Dries van Agt

His Excellency Dries van Agt
Dries van Agt in 2011
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 19 December 1977 – 4 November 1982
Monarch	Juliana (1977–1980) Beatrix (1980–1982)
Deputy	Hans Wiegel (1977–1981) Joop den Uyl (1981–1982) Jan Terlouw (1981–1982)
Preceded by	Joop den Uyl
Succeeded by	Ruud Lubbers
Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant
In office 1 June 1983 – 22 April 1987
Monarch	Beatrix
Preceded by	Jan Dirk van der Harten
Succeeded by	Frank Houben
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlanda
In office 28 May 1982 – 4 November 1982
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Max van der Stoel
Succeeded by	Hans van den Broek
Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands of the Netherlands
In office 10 June 1981 – 24 August 1981
Preceded by	Ruud Lubbers
Succeeded by	Ruud Lubbers
In office 8 June 1977 – 19 December 1977
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Wim Aantjes
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
In office 22 October 1976 – 13 October 1982
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Ruud Lubbers
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Roelof Nelissen Molly Geertsema
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 16 September 1982 – 16 June 1983
In office 10 June 1981 – 9 September 1981
In office 8 June 1977 – 19 December 1977
In office 23 January 1973 – 22 April 1973
Minister of Justice of the Netherlands
In office 6 July 1971 – 8 September 1977
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (1971–1973) Joop den Uyl (1973–1977)
Preceded by	Carel Polak
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman
Personal details
Born	Andreas Antonius Maria van Agt (1931-02-02) 2 February 1931 Geldrop, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Catholic People's Party (until 1980)
Spouse(s)	Eugenie Krekelberg (m. 1958)
Children	Eugenie Frans Caroline
Residence	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Alma mater	Radboud University Nijmegen (Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician Diplomat Civil servant Lawyer Jurist Author Activist Professor
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature
Website	Official site

Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdris fɑn ˈɑxt];^[1] born 2 February 1931) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 December 1977, until 4 November 1982.

Van Agt a lawyer, jurist and civil servant by occupation, worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Justice from 1958 until 1968. Van Agt became a professor of Criminal procedure at the Radboud University Nijmegen in 1968. After the Dutch general election of 1971 Van Agt was asked by the Catholic People's Party (KVP) to become Minister of Justice in Cabinet Biesheuvel I under Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP). Van Agt accepted and resigned as a professor the same day he took office as the new Minister of Justice on 6 July 1971. Van Agt remained Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Den Uyl under Prime Minister Joop den Uyl of the Labour Party following the Dutch general election of 1972 and also became Deputy Prime Minister serving from 11 May 1973 until 8 September 1977. On 22 October 1976 Van Agt was selected as the first Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal and became the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Dutch general election of 1977. He resigned as Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister to become the first Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives and a Member of the House of Representatives from 8 June 1977 until 19 December 1977. The Christian Democratic Appeal became the second largest party in the House of Representatives.

After a failed cabinet formation with the Labour Party, Van Agt struck a deal with the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Hans Wiegel that resulted in the formation of the Cabinet Van Agt-Wiegel with Van Agt becoming Prime Minister of the Netherlands taking office on 19 December 1977. With the following Dutch general election of 1981, Van Agt again as Lijsttrekker lost one seat and a coalition formation with the Labour Party and the Democrats 66 (D66) resulted in the Cabinet Van Agt II. On 29 May 1982 the Cabinet Van Agt II collapsed after the Labour Party retracted there support. A rump cabinet Van Agt III was formed with Van Agt also serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Cabinet Van Agt III stayed in office until the Dutch general election of 1982. Van Agt again as Lijsttrekker lost three seats and Christian Democratic Appeal became the second largest party. A cabinet formation with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) was formed but Van Agt unexpectedly announced his retirement from national politics and stood down as Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal on 13 October 1982. Van Agt remain as Prime Minister of the Netherlands until the Cabinet Lubbers I was installed on 4 November 1982.

