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First Colijn cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed4 August 1925 (1925-08-04)
Date dissolved8 March 1926 (1926-03-08)
(Demissionary from 11 November 1925 (1925-11-11))
People and organisations
Head of stateQueen Wilhelmina
Head of governmentHendrikus Colijn
No. of ministers9
Member partyGeneral League
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Christian Historical Union
Status in legislatureCentre-right majority government
History
Election1925 general election
Legislature terms1925–1929
Incoming formation1925 Dutch cabinet formation
Outgoing formation1925–1926 Dutch cabinet formation
PredecessorSecond Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
SuccessorFirst De Geer cabinet
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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 First Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 4 August 1925 until 8 March 1926. The cabinet was formed by the political parties General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations (AB), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the 1925 general election. The centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. It was the first of five cabinets of Hendrikus Colijn, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Chairman of the Council of Ministers.[1][2][3][4][5]

Composition

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Title Minister Term of office
Image Name Party Start End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Minister of Finance 		Hendrikus Colijn Hendrikus Colijn ARP 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of the Interior and Agriculture Dirk Jan de Geer Dirk Jan de Geer CHU 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of Foreign Affairs Herman van Karnebeek Herman van Karnebeek Indep.[a] 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of Justice Jan Schokking CHU 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industry Dionysius Koolen Dionysius Koolen AB 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of War
Minister of the Navy 		Johan Lambooij Johan Lambooij AB 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences Victor Henri Rutgers Victor Henri Rutgers ARP 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of Water Management Max Bongaerts AB 4 August 1925 8 March 1926
Minister of Colonial Affairs Hendrikus Colijn Hendrikus Colijn (ad interim) ARP 4 August 1925 1 October 1925
Charles Welter Charles Welter AB 1 October 1925 8 March 1926
Source: Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)
  1. ^ Liberal

References

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  1. ^ Herman Langeveld (1998). Hendrikus Colijn 1869-1944 Deel II 1933-1944: Schipper naast God. Balans. p. 6. ISBN 9789460034480.
  2. ^ "Hendrikus Colijn (1869-1944) – Premier tijdens de crisisjaren 1930" (in Dutch). Historiek. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Colijn, Hendrikus (1869-1944)" (in Dutch). Resources Huygens. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Hendrikus Colijn" (in Dutch). Historisch Nieuwsblad. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Formeren kun je leren" (in Dutch). Historische Studievereniging Leiden. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
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