	14 August 1963 – 16 September 1972 [Retained] [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Lieutenant general Heije Schaper (1906–1996)			• Air Force	22 June 1966 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Independent Conservative Liberal
		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
		Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000)			• Occupational Safety • Public Organisations	15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		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.

External links

Official

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