After his premiership, Van Agt remained in active politics and became the Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant serving from 1 June 1983, until 22 April 1987, when he resigned as Queen's Commissioner because of criticism on his performance and his cooperation with the States-Provincial. After leaving North Brabant, he became a diplomat for the European Communities, serving first as ambassador to Japan from 1 April 1987, until 1 April 1989, when he became the ambassador to the United States until 1 April 1995 when he retired from politics at the age of sixty-four. Van Agt was as a visiting professor at the Kwansei Gakuin University from 2001 until 2004.^[2]

Early life

Andreas Antonius Maria van Agt was born on 2 February 1931 in Geldrop in the Netherlands. After receiving his diploma Gymnasium-A at the Augustinianum he studied at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, where he received his Doctorate in Law in 1955. After graduating, he practiced law in Eindhoven until 1957, after which he worked in the office of legal and business affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries until 1962. From 1962 to 1968, he worked for the Ministry of Justice.

Politics

Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

Van Agt entered politics as a member of the Catholic People's Party, which merged with the other two major Christian Democratic parties in 1980 to form the CDA. From 1968 to 1971, Van Agt was Professor of Criminal Law at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. From 1971 to 1973, he was Minister of Justice in the government of Barend Biesheuvel. He caused outrage when he tried to pardon the last three Nazi war criminals still in Dutch prisons in 1972. From 1973 to 1977 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice in the government of Joop den Uyl.

Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal

In 1976, Van Agt was elected the first leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal, then still a federation of the three religious parties CHU, KVP and ARP, which first ran in 1977 with a united list (the merger followed in 1980). With Van Agt as top candidate, the CDA reversed in 1977 years of decline to return to power.

Prime Minister in the Cabinet Van Agt I

In the parliamentary elections of May 1977 the PvdA obtained their largest amount of seats, so a second Den Uyl coalition looked likely. However, the tension between the KVP and the Labour Party in the last reign, combined with the fact that a coalition between CDA and VVD was possible, the talks failed after a period of seven months. Eventually Van Agt negotiated a deal with Hans Wiegel, leader of the VVD. From December 19, 1977 to September 11, 1981 Van Agt was Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of General Affairs in the Cabinet Van Agt I.

Prime Minister in the Cabinet Van Agt II

In 1981, the CDA, VVD and PvdA lost parliamentary seats, so a continuation of a CDA-VVD coalition was not possible. Van Agt, leader of the CDA, was forced to go in coalition with the PvdA. Also Democrats 66 (which, under Jan Terlouw gained a significant amount of seats) participated in the coalition talks, after 3 months of difficult negotiations that resulted in the Cabinet Van Agt II (11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982). In this composition Van Agt wored with Joop den Uyl again as Den Uyl was made Deputy Prime Minister and "super minister" of Social Affairs and Employment. The characterological and political differences led to several divisions, and in May 1982 the government fell.

The personal strife between Van Agt and Den Uyl were so deteriorated that when Den Uyl died in 1987 after a short illness, Van Agt was not invited to the memorial by the family. Den Uyl's wife Liesbeth argued that Van Agt had prevented the second Den Uyl coalition from forming in 1977.

Prime Minister in the Cabinet Van Agt III

The caretaker government went through as a minority cabinet, with only ministers from the parties CDA and D66, in the Cabinet Van Agt III. For replacing the six Labour ministers, five new CDA and D66 ministers were in place, while van Agt in the cabinet, as well as being Prime Minister was also Minister of Foreign Affairs.

New parliamentary elections were organized for September 1982. Although Van Agt, by this point was worn out, he was persuaded again to be leader of the CDA but shortly after the election he withdrew as a candidate for prime minister and was succeeded by Ruud Lubbers.

Queen's Commissioner

when he was appointed as the Queen's Commissioner of the province North Brabant.

After politics

Diplomat

Dries van Agt served as Ambassador of the European Community to Japan from 1987 to 1989 and to the United States from 1989 to 1995. From 1995 to 1996, he was a Visiting Professor of International Relations at the University of Kyoto.

