Theo de Meester
His Excellency Theo de Meester | |
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
In office 17 August 1905 – 12 February 1908 | |
Monarch | Wilhelmina |
Preceded by | Abraham Kuyper |
Succeeded by | Theo Heemskerk |
Personal details | |
Born |
Theodoor Herman de Meester 16 December 1851 Harderwijk, Netherlands |
Died |
27 December 1919 68) The Hague, Netherlands | (aged
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Josina Parker |
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Politician |
Theodoor Herman "Theo" de Meester (16 December 1851 – 27 December 1919) was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Finance from 1905 to 1908.
De Meester was the son of Gerrit Abraham de Meester (1817–1864), who had been a member of the House of Representatives for the Zwolle constituency from 1862 to 1864. A former administrator in the Dutch East Indies, De Meester's cabinet was inaugurated on 17 August 1905. It consisted of five Liberal, two Free-minded Democratic, and two non-partisan ministers. It had no majority in either of the two Dutch chambers, and earned the nickname "Porcelain Cabinet". His government first resigned in December 1906, when the defence budget for 1907 was rejected by the Senate. That resignation was refused by Queen Wilhelmina, but the government fell in December 1907, when the Dutch parliament disapproved the defence budget for 1908. The government remained as a demissionary government until 12 February 1908.
References
- "Mr. Th.H. de Meester". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Abraham Kuyper |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1905–1908 |
Succeeded by Theo Heemskerk |
Preceded by Jan Harte van Tecklenburg |
Minister of Finance 1905–1908 |
Succeeded by Maximilien Kolkman |
House of Representatives of the Netherlands | ||
Preceded by Zadok van den Bergh |
Member for Den Helder 1910–1917 |
Succeeded by Pieter Oud |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Hendrik Goeman Borgesius |
Leader of the Liberal Union in the House of Representatives 1913–1917 |
Succeeded by Eduard Ellis van Raalte |