Van Tienhoven cabinet | |
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Date formed | 21 August 1891 |
Date dissolved | 9 May 1894 (Demissionary from 24 April 1894 ) |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Queen Wilhelmina |
Head of government | Gijsbert van Tienhoven |
Deputy head of government | Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (Unofficially) |
No. of ministers | 8 |
Ministers removed | 1 |
Member party | Liberal Union (LU) Independent Liberals (I) |
Status in legislature | Right-wing Majority government |
History | |
Election | 1891 election |
Outgoing election | 1891 election |
Legislature terms | 1891–1891 |
Predecessor | Mackay cabinet |
Successor | Röell cabinet |
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The Van Tienhoven cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 21 August 1891 until 9 May 1894. The cabinet was formed by the Liberal Union (LU) and Independent Liberals (I) after the election of 1891. The right-wing cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. Independent Classical Liberal Gijsbert van Tienhoven was Prime Minister. [1]
Ministers | Title/Ministry | Term of office | Party | |||
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![]() | Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914) | Prime Minister | 21 August 1891 – 21 March 1894 [Res] | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | ||
Minister | Foreign Affairs | |||||
![]() | Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925) | 21 March 1894 – 9 May 1894 [Ad interim] | Liberal Union | |||
![]() | Johannes Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904) | Minister | Interior | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union | |
![]() | Nicolaas Pierson (1836–1909) | Minister | Finance | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union | |
![]() | Hendrik Jan Smidt (1831–1917) | Minister | Justice | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union | |
![]() | Cornelis Lely (1860–1945) | Minister | Water Management, Commerce and Industry | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union | |
![]() | Colonel Lodewijk Seyffardt (1840–1909) | Minister | War | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) | |
![]() | Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925) | Minister | Navy | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union | |
![]() | Baron Willem van Dedem (1839–1895) | Minister | Colonial Affairs | 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | Liberal Union |
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