Professor

He is currently Prime Counsellor for the International Forum for Justice and Peace, a foundation under Dutch law, registered at the Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam. Chaired by retired international businessman Ben Smoes, they are currently focused on justice and peace in regard to the Israel/Palestine conflict

Activist

Van Agt lectured in May 2006 in Cairo at the invitation of the Egyptian electronic magazine Arab-West Report about great changes in the cultural climate of north-western Europe in the past decades, becoming more hostile to religion, including Islam. Muslims, he argued, need to understand those changes in order to be able to respond better to European criticism on Islam and the Muslim world.^[3]

Van Agt has also spoken against the Council of State in Egypt for continuous delay in granting the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) the NGO status. He met with prominent figures in Egypt to persuade them to do so. The Egyptian Council of State, after van Agt's visit to Cairo in 2006, ruled on February 18, 2007 that the Center should be recognized as an NGO under Egyptian law, ending its three-year struggle to obtain this status. Egypt is known for its reluctance in granting NGO status in order to discourage political participation. Cornelis Hulsman, a Dutch sociologist, the editor-in-chief of Arab-West Report, and the head of CAWU, stated that van Agt's effort significantly impacted the realization of their goals, which usually requires a lengthy amount of time and scrutiny in its political purposes.

For some years he has taken an outspoken stance regarding the Middle East, resulting in a fierce criticism of the policies undertaken by the government of Israel with regard to the Palestinians. When in office, van Agt was a staunch supporter of Israel, but after he stepped down in 1982 he changed his mind.^[4] According to his own words an important turning point was a visit at the late nineties at Bethlehem University on the Israeli-occupied West Bank.^[5][6] He has accused Israel of "state terrorism" and turning the Palestinian Authority territories into "bantustans".^[7]

Personal

Van Agt is known for his use of archaic language and complicated phrasing, as well as for his love for cycling. He married his wife Eugenie Krekelberg in 1958, and has three children and seven grandchildren with her. In 2012 he joined the Advisory Board of the International Museum for Family History.

Decorations

National honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Date & Comment
	Honorary medal for Initiative and Ingenuityof the Order of the House of Orange	19 September 1974
	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau	9 December 1982

References

External links

Official

• (Dutch) Mr. A.A.M. (Dries) van Agt Parlement & Politiek
• (Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt I Rijksoverheid
• (Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt II Rijksoverheid
• (Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt III Rijksoverheid

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Party political offices
Preceded by Position created	Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 1976–1982	Succeeded by Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by Position created	Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands 1977	Succeeded by Wim Aantjes
Preceded by Ruud Lubbers	Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands 1981	Succeeded by Ruud Lubbers
Government offices
Preceded by Carel Polak	Minister of Justice of the Netherlands 1971–1977	Succeeded by Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman
Preceded by Joop den Uyl	Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands 1977–1982	Succeeded by Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by Max van der Stoel	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands 1982	Succeeded by Hans van den Broek
Political offices
Preceded by Roelof Nelissen Molly Geertsema	Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1973–1977	Succeeded by Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman
Preceded by Joop den Uyl	Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1977–1982	Succeeded by Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by Jan Dirk van der Harten	Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant 1983–1987	Succeeded by Frank Houben

Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Schimmelpenninck De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Hall Van der Brugghen Rochussen Van Hall Ja. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Heemstra Thorbecke Fransen van de Putte Ju. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Bosse Thorbecke De Vries J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Van Lynden van Sandenburg J. Heemskerk Mackay Van Tienhoven Roëll Pierson Kuyper De Meester T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Gerbrandy Schermerhorn Beel Drees Beel De Quay Marijnen Cals Zijlstra De Jong Biesheuvel Den Uyl Van Agt Lubbers Kok Balkenende Rutte

