First Beel cabinet

First Beel cabinet

42nd cabinet of the Netherlands
The first meeting of the First Beel cabinet on 3 July 1946
Date formed 3 July 1946 (1946-07-03)
Date dissolved 7 August 1948 (1948-08-07)
(Demissionary from 7 July 1948 (1948-07-07))
People and organisations
Head of state Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government Louis Beel
Deputy head of government Willem Drees
No. of ministers 17
Ministers removed
(Death/resignation/dismissal)		 5
Total no. of ministers 19
Member party Catholic People's Party
(KVP)
Labour Party
(PvdA)
Status in legislature Grand coalition (Roman/Red)
Opposition party Anti-Revolutionary Party
Opposition leader Jan Schouten
History
Election(s) 1946 election
Outgoing election 1948 election
Legislature term(s) 1946–1948
Incoming formation 1946 formation
Outgoing formation 1948 formation
Predecessor Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet
Successor Drees–Van Schaik cabinet
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The First Beel cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 3 July 1946 until 7 August 1948/ The cabinet was formed by the political parties Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 1946. It was the first democratically elected cabinet formed after the end of World War II.The grand coalition (Roman/Red) cabinet was a majority cabinet in the House of Representatives.[1]

Term

A major issue was the independence of the Dutch East Indies. This required a change in the constitution. In November 1946 the Linggadjati Agreement was signed, but different interpretations led to Dutch military intervention (politionele acties). Under international pressure through the UN, this ended and negotiations restarted, ultimaltely resulting in the new country Indonesia, but only under the next cabinet, Drees I. An important new law was the 'Noodwet Ouderdomsvoorziening' by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs Willem Drees.

Cabinet Members

Ministers Title/Ministry Term of office Party
Dr.
Louis Beel
(1902–1977)		 Prime Minister 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948		 Catholic People's Party
General Affairs 13 October 1947 –
7 August 1948
Minister Interior 23 February 1945 –
15 September 1947
[Retained]
Willem Drees
(1886–1988)		 Deputy Prime Minister /
Minister		 Social Affairs 25 June 1945 –
7 August 1948
[Retained]		 Labour Party
Dr.
Piet Witteman
(1892–1972)		 Minister Interior 15 September 1947 –
7 August 1948		 Catholic People's Party
Baron
Pim van Boetzelaer
van Oosterhout
(1892–1986)		 Minister Foreign Affairs 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948		 Independent
Liberal
(Conservative Liberal)
Dr.
Piet Lieftinck
(1902–1989)		 Minister Finance 25 June 1945 –
1 July 1952
[Retained]		 Labour Party
Johan van Maarseveen
(1894–1951)		 Minister Justice 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948		 Catholic People's Party
Dr.
Gerardus Huysmans
(1902–1948)		 Minister Economic Affairs 3 July 1946 –
14 January 1948
[Res]		 Catholic People's Party
Sicco Mansholt
(1908–1995)		 14 January 1948 –
21 January 1948
[Ad interim]		 Labour Party
Dr.
Jan van den Brink
(1915–2006)		 21 January 1948 –
2 September 1952		 Catholic People's Party
Lieutenant colonel
Alexander Fiévez
(1902–1949)		 Minister War 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948		 Catholic People's Party
Navy 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1946
[Ad interim]
25 November 1947 –
7 August 1948
Jules Schagen
van Leeuwen
(1896–1976)		 7 August 1946 –
25 November 1947
[Res]		 Independent
Conservative
(Social Conservative)
Dr.
Jos Gielen
(1898–1981)		 Minister Education, Arts
and Sciences		 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948		 Catholic People's Party
Hein Vos
(1903–1972)		 Minister Transport 3 July 1946 –
1 March 1947		 Labour Party
Transport and
Water Management		 1 March 1947 –
7 August 1948
Sicco Mansholt
(1908–1995)		 Minister Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food Supplies		 25 June 1945 –
1 January 1958
[Retained]		 Labour Party
Dr.
Johan Ringers
(1885–1965)		 Minister Public Works and
Reconstruction		 25 June 1945 –
15 November 1946
[Retained] [Res]		 Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Hein Vos
(1900–1972)		 15 November 1946 –
3 March 1947
[Ad interim]		 Labour Party
Lambertus Neher
(1899–1967)		 Reconstruction and
Housing		 3 March 1947 –
1 March 1948
[Res]		 Labour Party
Dr.
Joris in 't Veld
(1895–1981)		 1 March 1948 –
2 September 1952		 Labour Party
Jan Jonkman
(1891–1976)		 Minister Colonial Affairs 3 July 1946 –
7 August 1948		 Labour Party
Ministers without portfolio Title/Portfolio/Ministry Term of office Party
Eelco van Kleffens
(1894–1983)		 Minister United Nations Affairs

(within Foreign Affairs)		 1 March 1946 –
1 July 1947
[Retained] [Res]		 Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Lubbertus Götzen
(1894–1979)		 Minister Colonial Policy

(within Colonial Affairs)		 11 November 1947 –
15 March 1951		 Independent
Christian Democrat
(Protestant)
Source: (in Dutch) Rijksoverheid
Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.
Res Resigned.
Ad interim Served ad interim.

References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) "Coalities tussen sociaaldemocraten en confessionelen". Historisch Nieuwsblad. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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