Pierson cabinet

Pierson cabinet
23rd cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the Pierson cabinet
Date formed	27 July 1897 (1897-07-27)
Date dissolved	1 August 1901 (1901-08-01) (Demissionary from 28 June 1901 (1901-06-28))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Nicolaas Pierson
Head of government's history	Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (Unofficially)
No. of ministers	8
Ministers removed (Death/resignation/dismissal)	2
Total no. of ministers	10
Member party	Liberal Union (LU) Independent Liberals (I) (Confidence and supply)
Status in legislature	Centre-right Minority government
Opposition party	General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses
Opposition leader	Theodorus Dobbelmann
History
Election(s)	1897 election
Outgoing election	1901 election
Legislature term(s)	1897–1901
Predecessor	Röell cabinet
Successor	Kuyper cabinet

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The Pierson cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 27 July 1897 until 1 August 1901. The cabinet was formed by the political party Liberal Union (CU) after the election of 1897. The centre-right cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives but was supported by Independent Liberals for a majority. Nicolaas Pierson of the Liberal Union was Prime Minister.^[1]

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	Prime Minister		27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
			Minister	Finance
		Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917)	Minister	Interior	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
		Willem de Beaufort (1845–1918)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	Minister	Justice	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Cornelis Lely (1854–1929)	Minister	Water Management, Commerce and Industry	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
		Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925)	Minister	War	27 July 1897 – 31 July 1897 [Ad interim]	Liberal Union
		Lieutenant general Kornelis Eland (1838–1927)			31 July 1897 – 1 April 1901 [Res]	Liberal Union
		Lieutenant general Arthur Kool (1841–1914)			1 April 1901 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
		Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925)	Minister	Navy	27 July 1897 – 22 December 1897 [Res]	Liberal Union
		Lieutenant general Kornelis Eland (1838–1927)			22 December 1897 – 12 January 1898 [Ad interim]	Liberal Union
		Vice admiral Jonkheer Jacob Röell (1838–1924)			12 January 1898 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1847–1923)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.

References

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Pierson Parlement & Politiek