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Schimmelpenninck Bentinck van Nijenhuis Lightenvelt Van Sonsbeeck Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Hall Gevers van Endegeest Van Goltstein Van Hall Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van der Goes van Dirxland Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Strens Stratenus Van der Maesen de Sombreff Huyssen van Kattendijke Cremers Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Mulken Roest van Limburg Van Mulken Gericke van Herwijnen Van der Does de Willebois Van Heeckeren van Kell Van Lynden van Sandenburg Rochussen Van der Does de Willebois Du Tour van Bellinchave Van Karnebeek Hartsen Van Tienhoven Jansen Röell De Beaufort Van Lynden Ellis Van Weede van Berencamp Ellis Van Tets van Goudriaan De Marees van Swinderen Cort van der Linden Loudon Van Karnebeek Beelaerts van Blokland De Graeff Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn Patijn Van Kleffens Van Roijen Van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout Stikker Beyen Luns Schmelzer Van der Stoel Van der Klaauw Van der Stoel Van Agt Van den Broek Kooijmans Van Mierlo Van Aartsen De Hoop Scheffer Bot Verhagen Rosenthal Timmermans Koenders

Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Drees Van Schaik Teulings Beel Struycken Korthals Biesheuvel Vondeling De Quay Witteveen Bakker Nelissen Geertsema Van Agt De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Den Uyl Terlouw Van Aardenne De Korte Kok Dijkstal Van Mierlo Jorritsma Borst Bomhoff Remkes De Boer Zalm De Graaf Brinkhorst Bos Rouvoet Verhagen Asscher

Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands Ministry of Security and Justice Tadama Reuvens Van Hooff Van der Goes van Dirxland Cambier Appelius Van Hugenpoth tot Aerdt Van Maanen Van Pallandt van Keppel Van Maanen Van Hall De Jonge van Campensnieuwland Donker Curtius Wichers Lightenvelt Nedermeyer van Rosenthal Strens Donker Curtius Van der Brugghen Boot Godefroi Olivier Pické Borret J. Heemskerk Wintgens Van Lilaar Jolles De Vries Van Lynden van Sandenburg Smidt Modderman Du Tour van Bellinchave Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Smidt Van der Kaay Cort van der Linden Loeff Van Raalte Nelissen T. Heemskerk Regout T. Heemskerk Ort T. Heemskerk Schokking J. Donner Van Schaik Goseling De Visser Gerbrandy Van Angeren Van Heuven Goedhart Gerbrandy Kolfschoten Van Maarseveen Wijers Van Maarseveen Struycken Mulderije Donker Beel Van Oven Samkalden Struycken Beerman Scholten Samkalden Struycken Polak Van Agt De Gaay Fortman De Ruiter Korthals Altes Hirsch Ballin Kosto Sorgdrager Korthals P. H. Donner Verdonk Hirsch Ballin Opstelten Blok Van der Steur

Presidents of the European Council President-in-Office (1975–2009) Liam Cosgrave Aldo Moro Gaston Thorn Joop den Uyl James Callaghan Leo Tindemans Anker Jørgensen Helmut Schmidt Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Jack Lynch Francesco Cossiga Charles Haughey Pierre Werner Dries van Agt Margaret Thatcher Wilfried Martens Anker Jørgensen Poul Schlüter Helmut Kohl Andreas Papandreou François Mitterrand Garret FitzGerald Bettino Craxi Jacques Santer Ruud Lubbers Wilfried Martens Felipe González François Mitterrand Giulio Andreotti Ruud Lubbers Aníbal Cavaco Silva John Major Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Jean-Luc Dehaene Jacques Chirac Felipe González Lamberto Dini Romano Prodi John Bruton Wim Kok Jean-Claude Juncker Tony Blair Viktor Klima Gerhard Schröder Paavo Lipponen António Guterres Jacques Chirac Göran Persson Guy Verhofstadt José María Aznar López Anders Fogh Rasmussen Costas Simitis Silvio Berlusconi Bertie Ahern Jan Peter Balkenende Jean-Claude Juncker Tony Blair Wolfgang Schüssel Matti Vanhanen Angela Merkel José Sócrates Janez Janša Nicolas Sarkozy Mirek Topolánek Jan Fischer Fredrik Reinfeldt Permanent President (since 2009) Herman Van Rompuy Donald Tusk

Third Van Agt cabinet (1982) Preceded by: Second Van Agt cabinet · Succeeded by: First Lubbers cabinet Prime Minister Dries van Agt General Affairs and Foreign Affairs Deputy Prime Minister Jan Terlouw Economic Affairs Ministers Max Rood Interior Fons van der Stee Finance Job de Ruiter (Justice Hans van Mierlo Defence Til Gardeniers-Berendsen Health and Hygiene Wim Deetman Education and Science Henk Zeevalking Transport, Public Works and Water Management Jan de Koning Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs Louw de Graaf Social Affairs and Employment Erwin Nypels Housing and Spatial Planning Hans de Boer Culture, Recreation and Social work Minister without portfolio Kees van Dijk Development Cooperation State Secretaries Gerard van Leijenhorst Interior Hans van den Broek Foreign Affairs Michiel Scheltema Justice Piet van Zeil Economic Affairs and Social Affairs and Employment Wim Dik Economic Affairs Jan van Houwelingen Defence Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard Health and Hygiene Ad Hermes Education and Science

Second Van Agt cabinet (1981-1982) Preceded by: First Van Agt cabinet · Succeeded by: Third Van Agt cabinet Prime Minister Dries van Agt General Affairs Deputy Prime Minister Joop den Uyl Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles Affairs Jan Terlouw Economic Affairs Ministers Ed van Thijn Interior Max van der Stoel Foreign Affairs Fons van der Stee Finance Job de Ruiter Justice Hans van Mierlo Defence Til Gardeniers-Berendsen Health and Hygiene Jos van Kemenade Education and Science Henk Zeevalking Transport, Public Works and Water Management Jan de Koning Agriculture and Fisheries Marcel van Dam Housing and Spatial Planning André van der Louw Culture, Recreation and Social work Minister without portfolio Kees van Dijk Development Cooperation State Secretaries Saskia Stuiveling Interior Gerard van Leijenhorst Interior Hans van den Broek Foreign Affairs Hans Kombrink Finance Michiel Scheltema Justice Wim Dik Economic Affairs Piet van Zeil Economic Affairs Bram Stemerdink Defence Jan van Houwelingen Defence Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard Health and Hygiene Wim Deetman Education and Science Ad Hermes Education and Science Jaap van der Doef Transport, Public Works and Water Management Hedy d'Ancona Social Affairs and Employment Ien Dales Social Affairs and Employment Siepie de Jong Housing and Spatial Planning Hans de Boer Culture, Recreation and Social work

Van Agt-Wiegel cabinet (1977–1981) Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet · Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet Prime Minister Dries van Agt General Affairs Deputy Prime Minister Hans Wiegel Interior Ministers Chris van der Klaauw Foreign Affairs Frans Andriessen Finance) (1977–1980 Gijs van Aardenne Finance) (Acting Fons van der Stee Finance and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1980 Job de Ruiter Justice Gijs van Aardenne Economic Affairs Roelof Kruisinga Defence) (1977–1978 Jan de Koning Defence) (Acting Willem Scholten Defence) (1978–1980 Pieter de Geus Defence) (from 1980 Leendert Ginjaar Health and Hygiene Arie Pais Education and Science Danny Tuijnman Transport, Public Works and Water Management Fons van der Stee Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1977–1980 Gerrit Braks Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980 Wil Albeda Social Affairs Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981 Danny Tuijnman Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981 Til Gardeniers-Berendsen Culture, Recreation and Social work Ministers without portfolio Jan de Koning Development Cooperation Rinus Peijnenburg Science Policy) (1977–1979) († Leendert Ginjaar Science Policy) (Acting Ton van Trier Science Policy) (from 1979 State Secretaries Henk Koning Interior Durk van der Mei Foreign Affairs Ad Nooteboom Finance) (1977–1980 Marius van Amelsvoort Finance) (from 1980 Bert Haars Justice Ted Hazekamp Economic Affairs Karel Herman Beyenl Economic Affairs Cees van Lent Defence Wim van Eekelen Defence Els Veder-Smit Health and Hygiene Klaas de Jong Ozn Education and Science Ad Hermes Education and Science Neelie Kroes Transport, Public Works and Water Management Louw de Graaf Social Affairs Gerrit Brokx Housing and Spatial Planning Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters Culture, Recreation and Social work Gerard Wallis de Vries Culture, Recreation and Social work

