Second De Geer cabinet

Second De Geer cabinet First London cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
The first meeting of the Second De Geer cabinet on 6 September 1939
Date formed	10 August 1939 (1939-08-10)
Date dissolved	3 September 1940 (1940-09-03) (Demissionary from 26 August 1940 (1940-08-26))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Dirk Jan de Geer
No. of ministers	11
Member party	Roman Catholic State Party Social Democratic Workers' Party Anti-Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Union Free-thinking Democratic League
Status in legislature	National unity government (War cabinet)
History
Legislature terms	1937–1946
Predecessor	Fifth Colijn cabinet
Successor	First Gerbrandy cabinet

The Second De Geer cabinet, also called the First London cabinet, was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 10 August 1939 until 3 September 1940. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) following the dismissal of the Fifth Colijn cabinet by Queen Wilhelmina on 27 July 1939. ^[1] The national unity government became a War cabinet on 14 May 1940 following the German invasion and fled to London. The government-in-exile was dismissed by Queen Wilhelmina on 26 August 1940. ^[2]

Term

The cabinet fell on 26 August 1940 after a conflict between Queen Wilhelmina and Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer; the cabinet continued for one week as a demissionary cabinet until the First Gerbrandy cabinet was installed on 3 September 1940.

Composition

Composition ^[3]

Title	Minister				Term of office
	Image	Name	Party		Start	End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Minister of General Affairs Minister of Finance		Dirk Jan de Geer		CHU	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of the Interior		Hendrik van Boeijen		CHU	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Eelco van Kleffens		Indep.	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Justice		Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy		ARP	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Economic Affairs (1939–1940) Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping (1940)		Max Steenberghe		RKSP	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Defence		Adriaan Dijxhoorn		Indep.	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Social Affairs		Jan van den Tempel		SDAP	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences		Gerrit Bolkestein		VDB	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Water Management		Willem Albarda		SDAP	10 August 1939	3 September 1940
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries		Aat van Rhijn		CHU	10 May 1940	3 September 1940
Minister of Colonial Affairs		Charles Welter		RKSP	10 August 1939	3 September 1940

References

1. "De korte regering van het Kabinet Colijn-V" (in Dutch). IsGeschiedenis. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
2. "Geer, jhr. Dirk Jan de (1870-1960)" (in Dutch). Resources Huygens. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
3. Source: Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)