First De Geer cabinet

First De Geer cabinet

31st cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the First De Geer cabinet cabinet on 12 March 1926
Date formed 8 March 1926 (1926-03-08)
Date dissolved 10 August 1929 (1929-08-10)
(Demissionary from 3 July 1929 (1929-07-03))
People and organisations
Head of state Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government Dirk Jan de Geer
No. of ministers 9
Ministers removed
(Death/resignation/dismissal)		 2
Total no. of ministers 11
Member party Roman Catholic
State Party
(RKSP)
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(ARP)
Christian Historical Union
(CHU)
Status in legislature Centre-right Majority government
Opposition party Social Democratic
Workers' Party
Opposition leader Willem Albarda
History
Legislature term(s) 1925–1929
Predecessor First Colijn cabinet
Successor Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck 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 De Geer cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 8 March 1926 until 10 August 1929. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) following following the fall of the First Colijn cabinet on 11 November 1925.[1]

Cabinet Members

Ministers Title/Ministry Term of office Party
Jonkheer
Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1960)		 Prime Minister 8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929		 Christian Historical Union
Minister Finance 8 March 1926 –
26 May 1933
Jan Kan
(1873–1947)		 Minister Interior and
Agriculture		 8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929		 Independent
Liberal
(Social Liberal)
Dr.
Jonkheer
Herman van Karnebeek
(1874–1942)		 Minister Foreign Affairs 9 September 1918 –
1 April 1927
[Retained] [Res]		 Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Jonkheer
Frans Beelaerts
van Blokland
(1872–1956)		 1 April 1927 –
20 April 1933		 Christian Historical Union
Dr.
Jan Donner
(1891–1981)		 Minister Justice 8 March 1926 –
26 May 1933		 Anti-Revolutionary Party
Dr.
Jan Rudolph
Slotemaker de Bruïne
(1869–1941)		 Minister Labour, Commerce
and Industry		 8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929		 Christian Historical Union
Louis van Royen
(1865–1946)		 Minister War /
Navy		 8 March 1926 –
24 April 1926
[Res]		 Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Johan Lambooij
(1874–1942)		 24 April 1926 –
1 September 1928		 Roman Catholic
State Party
Defence 1 September 1928 –
10 August 1929
Marius Waszink
(1881–1943)		 Minister Education, Arts
and Sciences		 8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929		 Roman Catholic
State Party
Hendrik van der Vegte
(1868–1933)		 Minister Water Management 8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929		 Anti-Revolutionary Party
Dr.
Jacob Koningsberger
(1867–1951)		 Minister Colonial Affairs 8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929		 Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek
Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.
Res Resigned.

References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) "Geer, jhr. Dirk Jan de (1870-1960)". Resources Huygens. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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