The Marijnen

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was the

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of the Dutch Government from 24 July 1963 until 14 April 1965. The cabinet was a continuation of the previous

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and was formed by the Christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the election of 1963. The cabinet was a centre-right coalition and had a substantial

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serving as Prime Minister. Protestant Leader Barend Biesheuvel served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and was given the portfolio of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs. The cabinet served in the middle of the tumultuous 1960s, domestically it had to deal with the counterculture and economic changes following the discovery of the Groningen gas field and it had to deal with the fallout of the marriage between Princess Irene and carlist Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma and it was able to implement several major

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and the public broadcasting system, internationally the disbandment of the Netherlands New Guinea was finalized. The cabinet suffered several major internal conflicts, and fell just 19 months into its term on 27 February 1965 following a conflict over the implantation of

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and continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced with the Cals cabinet.

Term

The natural gas reserves, recently found in Slochteren were a considerable boost for the economy. This, combined with labour shortage led to a rise in wages and the attraction of foreign workers. Despite this being the second cabinet without socialist Labour Party, the building up of a welfare state, that was started after World War II, continued with the introduction of

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in 1964 and the national health service. In 1965, measures were taken against commercial television stations transmitting from the North Sea. The cabinet finally fell over the issue if commercial TV should be allowed in the Netherlands.

Cabinet Members

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Trivia

* The age difference between oldest cabinet member

Leo de Block Leo de Block (14 August 1904 – 4 January 1988) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. De Block attended the Ignatius Gymnasium in Amst ...

(born 1904) and the youngest cabinet member Hans Grosheide (born 1930) was . * Five cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Johan Witteveen (Financial Economics),

Koos Andriessen Jacobus Eije "Koos" Andriessen (25 July 1928 – 22 January 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Andriessen worked as a researc ...

(Political Economics), Gerard Veldkamp (Microeconomics),

Willem Hendrik van den Berge Willem () is a Dutch name, Dutch and West Frisian language, West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic languages, Germanic, and can be seen as the ...

(Public Economics) and Louis Bartels (Health Economics). * The three cabinet State Secretaries for Defence where all flag officers: Joop Haex (Major General in the Army),

Adri van Es Adrianus "Adri" van Es (28 April 1913 – 6 January 1994) was a Dutch Officer (armed forces), naval officer and vice admiral of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Decorations References External links ;Official *A. (Adri) van Es
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(Rear Admiral in the Navy) and

Willem den Toom Willem den Toom (11 July 1911 – 13 December 1998) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a conservative- ...

(Major General in the Air Force). * Ten cabinet member would later serve in the De Jong cabinet:

Joseph Luns Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns (28 August 1911 – 17 July 2002) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. He served as Secretary ...

(Foreign Affairs), Johan Witteveen (Finance), Piet de Jong (Prime Minister),

(Economic Affairs),

Joop Bakker Johannes Age "Joop" Bakker (27 May 1921 – 3 October 2003) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Bakker applied at the Erasmus Univers ...

(Deputy Prime Minister), Joop Haex (Army), Adri van Es (Navy), Willem den Toom (Defence), Hans Grosheide (Education) and

Mike Keyzer Meijer Joseph "Mike" Keyzer (15 October 1911 – 16 July 1983) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; ...

(Transport and Water Management). * Koos Andriessen again served as Minister of Economic Affairs later in the Third Lubbers cabinet.

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