Den Uyl cabinet (1973–1977) Preceded: Second Biesheuvel cabinet · Succeed: First Van Agt cabinet Prime Minister Joop den Uyl General Affairs Deputy Prime Ministers Dries van Agt Justice) (1973–1977 Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Justice) (from 1977 Ministers Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Interior and Surinamese and Netherlands Antilles Affairs Max van der Stoel Foreign Affairs Wim Duisenberg Finance Ruud Lubbers Economic Affairs Henk Vredeling Defence) (1973–1977 Bram Stemerdink Defence) (from 1977 Irene Vorrink Health, Environment and Hygiene Jos van Kemenade Education and Science Tjerk Westerterp Transport, Public Works and Water Management Tiemen Brouwer Agriculture and Fisheries) (1973 Fons van der Stee Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1973 Jaap Boersma Social Affairs Hans Gruijters Housing and Spatial Planning Harry van Doorn Culture, Recreation and Social work Ministers without portfolio Jan Pronk Development Cooperation Boy Trip Science Policy State Secretaries Wim Polak Interior) (1973–1977 Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Foreign Affairs) (1973–1977 Pieter Kooijmans Foreign Affairs Fons van der Stee Finance) (1973 Martin van Rooijen Finance) (1973–1977 Aar de Goede Finance Jan Glastra van Loon Justice) (1973–1975 Henk Zeevalking Justice) (1975–1977 Ted Hazekamp Economic Affairs Bram Stemerdink Defence) (1973–1977 Joep Mommersteeg Defence) (1973–1974 Cees van Lent Defence) (from 1974 Jo Hendriks Health, Environment and Hygiene Ger Klein Education and Science) (1973–1977 Antoon Veerman Education and Science) (1973–1975 Klaas de Jong Ozn. Education and Science) (from 1975 Michel van Hulten Transport, Public Works and Water Management Jan Mertens Social Affairs Marcel van Dam Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977 Jan Schaefer Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977 Wim Meijer Culture, Recreation and Social work) (1973–1977

Second Biesheuvel cabinet (1972-1973) Preceded: First Biesheuvel cabinet · Succeed: Den Uyl cabinet Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs) Deputy Prime Ministers Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior and Surinamese and Netherlands Antillean Affairs) Ministers Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harry Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health, the Environment and Hygiene) Chris van Veen (Education and Science and Science Policy and Science Education) Berend Jan Udink (Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Housing and Spatial Planning) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1972-1973) Jaap Boersma (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1973) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social work) Minister without portfolio Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) State Secretaries Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Johannes Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) Cees Schelfhout (Education and Science) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social work)

First Biesheuvel cabinet (1971-1972) Preceded: De Jong cabinet · Succeed: Second Biesheuvel cabinet Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel General Affairs Deputy Prime Ministers Roelof Nelissen Finance and Surinamese and Netherlands Antillean Affairs Molly Geertsema Interior Ministers Norbert Schmelzer Foreign Affairs Dries van Agt Justice Harry Langman Economic Affairs Hans de Koster Defence Louis Stuyt Health, the Environment and Hygiene Chris van Veen Education and Science Willem Drees, Jr. Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (1971-1972 Berend Jan Udink Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (from 1972 Pierre Lardinois Agriculture and Fisheries Jaap Boersma Social Affairs Berend Jan Udink Housing and Spatial Planning Piet Engels Culture, Recreation and Social work Ministers without portfolio Kees Boertien Development Cooperation Mauk de Brauw Science Policy and Science Education) (1971-1972 Chris van Veen Science Policy and Science Education) (from 1972 State Secretaries Jan van Stuijvenberg Interior) (1971-1972 Tjerk Westerterp Foreign Affairs Willem Scholten Finance Fons van der Stee Finance Hans Grosheide Justice Johannes Oostenbrink Economic Affairs Adri van Es Defence Cees Schelfhout Education and Science Roelof Kruisinga Transport, Public Works and Water Management Koos Rietkerk Social Affairs Werner Buck Housing and Spatial Planning Henk Vonhoff Culture, Recreation and Social work Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen Culture, Recreation and Social work) (1971-1972

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