De Jong cabinet

De Jong cabinet
52nd cabinet of the Netherlands
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Date formed	April 5, 1967
Date dissolved	July 6, 1971
People and organisations
Head of government	Piet de Jong
Deputy head of government	Johan Witteveen Joop Bakker
Head of state	Juliana of the Netherlands
Ministers removed (Death/resignation/dismissal)	1
Total number of ministers	17
Member party	Catholic People's Party (KVP) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Anti Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU)
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Joop den Uyl
History
Election(s)	Dutch general election, 1967
Outgoing election	Dutch general election, 1971
Legislature term(s)	1967-1971
Incoming formation	1967 Dutch cabinet formation
Outgoing formation	1971 Dutch cabinet formation
Predecessor	Zijlstra cabinet
Successor	First Biesheuvel cabinet

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The inauguration the De Jong cabinet on April 5, 1967.

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Council of Ministers of the Netherlands meeting of the De Jong cabinet in 1967.

The De Jong cabinet was a Dutch centre-right cabinet with ministers from Catholic People's Party (KVP), People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Anti Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU). It was the first Cabinet of the Netherlands after World War II that completed a full term without any internal conflicts. The cabinet was confronted with a demand for democratic reforms in the society and it decided to democratise colleges and universities after the famous maagdenhuisbezetting. Plans were made to modernise politics by establishing an electoral system with districts or a chosen prime minister, but these plans were not implemented. Meanwhile, a pay pause due to the decision of employers and employees to raise wages was partly revoked after anti-government demonstrations and strikes. The minister of economic affairs, De Block, resigned, officially as a protest against the wage rise in the metal industry, but another reason was his slow reaction to the inflation and rising prices after the introduction of Value added tax. More unrest took shape in demonstrations against the war in Vietnam. Internationally, relations with Indonesia improved, resulting in a visit by president Suharto, which was, however, overshadowed by the occupation of the Indonesian embassy by Moluccans. The Soviet Union invasion in Czechoslovakia was seen as a reason to increase the defence budget.

Position		Portfolio	Name	Party	Note(s)
	Prime Minister	General Affairs	Piet de Jong	KVP
Johan Witteveen	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Finance	Johan Witteveen	VVD
	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Transport, Public Works and Water Management Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs	Joop Bakker	ARP
	Minister	Interior	Henk Beernink	CHU
	Minister	Foreign Affairs	Joseph Luns	KVP
	Minister	Justice	Carel Polak	VVD
Leo de Block	Minister	Economic Affairs	Leo de Block	KVP	1967-1970
	Prime Minister	Economic Affairs	Piet de Jong	KVP	Ad Interim
	Minister	Economic Affairs	Roelof Nelissen	KVP	1970-1971
Willem den Toom	Minister	Defence	Willem den Toom	VVD
Bauke Roolvink	Minister	Social Affairs and Health	Bauke Roolvink	ARP
Gerard Veringa	Minister	Education and Science	Gerard Veringa	KVP
Pierre Lardinois	Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries	Pierre Lardinois	KVP
Wim Schut	Minister	Housing and Spatial Planning	Wim Schut	ARP
	Minister	Culture, Recreation and Social work	Marga Klompé	KVP
Berend Jan Udink	Minister without portfolio	Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs)	Berend Jan Udink	CHU
	State Secretary	Interior (Government personnel, agglomeration business and government organization)	Chris van Veen	CHU
Hans de Koster	State Secretary	Foreign Affairs (European cooperation)	Hans de Koster	VVD
Frits Grapperhaus	State Secretary	Finance (Tax matters)	Frits Grapperhaus	KVP
	State Secretary	Justice (Matters other than legislative and judicial organization)	Klaas Wiersma	VVD
Louis van Son	State Secretary	Economic Affairs (Middle class, tourism, trade relations, regional industrialization, foreign economic relations and export promotion)	Louis van Son	KVP
Joop Haex	State Secretary	Defence (Royal Netherlands Army)	Joop Haex	CHU
	State Secretary	Defence (Royal Netherlands Navy)	Adri van Es	ARP
	State Secretary	Defence (Royal Netherlands Air Force)	Anthony Duynstee	KVP
Roelof Kruisinga	State Secretary	Social Affairs and Health (Health matters)	Roelof Kruisinga	CHU
Hans Grosheide	State Secretary	Education and Science (Primary, secondary and industrial education, preparing legislation VWO and physical education)	Hans Grosheide	ARP
Mike Keyzer	State Secretary	Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Aviation, shipping and freight)	Mike Keyzer	VVD
Hein van de Poel	State Secretary	Culture, Recreation and Social work (Youth, public education and sport, nature conservation and outdoor recreation, assistance and extraordinary pensions)	Hein van de Poel	KVP
Source: (Rijksoverheid)

• As of 2024, the following cabinet members are still alive:
  • Piet de Jong - (1915-04-03) April 3, 1915
  • Johan Witteveen - (1921-06-12) June 12, 1921
  • Roelof Nelissen - (1931-04-04) April 4, 1931
  • Berend Jan Udink - (1926-02-12) February 12, 1926
• State Secretaries
  • Hans Grosheide - (1930-08-06) August 6, 1930
  • Anthony Duynstee - (1920-12-24) December 24, 1920

External links

• (Dutch) Kabinet-De Jong (1967-1971) (Parlement & Politiek)
• (Dutch) Kabinet-De Jong (Rijksoverheid)