Kuyper cabinet
Kuyper cabinet | |
|---|---|
Cabinet of the Netherlands | |
| Date formed | 1 August 1901 |
| Date dissolved | 17 August 1905 (Demissionary from 3 July 1905) |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Queen Wilhelmina |
| Head of government | Abraham Kuyper |
| No. of ministers | 8 |
| Ministers removed | 4 |
| Total no. of members | 11 |
| Member party | 1 August 1901 – 15 October 1904 Independent Catholics Anti-Revolutionary Party 15 October 1904 – 17 August 1905 General League Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| Status in legislature | Right-wing Minority government |
| History | |
| Election | 1901 election |
| Outgoing election | 1905 election |
| Legislature terms | 1901–1905 |
| Incoming formation | 1901 |
| Outgoing formation | 1905 |
| Predecessor | Pierson cabinet |
| Successor | De Meester cabinet |
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The Kuyper cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 1 August 1901 until 17 August 1905. The cabinet was formed by the political party Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Independent Catholics (I) after the election of 1901. The right-wing cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives. Abraham Kuyper, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party was Prime Minister.[1]
Composition
| Title | Minister | Term of office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Name | Party | Start | End | ||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers Minister of the Interior |
Abraham Kuyper | ARP | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | ||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Robert Melvil van Lynden | ARP | 1 August 1901 | 9 March 1905 | ||
| Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) | Indep. | 9 March 1905 | 22 April 1905 | |||
| Willem van Weede van Berencamp | Indep. | 22 April 1905 | 7 August 1905 | |||
| Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) | Indep. | 7 August 1905 | 17 August 1905 | |||
| Minister of Finance | Jan Harte van Tecklenburg | Indep. | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | ||
| General League | ||||||
| Minister of Justice | Jan Loeff | Indep. | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | ||
| General League | ||||||
| Minister of Water Management, Commerce and Industry |
Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens | ARP | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | ||
| Minister of War | Johannes Bergansius | Indep. | 1 August 1901 | 17 August 1905 | ||
| General League | ||||||
| Minister of the Navy | Gerhardus Kruys | Indep. | 1 August 1901 | 12 December 1902 | ||
| Johannes Bergansius (ad interim) | Indep. | 12 December 1902 | 16 March 1903 | |||
| Abraham George Ellis | Indep. | 16 March 1903 | 17 August 1905 | |||
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Titus van Asch van Wijck | ARP | 1 August 1901 | 9 September 1902 | ||
| Johannes Bergansius (ad interim) | Indep. | 9 September 1902 | 25 September 1902 | |||
| Alexander Idenburg | ARP | 25 September 1902 | 17 August 1905 | |||
References
- ^ "Het kabinet Kuyper 1901 - 1905" (in Dutch). University of Groningen. 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)