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was the
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of the
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from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the
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Labour Party (PvdA) and the
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(D'66) after the election of 1981. The cabinet was a
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and had a substantial
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. Former
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Prime Minister Joop den Uyl the
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served as
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, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and was given the portfolio of Netherlands Antilles Affars, Progressive-Liberal Leader Jan Terlouw served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs. The cabinet served in the early years of the turbulent
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. Domestically it had to deal with the 1980s recession and a growing
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but it was able to implement a major
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to
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. The cabinet suffered several major internal conflicts between the cabinet members of the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party, especially the poor working relationship between Prime Minister Van Agt and Deputy Prime Minister Den Uyl which lead to the fall of the cabinet just 243 days into its term on 12 May 1982 with the Labour Party cabinet members resigning on 29 May 1982 and the cabinet was replaced with the caretaker
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.


Formation

After the 1981 general election the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) of incumbent
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Dries van Agt was the winner of the election but lost 1 seat and had now a total of 48 seats. The Labour Party (PvdA) of Joop den Uyl lost 9 seats and had now 44 seats. The
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(D'66) of Jan Terlouw was the biggest winner with 9 new seats and had now 17 seats. A long negotiation between the Christian Democratic Appeal, Labour Party and the
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followed. The negotiations were troubled by the personal animosity between incumbent
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and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt and former Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Joop den Uyl. Van Agt who served as
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under Den Uyl his
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had a bad working relationship. In the end a coalition was formed.


Term

Many incidents made a healthy coalition impossible. Prime Minister Dries van Agt (CDA) had much trouble with Deputy Prime Minister Joop den Uyl (PvdA). Den Uyl tried to create employment as Minister of Social Affairs but plans to reform the health insurance was met with a huge resistance from the left-wing. The cabinet fell because the Christian Democrats wanted a cut in government spending, while the Labour Party opposed it.


Cabinet Members

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Trivia

* Five cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Dries van Agt (Criminal Law and Procedure), Jan Terlouw (Nuclear Physics),
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(Civil Law),
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(Education Sociology) and
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(Constitutional and Administrative Law). * Four cabinet members (later) served as Party Leaders and '' Lijsttrekkers'': Dries van Agt (1976–1982) of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Joop den Uyl (1966–1986) of the Labour Party, Jan Terlouw (1973–1982) and
Hans van Mierlo Henricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva "Hans" van Mierlo (; 18 August 1931 – 11 March 2010) was a Dutch politician and journalist who co-founded Democrats 66 (D66). Van Mierlo studied Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen obtaining a Mas ...
(1966–1973, 1986–1998) of the Democrats 66. * Four cabinet members would later be granted the honorary title of
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: Max van der Stoel (1991),
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(1998),
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(2002) and Hans van den Broek (2005). * Twelve cabinet members (later) served as Mayor:
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(Amsterdam), Jos van Kemenade (Eindhoven),
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(Utrecht and Rijswijk),
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(Rotterdam),
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(Zaanstad),
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(Nijmegen), Wim Deetman (The Hague), Jaap van der Doef (Vlissingen and Almere), Siepie de Jong (Leek) and
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(Haarlemmermeer).


References


External links

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