This is a list of Dutch cabinet formations. This includes attempts to form or continue with a cabinet after a cabinet crisis.
In most cases, a cabinet formation is started after a general election after which a majority cabinet is sought. In some cases it results in a minority cabinet. After the fall of a cabinet, a new start can be made with part of the fallen cabinet. Then there may be a rump cabinet, which is also often a minority cabinet.
Formation | Start [a] | End [b] | Length (days) [c] | Cabinet | Ref. |
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1848 | 16 March 1848 | 25 March 1848 | 10 | Schimmelpenninck | [2] |
De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius [d] | |||||
1849 | 19 September 1849 | 1 November 1849 | 44 | Thorbecke I | [3] |
1853 | 16 April 1853 | 19 April 1853 | 4 | Van Hall/Donker Curtius | [4] |
1856 | 1 June 1856 | 1 July 1856 | 47 | Van der Brugghen | [5] |
1858 | 3 March 1858 | 18 March 1858 | 16 | Rochussen | [6] |
1860 | 17 February 1860 | 23 February 1860 | 7 | Van Hall/Van Heemstra | [7] |
1861 | 16 February 1861 | 14 March 1861 | 27 | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt/Van Heemstra | [8] |
1861–1862 | 18 December 1861 [e] | 1 February 1862 | 46 | Thorbecke II | [9] |
Jan–Feb 1866 | 29 January 1866 | 10 February 1866 | 13 | Fransen van de Putte | [10] |
May–Jun 1866 | 24 May 1866 | 1 June 1866 | 9 | Van Zuylen van Nijevelt | [11] |
1868 | 17 April 1868 | 4 June 1868 | 49 | Van Bosse/Fock | [12] |
1870–1871 | 24 November 1870 | 4 January 1871 | 42 | Thorbecke III | [13] |
1872 | 25 June 1872 | 6 July 1872 | 12 | De Vries/Fransen van de Putte | [14] |
1874 | 14 July 1874 | 27 August 1874 | 45 | Heemskerk/Van Lynden van Sandenburg | [15] |
1877 | 16 October 1877 | 3 November 1877 | 19 | Kappeyne van de Coppello | [16] |
1879 | 12 July 1879 | 20 August 1879 | 40 | Van Lynden van Sandenburg | [17] |
1882 | 10 May 1882 | 12 August 1882 | 95 | ||
1883 | 4 March 1883 | 23 April 1883 | 51 | J. Heemskerk | [18] |
1888 | 28 March 1888 | 21 April 1888 | 25 | Mackay | [19] [20] |
1891 | 24 June 1891 | 21 August 1891 | 58 | Van Tienhoven | [21] |
1894 | 25 April 1894 | 9 May 1894 | 15 | Röell | [22] |
1897 | 26 June 1897 | 27 July 1897 | 32 | Pierson | [23] |
1901 | 28 June 1901 | 1 August 1901 | 35 | Kuyper | [24] [25] |
1905 | 29 June 1905 | 17 August 1905 | 50 | De Meester | [26] |
1907 | 12 February 1907 | 21 March 1907 | 38 | ||
1907–1908 | 25 December 1907 | 12 February 1908 | 50 | T. Heemskerk | [27] [28] |
1913 | 26 June 1913 | 29 August 1913 | 65 | Cort van der Linden | [29] |
1918 | 4 July 1918 | 9 September 1918 | 68 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I | [30] [31] |
1921 | 22 June 1921 | 26 July 1921 | 35 | [30] [32] | |
1922 | 6 July 1922 | 18 September 1922 | 75 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II | [33] |
1923–1924 | 26 October 1923 | 7 January 1924 | 73 | ||
1925 | 2 July 1925 | 4 August 1925 | 34 | Colijn I | [34] |
1925–1926 | 24 November 1925 | 8 March 1926 | 105 | De Geer I | [35] |
