Zijlstra cabinet

The Zijlstra cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Cals. The caretaker rump cabinet was a centrist coalition and had a minority in the House of Representatives with former Protestant Leader Jelle Zijlstra a former Minister of Finance serving as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Finance. Former Catholic Prime Minister Jan de Quay served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Water Management, Protestant Leader Barend Biesheuvel continued as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the responsibility for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs from previous cabinet.

The cabinet served in the middle of the tumultuous 1960s, domestically it had to deal with the counterculture and its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1967. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the De Jong cabinet.

Formation

Following the fall of the Cals cabinet the Labour Party (PvdA) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party and the Anti-Revolutionary Party formed a Rump cabinet.

Term

Such a transitional cabinet is not supposed to take important decisions, but it still resolved the issue over the introduction of commercial television, which had been a major issue in the two previous cabinets, with the omroepwet, which allowed commercial blocks on public television (between shows), despite protests by VVD and part of CHU.

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The first meeting the Zijlstra cabinet on 22 November 1966.

Cabinet members

Ministers			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Jelle Zijlstra	Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001)	Prime Minister	General Affairs		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister			Finance
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Jan de Quay	Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985)	Deputy Prime Minister	Transport and Water Management		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
Minister
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Barend Biesheuvel	Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001)	Deputy Prime Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister
Minister			Interior	• Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Koos Verdam	Dr. Koos Verdam (1915–1998)	Minister	Interior		5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Joseph Luns	Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	Minister	Foreign Affairs		13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Teun Struycken	Teun Struycken (1906–1977)	Minister	Justice		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Joop Bakker	Joop Bakker (1921–2003)	Minister	Economic Affairs		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Piet de Jong	Captain Piet de Jong (1915–2016)	Minister	Defence		24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Gerard Veldkamp	Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990)	Minister	Social Affairs and Health		17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst	Dr. Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (1916–2004)	Minister	Education and Sciences		14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Herman Witte	Herman Witte (1909–1973)	Minister	Housing and Spatial Planning		22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Marga Klompé	Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986)	Minister	Culture, Recreation and Social Work		22 November 1966 – 6 July 1971 [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
Minister without portfolio			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Theo Bot	Theo Bot (1911–1984)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	• Development Cooperation	14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
State Secretaries			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Leo de Block	Leo de Block (1904–1988)	State Secretary	Foreign Affairs)	• European Union • Benelux	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
State Secretary			Transport and Water Management	• Public Transport • Rail Transport • Weather Forecasting	28 November 1966 – 5 April 1967
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Louis van Son	Louis van Son (1922–1986)	State Secretary	Economic Affairs	• Small and Medium-sized Businesses • Regional Development	28 November 1966 – 6 July 1971 [Continued]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Gerard Peijnenburg	Gerard Peijnenburg (1919–2000)	State Secretary	Defence	• Army	13 May 1965 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Independent Christian Democratic Catholic
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Adri van Es	Vice admiral Adri van Es (1913–1994)			• Navy	14 August 1963 – 16 September 1972 [Retained] [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Heije Schaper	Lieutenant general Heije Schaper (1906–1996)			• Air Force	22 June 1966 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Independent Conservative Liberal
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Louis Bartels	Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002)	State Secretary	Social Affairs and Health	• Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	José de Meijer	Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000)			• Occupational Safety • Public Organisations	15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Retained]	Catholic People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Hans Grosheide	Hans Grosheide (1930–2022)	State Secretary	Education and Sciences	• Primary Education • Secondary Education • Special Education	3 September 1963 – 6 July 1971 [Retained] [Continued]	Anti-Revolutionary Party

^{Retained from the previous cabinet}

^{Continued in the next cabinet}

External links

Official

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