Second Beel cabinet

The second Beel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 22 December 1958 until 19 May 1959. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the fall of the previous Third Drees cabinet. The caretaker cabinet was a centre-right coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives with former Catholic Prime Minister Louis Beel returning as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health. Prominent Catholic politician Teun Struycken continued as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Organisations from previous cabinet and dual served as Minister of Justice.

The cabinet served during final years of the turbulent 1950s. Domestically its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1959. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the De Quay cabinet.

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/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Louis Beel	Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977)	Prime Minister	General Affairs		22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959	Catholic People's Party
Minister			Social Affairs and Health
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Teun Struycken	Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	Deputy Prime Minister	Interior, Property and Public Organisations		29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
Minister
Minister			Justice	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Joseph Luns	Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Minister	Foreign Affairs		13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 [Retained] [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Jelle Zijlstra	Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Minister	Finance		22 December 1958 – 24 July 1963 [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister			Economic Affairs	2 September 1952 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Kees Staf	Kees Staf (1905–1973)	Minister	War and Navy		15 March 1951 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Christian Historical Union
Minister			Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Jo Cals	Jo Cals (1914–1971)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences		2 September 1952 – 24 July 1963 [Retained] [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Jan van Aartsen	Jan van Aartsen (1909–1992)	Minister	Transport and Water Management		1 November 1958 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Herman Witte	Herman Witte (1909–1973)	Minister	Housing and Construction		2 September 1952 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Marga Klompé	Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)	Minister	Social Work		13 October 1956 – 24 July 1963 [Retained] [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Gerard Helders	Gerard Helders (1905–2013)	Minister	Colonial Affairs		16 February 1957 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Christian Historical Union
State Secretaries			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Norbert Schmelzer	Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008)	State Secretary	Interior, Property and Public Organisations	• Public Organisations	29 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Gerard Veldkamp	Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	State Secretary	Economic Affairs	• Small and Medium-sized Businesses • Consumer Protection • Tourism	10 October 1952 – 17 July 1961 [Retained] [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Harry Moorman	Vice admiral Harry Moorman (1899–1971)	State Secretary	Navy	• Navy	1 May 1949 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	René Höppener	René Höppener (1903–1983)	State Secretary	Education, Arts and Sciences	• Youth Care • Nature • Media • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport	12 November 1956 – 19 May 1959 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party

^{Retained from the previous cabinet}

^{Continued in the next cabinet}

References

• Four cabinet members would later be granted the honorary title of Minister of State: Louis Beel (1956), Jelle Zijlstra (1983), Jo Cals (1966) and Marga Klompé (1971).

External links

Official

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