Kuyper cabinet

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Kuyper cabinet
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Cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed1 August 1901 (1901-08-01)
Date dissolved17 August 1905 (1905-08-17)
(Demissionary from 3 July 1905 (1905-07-03))
People and organisations
Head of state Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government Abraham Kuyper
No. of ministers8
Ministers removed4
Total no. of members11
Member party1 August 1901 – 15 October 1904

Independent Catholics
Anti-Revolutionary Party
15 October 1904 – 17 August 1905

General League
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Status in legislature Right-wing Minority government
History
Election 1901 election
Outgoing election 1905 election
Legislature terms 1901–1905
Incoming formation 1901
Outgoing formation 1905
Predecessor Pierson cabinet
Successor De Meester cabinet

The Kuyper cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 1 August 1901 until 17 August 1905. The cabinet was formed by the political party Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Independent Catholics (I) after the election of 1901. The right-wing cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives. Abraham Kuyper, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party was Prime Minister. [1]

Composition

[2]
TitleMinisterTerm of office
ImageNamePartyStartEnd
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Minister of the Interior
Abraham Kuyper 1905 (1).jpg Abraham Kuyper ARP 1 August 190117 August 1905
Minister of Foreign Affairs Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Robert Melvil van Lynden ARP 1 August 19019 March 1905
A.G. Ellis.jpg Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) Indep. 9 March 190522 April 1905
Netherlands politic personality icon.svg Willem van Weede van Berencamp Indep. 22 April 19057 August 1905
A.G. Ellis.jpg Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) Indep. 7 August 190517 August 1905
Minister of Finance Joannes Josephus Ignatius Harte van Tecklenburg.jpg Jan Harte van Tecklenburg Indep. 1 August 190117 August 1905
General League
Minister of Justice Onze Ministers (1901) - Jan Loeff.jpg Jan Loeff Indep. 1 August 190117 August 1905
General League
Minister of Water Management,
Commerce and Industry
Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens copy.jpg Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens ARP 1 August 190117 August 1905
Minister of War Bergansius, JW.jpg Johannes Bergansius Indep. 1 August 190117 August 1905
General League
Minister of the Navy Kruijs, G. Minister van Marine.jpg Gerhardus Kruys Indep. 1 August 190112 December 1902
Bergansius, JW.jpg Johannes Bergansius (ad interim) Indep. 12 December 190216 March 1903
A.G. Ellis.jpg Abraham George Ellis Indep. 16 March 190317 August 1905
Minister of Colonial Affairs Onze Ministers (1901) - Titus van Asch van Wijck.jpg Titus van Asch van Wijck ARP 1 August 19019 September 1902
Bergansius, JW.jpg Johannes Bergansius (ad interim) Indep. 9 September 190225 September 1902
Idenburg, A.W.F. Minister van Kolonien.jpg Alexander Idenburg ARP 25 September 190217 August 1905

References

  1. "Het kabinet Kuyper 1901 - 1905" (in Dutch). University of Groningen. 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)