Third Van Agt cabinet

Third Van Agt cabinet
58th cabinet of the Netherlands
The installation of the Third Van Agt cabinet on 29 May 1982
Date formed	29 May 1982 (1982-05-29)
Date dissolved	4 November 1982 (1982-11-04) (Demissionary from 8 September 1982 (1982-09-08))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Beatrix
Head of government	Dries van Agt
Deputy head of government	Jan Terlouw
No. of ministers	14
Member party	Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) Democrats 66 (D'66)
Status in legislature	Centre Caretaker government
Opposition party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Opposition leader	Ed Nijpels
History
Outgoing election	1982 election
Legislature term(s)	1981–1982
Outgoing formation	1982 formation
Predecessor	Second Van Agt cabinet
Successor	First Lubbers cabinet

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The Third Van Agt cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 29 May 1982 until 4 November 1982 The cabinet was formed by the political parties Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Democrats 66 (D'60) following the fall of the Second Van Agt cabinet on 12 May 1982. The centre rump cabinet served as a caretaker government until the election of 1982. It was the last of three cabinets of Dries van Agt, the Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal as Prime Minister, with Jan Terlouw, the Leader of the Democrats 66 serving as Deputy Prime Minister.^[1]

Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Dries van Agt in The Hague on 2 June 1982.

Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands Jacov Nechisthan and Prime Minister Dries van Agt at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel on 18 October 1982.

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Dries van Agt (born 1931)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	19 December 1977 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
			Minister	Foreign Affairs	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982
		Dr. Jan Terlouw (born 1931)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Economic Affairs	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Democrats 66
		Dr. Max Rood (1927–2001)	Minister	Interior	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Democrats 66
		Fons van der Stee (1928–1999)	Minister	Finance	5 March 1980 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Dr. Job de Ruiter (1930–2015)	Minister	Justice	19 December 1977 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010)	Minister	Defence	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Democrats 66
		Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (born 1925)	Minister	Health and Environment	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Louw de Graaf (born 1930)	Minister	Social Affairs and Employment	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Wim Deetman (born 1945)	Minister	Education and Sciences	29 May 1982 – 14 September 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Henk Zeevalking (1922–2005)	Minister	Transport and Water Management	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Democrats 66
		Jan de Koning (1926–1994)	Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Erwin Nypels (born 1933)	Minister	Housing and Spatial Planning	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Democrats 66
		Hans de Boer (born 1937)	Minister	Culture, Recreation and Social Work	29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal
Ministers without portfolio			Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Kees van Dijk (1931–2008)	Minister	Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Jan de Koning (1926–1994)	Minister	Netherlands Antilles Affairs (within Interior)	29 May 1982 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal
State Secretaries			Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Gerard van Leijenhorst (1928–2001)	State Secretary	• Local Government Affairs • Government Reform • Urban Planning • Public Housing • Emergency Services • Disaster Management • Minority Affairs (within Interior)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Hans van den Broek (born 1936)	State Secretary	• European Affairs • NATO Affairs • Benelux Affairs • International Aviation Policy (within Foreign Affairs)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Dr. Michiel Scheltema (1939)	State Secretary	• Integration • Immigration • Asylum Affairs • Privacy Policy • Administrative Law • Family Law • Youth Justice • International Law • Rehabilitation • Prevention (within Justice)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Democrats 66
		Piet van Zeil (1927–2012)	State Secretary	• Small Business Policy • Retail Policy • Competition Policy • Regional Development • Consumer Protection • Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	11 September 1981 – 22 June 1986 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
			State Secretary	• Social Security • Unemployment Affairs • Occupational Safety • Social Services • Youth Policy • Elderly Policy • Poverty Policy • Disability Affairs • Equality • Emancipation (within Social Affairs and Employment)	12 June 1982 – 4 November 1982
		Wim Dik (born 1939)	State Secretary	• International Trade • Export Promotion (within Economic Affairs)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Democrats 66
		Jan van Houwelingen (1939–2013)	State Secretary	• Personnel Affairs • Equipment Policy • Military Justice • Veteran Affairs (within Defence)	14 September 1981 – 7 November 1989 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard (1946–2014)	State Secretary	• Environmental Policy (within Health and Environment)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Democrats 66
		Ad Hermes (1929–2002)	State Secretary	• Primary Education • Secondary Education • Teacher Policy (within Education and Sciences)	9 January 1978 – 4 November 1982 [Retained]	Christian Democratic Appeal
Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt III Rijksoverheid

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

References

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt III Parlement & Politiek
• (in Dutch) Kabinet-Van Agt III Rijksoverheid

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