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Cabinet of the Netherlands (1905–1908)
De Meester cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed17 August 1905 (1905年08月17日)
Date dissolved12 February 1908 (1908年02月12日)
(Demissionary from 21 December 1907 (1907年12月21日))
People and organisations
Head of stateQueen Wilhelmina
Head of governmentTheo de Meester
No. of ministers9
Ministers removed2
Total no. of members11
Member partyLiberal Union
Free-thinking Democratic League
Independent Liberals
(Confidence and supply)
Status in legislatureLeft-wing Minority government
History
Election1905 election
Outgoing election1909 election
Legislature terms1905–1909
Incoming formation1905
Outgoing formation1907-1908
PredecessorKuyper cabinet
SuccessorT. Heemskerk cabinet
Part of the Politics series
Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The De Meester cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 17 August 1905 until 12 February 1908. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Liberal Union (LU) and the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) after the election of 1905. The left-wing [1] cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives but was supported by Independent Liberals for a majority. Theo de Meester of the Liberal Union was Prime Minister.[2]

Composition

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Title Minister Term of office
Image Name Party Start End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Minister of Finance 		Theo de Meester Theo de Meester LU 17 August 1905 12 February 1908
Minister of Interior Pieter Rink Pieter Rink LU 17 August 1905 10 February 1908
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dirk van Tets van Goudriaan Dirk van Tets van Goudriaan Indep. [a] 17 August 1905 12 February 1908
Minister of Justice Eduard Ellis van Raalte Eduard Ellis van Raalte VDB 17 August 1905 12 February 1908
Minister of Water Management,
Commerce and Industry (1905–1906)
Minister of Water Management (1906–1908) 		Jacob Kraus Jacob Kraus LU 17 August 1905 12 February 1908
Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Jacob Veegens Jacob Veegens VDB 1 July 1906 12 February 1908
Minister of War Henri Staal Henri Staal LU 17 August 1905 7 April 1907
Willem van Rappard Willem van Rappard Indep. [a] 7 April 1907 12 February 1908
Minister of the Navy William Cohen Stuart William Cohen Stuart Indep. [a] 17 August 1905 5 August 1907
Jan Wentholt Jan Wentholt Indep. [a] 5 August 1907 12 February 1908
Minister of Colonial Affairs Dirk Fock Dirk Fock LU 17 August 1905 12 February 1908
Source: Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)
  1. ^ a b c d Liberal

References

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  1. ^ Changing Liaisons The Dynamics of Social Partnership in 20th Century West-European Democracies By Karel Davids, 2007, P.165
  2. ^ "Meester, Theodoor Herman de (1851-1919)" (in Dutch). Resources Huygens. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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