Second Beel cabinet

Second Beel cabinet
47th cabinet of the Netherlands
The first meeting of the Second Beel cabinet on 23 December 1958
Date formed	22 December 1958 (1958-12-22)
Date dissolved	19 May 1959 (1959-05-19) (Demissionary from 12 March 1959 (1959-03-12))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Juliana
Head of government	Louis Beel
Deputy head of government	Teun Struycken
No. of ministers	10
Member party	Catholic People's Party (KVP) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU)
Status in legislature	Centre-right Caretaker government
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Jaap Burger
History
Outgoing election	1959 election
Legislature term(s)	1956–59
Incoming formation	1958 formation
Outgoing formation	1959 formation
Predecessor	Third Drees cabinet
Successor	De Quay cabinet

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The Second Beel cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 22 December 1958 until 19 May 1959. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the resignation of the Third Drees cabinet. The centre-right rump cabinet served as a caretaker government until the election of 1959.^[1]

Formation

On 11 December 1958 the Third Drees cabinet fell after a crises between the Labour Party and the Catholic People's Party over the prolonging for a proposed tax increase from the initial two years to only one fiscal year. Following the fall of the cabinet the Labour Party left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union formed a rump cabinet. Former Prime Minister Louis Beel was appointed as Prime Minister on 22 December 1958.

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959	Catholic People's Party
			Minister	Social Affairs and Health
		Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations	29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
			Minister	Justice	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959
		Dr. Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Minister	Finance	22 December 1958 – 24 July 1963	Anti-Revolutionary Party
			Minister	Economic Affairs	2 September 1952 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]
		Kees Staf (1905–1973)	Minister	War	15 March 1951 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Christian Historical Union
				Navy
			Minister	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959
		Jo Cals (1914–1971)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	2 September 1952 – 24 July 1963 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Jan van Aartsen (1909–1992)	Minister	Transport and Water Management	1 November 1958 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Herman Witte (1909–1973)	Minister	Housing and Construction	2 September 1952 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)	Minister	Social Work	13 October 1956 – 24 July 1963 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Gerard Helders (1905–2013)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	16 February 1957 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Christian Historical Union
State Secretaries			Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008)	State Secretary	• Privatization Policy • Government Real Estate • Public Sector Organisations (within Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations)	29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	State Secretary	• Small Business Policy • Retail Policy • Competition Policy • Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	10 October 1952 – 17 July 1961 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		Harry Moorman (1899–1971)	State Secretary	• Navy (within Navy)	1 May 1949 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
		René Höppener (1903–1983)	State Secretary	• Youth Policy • Environmental Policy • Nature Policy • Media Affairs • Culture Policy • Arts Policy • Recreation Affairs • Sport (within Education, Arts and Sciences)	12 November 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
Source: (in Dutch) Rijksoverheid.nl

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

References

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Beel II Parlement & Politiek
• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Beel II Rijksoverheid

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