Kuyper cabinet

Kuyper cabinet

24th cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed 1 August 1901 (1901-08-01)
Date dissolved 17 August 1905 (1905-08-17)
(Demissionary from 3 July 1905 (1905-07-03))
People and organisations
Head of state Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government Abraham Kuyper
No. of ministers 8
Ministers removed
(Death/resignation/dismissal)
4
Total no. of ministers 11
Member party

1 August 1901 – 15 October 1904

Independent Catholics
(I)
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(ARP)


15 October 1904 – 17 August 1905

General League of Roman
Catholic Caucuses

(ABRK)
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(ARP)
Status in legislature Right-wing Minority government
Opposition party Liberal Union
Opposition leader Hendrik Goeman Borgesius
History
Election(s) 1901 election
Outgoing election 1905 election
Legislature term(s) 1901–1905
Predecessor Pierson cabinet
Successor De Meester cabinet
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 Kuyper cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 1 August 1901 until 17 August 1905. The cabinet was formed by the political party Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Independent Catholics (I) after the election of 1901. The right-wing cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives. Abraham Kuyper, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party was Prime Minister.[1]

Cabinet Members

Ministers Title/Ministry Term of office Party
Dr.
Abraham Kuyper
(1837–1920)
Prime Minister 1 August 1901 –
17 August 1905
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister Interior
Baron
Robert Melvil
van Lynden
(1843–1910)
Minister Foreign Affairs 1 August 1901 –
9 March 1905
[Res]
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Vice admiral
Abraham George Ellis
(1846–1916)
9 March 1905 –
22 April 1905
[Ad interim]
Independent
Conservative

(Liberal Conservative)
Jonkheer
Willem van Weede
van Berencamp
(1848–1925)
22 April 1905 –
7 August 1905
[Res]
Independent
Christian Democrat

(Protestant)
Vice admiral
Abraham George Ellis
(1846–1916)
7 August 1905 –
17 August 1905
[Ad interim]
Independent
Conservative

(Liberal Conservative)
Jan Harte van
Tecklenburg

(1853–1937)
Minister Finance 1 August 1901 –
17 August 1905
Independent
Christian Democrat

(Catholic)
General League of
Roman Catholic
Caucuses
Dr.
Jan Loeff
(1858–1921)
Minister Justice 1 August 1901 –
17 August 1905
Independent
Christian Democrat

(Catholic)
General League of
Roman Catholic
Caucuses
Johannes Christiaan
de Marez Oyens

(1845–1911)
Minister Water Management,
Commerce and Industry
1 August 1901 –
17 August 1905
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Lieutenant general
Johannes Bergansius
(1836–1913)
Minister War 1 August 1901 –
17 August 1905
Independent
Christian Democrat

(Catholic)
General League of
Roman Catholic
Caucuses
Vice admiral
Gerhardus Kruys
(1838–1902)
Navy 1 August 1901 –
12 December 1902
[Died]
Independent
Christian Democrat

(Protestant)
Lieutenant general
Johannes Bergansius
(1836–1913)
12 December 1902 –
16 March 1903
[Ad interim]
Independent
Christian Democrat

(Catholic)
Vice admiral
Abraham George Ellis
(1846–1916)
16 March 1903 –
17 August 1905
Independent
Conservative

(Liberal Conservative)
Jonkheer
Titus van Asch
van Wijck

(1849–1902)
Minister Colonial Affairs 1 August 1901 –
9 September 1902
[Died]
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Lieutenant general
Johannes Bergansius
(1836–1913)
9 September 1902 –
25 September 1902
[Ad interim]
Independent
Christian Democrat

(Catholic)
Alexander Idenburg
(1861–1935)
25 September 1902 –
17 August 1905
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek
Res Resigned.
Ad interim Served ad interim.
Died Died in office.

References

  1. (in Dutch) "Het kabinet Kuyper 1901 - 1905". University of Groningen. 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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