1929 | 3 July 1929 | 10 August 1929 | 39 | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III | [36] |
1933 | 27 April 1933 | 26 May 1933 | 30 | Colijn II | [37] |
1935 | 26 July 1935 | 31 July 1935 | 6 | Colijn III | [38] |
1937 | 27 May 1937 | 24 June 1937 | 29 | Colijn IV | [39] |
Jun–Jul 1939 | 30 June 1939 | 25 July 1939 | 26 | Colijn V | [40] |
Aug 1939 | 4 August 1939 | 10 August 1939 | 7 | De Geer II | [41] |
1940 | 28 August 1940 | 3 September 1940 | 7 | Gerbrandy I | [42] |
1941 | 1 July 1941 | 27 July 1941 | 27 | Gerbrandy II | |
Feb 1945 | 22 January 1945 | 23 February 1945 | 33 | Gerbrandy III | [43] |
May-Jun 1945 | 9 May 1945 | 24 June 1945 | 47 | Schermerhorn-Drees | [44] |
1946 | 18 May 1946 | 3 July 1946 | 47 | Beel I | [45] [46] |
1948 | 8 July 1948 | 7 August 1948 | 31 | Drees-Van Schaik | [47] [48] |
1951 | 29 January 1951 | 15 March 1951 | 44 | Drees I | [49] [50] |
1952 | 26 June 1952 | 2 September 1952 | 69 | Drees II | [51] [52] |
1955 | 18 May 1955 | 3 June 1955 | 17 | [53] | |
1956 | 14 June 1956 | 13 October 1956 | 121 | Drees III | [54] [55] |
1958 | 13 December 1958 | 22 December 1958 | 10 | Beel II [f] | [56] [57] |
1959 | 13 March 1959 | 19 May 1959 | 67 | De Quay | [58] [59] |
1960–1961 | 24 December 1960 | 2 January 1961 | 10 | [60] | |
1963 | 16 May 1963 | 24 July 1963 | 70 | Marijnen | [61] [62] |
1965 | 28 February 1965 | 14 April 1965 | 46 | Cals | [63] [64] |
1966 | 18 October 1966 | 22 November 1966 | 35 | Zijlstra [f] | [65] [66] |
1967 | 16 February 1967 | 5 April 1967 | 49 | De Jong | [67] [68] |
1971 | 29 April 1971 | 6 July 1971 | 69 | Biesheuvel I | [69] [70] |
1972 | 19 July 1972 | 9 August 1972 | 11 | Biesheuvel II [f] | [71] [72] |
1972–1973 | 30 November 1972 | 11 May 1973 | 163 | Den Uyl | [73] [74] |
1977 | 26 May 1977 | 19 December 1977 | 208 | Van Agt I | [75] [76] |
1981 | 27 May 1981 | 11 September 1981 | 108 | Van Agt II | [77] [78] |
16 October 1981 | 4 November 1981 | 19 | |||
May–Jun 1982 | 14 May 1982 | 29 May 1982 | 17 | Van Agt III [f] | [79] [80] |
Sep–Nov 1982 | 9 September 1982 | 4 November 1982 | 57 | Lubbers I | [81] [82] |
1986 | 22 May 1986 | 14 July 1986 | 54 | Lubbers II | [83] [84] |
1989 | 7 September 1989 | 7 November 1989 | 62 | Lubbers III | [85] [86] |
1994 | 4 May 1994 | 22 August 1994 | 111 | Kok I | [87] [88] |
1998 | 6 May 1998 | 3 August 1998 | 89 | Kok II | [89] [90] |
1999 | 20 May 1999 | 8 June 1999 | 20 | [91] [92] | |
2002 | 16 May 2002 | 22 July 2002 | 68 | Balkenende I | [93] [94] |
2003 | 23 January 2003 | 27 May 2003 | 122 | Balkenende II | [95] [96] |
2006 | 30 June 2006 | 7 July 2006 | 7 | Balkenende III [f] | [97] |
2006–2007 | 23 November 2006 | 22 February 2007 | 90 | Balkenende IV | [98] [99] |
2010 | 10 June 2010 | 14 October 2010 | 127 | Rutte I | [100] [101] |
2012 | 13 September 2012 | 5 November 2012 | 54 | Rutte II | [102] [103] |
2017 | 16 March 2017 | 26 October 2017 | 225 | Rutte III | [104] [105] |
2021–2022 | 18 March 2021 | 10 January 2022 | 299 | Rutte IV | [1] [106] |
2023–2024 | 23 November 2023 | 2 July 2024 | 223 | Schoof | [107] |
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