The De Quay

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was the

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of the

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from 19 May 1959 until 24 July 1963. The cabinet was formed by the

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(KVP),

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(ARP) and

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(CHU) and the conservative-liberal

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(VVD) after the election of 1959. The cabinet was a

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coalition and had a substantial

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with prominent

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politician

Jan de Quay Jan Eduard de Quay (26 August 1901 – 4 July 1985) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and psychologist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 Ma ...

the former Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant serving as

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. Prominent

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politician

Henk Korthals Hendrik Albertus "Henk" Korthals (3 July 1911 – 3 November 1976) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Liberal State Party (LSP) later the Freedom Party (Netherlands), Freedom Party (PvdV) and later co-founder of the People's Party for Freedom ...

served as

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, Minister of Transport and Water Management and was given the portfolio of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs. The cabinet served in the early years of the tumultuous

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, domestically it had to deal with the beginning of the

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and the discovery of the

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and it was able to implement several major social reforms to the

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and the

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and

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, internationally the

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resulted in the disbandment of the

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territory following the

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. The cabinet suffered several major internal conflicts including multiple cabinet resignations, but completed its entire term and was succeeded by a continuation of the coalition in the

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following the election of 1963.

Formation

Cabinet formation was again difficult due to the growing friction between Labour Party and the

. Despite the fact that this was the first post-war cabinet with the right-wing VDD and without the socialist PvdA, it continued with the building up social security that was started after the war, made possible by the continually growing economy.

Term

The free Saturday was introduced (for

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s, in 1961), as well as laws for education ( mammoetwet),

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(bijstandwet) and

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(kinderbijslagwet).

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was discovered in

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, which would later turn out to be one of the biggest gas reserves in the world and a major source of income for the Netherlands in the decades to come. On 23 December 1960 the cabinet fell over extra public housing (woningwetwoningen), but

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reconciled matters and the cabinet resumed on 2 January 1961. In August/September 1962,

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was handed over to

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, under supervision of the UN. Shortly after the installation of the new government, minister of defence Ven den Bergh resigned for personal reasons (family affairs with his

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wife and children). In 1962, the new minister of defence Visser also had to resign after protests against his dismissal of a critical civil servant. In 1961 minister Van Rooy of social affairs resigned after criticism of how he dealt with the new child benefit law. His post was taken over by former state secretary Veldkamp, whose now vacant former position in turn was taken over by Gijzels. In 1963, a proposal to install commercial television was not accepted.

Cabinet Members

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Trivia

* The age difference between oldest cabinet member

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(born 1895) and the youngest cabinet member

Gerard Veldkamp Gerardus Mattheus Johannes "Gerard" Veldkamp (27 June 1921 – 15 September 1990) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist. Veldkamp applied at ...

(born 1921) was . * Six cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors:

(Applied Psychology and Business Theory),

Jelle Zijlstra Jelle Zijlstra (; 27 August 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 No ...

(Public Economics),

Jan de Pous Jan Willem de Pous (23 January 1920 – 6 January 1996) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist. De Pous attended the Amsterdams Lyce ...

(Public Economics), Gerard Veldkamp (Microeconomics), Willem Hendrik van den Berge (Public Economics) and Harry Janssen (Latin). * Four cabinet members (later) served as Prime Minister:

Victor Marijnen Victor Gerard Marie Marijnen (21 February 1917 – 5 April 1975) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2 ...

(1963–1965),

Jo Cals Jozef Maria Laurens Theo "Jo" Cals (18 July 1914 – 30 December 1971) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherland ...

(1965–1966),

(1966–1967), and

Piet de Jong Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong (; 3 April 1915 – 27 July 2016) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and naval officer who served as Prime Minister of the Neth ...

(1967–1971). * Four cabinet members (later) served as Queen's Commissioners: Jan de Quay (North-Brabant),

Edzo Toxopeus Edzo Hendrik Toxopeus (19 February 1918 – 23 August 2009) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist. Toxopeus studied Law at the Utrecht University obtaining a Master of Laws degree ...

(Groningen), Charles van Rooy (Limburg) and

Jan van Aartsen Johannes "Jan" van Aartsen (15 September 1909 – 3 February 1992) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. Van Aartsen applied at the Free Un ...

(Zeeland). * The sons of Ministers

( Benk) and

( Jozias) would later serve together as Ministers in the

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years later.

References

External links

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