Cort van der Linden cabinet

Cort van der Linden cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the Cort van der Linden cabinet
Date formed	29 August 1913 (1913-08-29)
Date dissolved	9 September 1918 (1918-09-09) (Demissionary from 2 July 1918 (1918-07-02))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Pieter Cort van der Linden
No. of ministers	12
Ministers removed	5
Total no. of members	10
Member party	Independent Liberals (I) Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) Christian Historical Union (CHU) Liberal Union (LU) Economic League (EL) (Confidence and supply)
Status in legislature	Centre Minority government
History
Elections	1913 election 1917 election
Outgoing election	1918 election
Legislature terms	1913–1917 1917–1918
Predecessor	T. Heemskerk cabinet
Successor	First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet

The Cort van der Linden cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 29 August 1913 until 9 September 1918. The cabinet was formed by Independent Liberal Pieter Cort van der Linden after the election of 1913 and received confidence and supply in the House of Representatives from other Independent Liberals and several members of the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Liberal Union (LU) and from 15 December 1917 also the Economic League (EL). The centre cabinet was officially a minority government in the House of Representatives but was also supported by additional members of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) for a majority. It was the last cabinet with a Liberal Prime Minister until Mark Rutte became Prime Minister 92 years later on 14 October 2010. ^[1]

Cabinet members

Members of the Cort van der Linden cabinet ^[2]

Ministers		Title/Ministry		Begin	End	Party
	Pieter Cort van der Linden	Prime Minister		29 August 1913	9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Minister	Interior
		Minister	Foreign Affairs	29 August 1913	27 September 1913 [Ad interim]
	John Loudon			27 September 1913	9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Anthonij Bertling	Minister	Finance	29 August 1913	24 October 1914 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
	Willem Treub			24 October 1914	8 February 1916 [Res]	Free-thinking Democratic League
	Anton van Gijn			8 February 1916	22 February 1917 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Willem Treub			22 February 1917	9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
						Economic League
	Bastiaan Ort	Minister	Justice	29 August 1913	9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Willem Treub	Minister	Agriculture, Industry and Commerce	29 August 1913	19 November 1914	Free-thinking Democratic League
	Folkert Posthuma			19 November 1914	9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
	Nicolaas Bosboom	Minister	War	29 August 1913	15 May 1917 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
	Jean Jacques Rambonnet			15 May 1917	15 June 1917 [Ad interim]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge			15 June 1917	9 September 1918	Christian Historical Union
	Jean Jacques Rambonnet	Minister	Navy	29 August 1913	28 June 1918 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge			28 June 1918	9 September 1918 [Ad interim]	Christian Historical Union
	Cornelis Lely	Minister	Water Management	29 August 1913	9 September 1918	Liberal Union
	Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte	Minister	Colonial Affairs	29 August 1913	8 December 1915 [Note]	Free-thinking Democratic League
	Jean Jacques Rambonnet			8 December 1915	17 January 1916 [Ad interim]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte			17 January 1916	9 September 1918	Free-thinking Democratic League

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.

^Note Medical leave of absence.

References

1. "Mark Rutte: eerste liberale premier sinds 1918" (in Dutch). EenVandaag. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
2. Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek