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Kuyper cabinet

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 stateQueen Wilhelmina
Head of governmentAbraham 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 legislatureRight-wing Minority government
History
Election1901 election
Outgoing election1905 election
Legislature terms1901–1905
Incoming formation1901
Outgoing formation1905
PredecessorPierson cabinet
SuccessorDe 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

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Title Minister Term of office
Image Name Party Start End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Minister of the Interior
Abraham Kuyper Abraham Kuyper ARP 1 August 1901 17 August 1905
Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Melvil van Lynden ARP 1 August 1901 9 March 1905
Abraham George Ellis Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) Indep. 9 March 1905 22 April 1905
Willem van Weede van Berencamp Indep. 22 April 1905 7 August 1905
Abraham George Ellis Abraham George Ellis (ad interim) Indep. 7 August 1905 17 August 1905
Minister of Finance Jan Harte van Tecklenburg Jan Harte van Tecklenburg Indep. 1 August 1901 17 August 1905
AB
Minister of Justice Jan Loeff Jan Loeff Indep. 1 August 1901 17 August 1905
AB
Minister of Water Management,
Commerce and Industry
Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens ARP 1 August 1901 17 August 1905
Minister of War Johannes Bergansius Johannes Bergansius Indep. 1 August 1901 17 August 1905
AB
Minister of the Navy Gerhardus Kruys Gerhardus Kruys Indep. 1 August 1901 12 December 1902
Johannes Bergansius Johannes Bergansius (ad interim) Indep. 12 December 1902 16 March 1903
Abraham George Ellis Abraham George Ellis Indep. 16 March 1903 17 August 1905
Minister of Colonial Affairs Titus van Asch van Wijck Titus van Asch van Wijck ARP 1 August 1901 9 September 1902
Johannes Bergansius Johannes Bergansius (ad interim) Indep. 9 September 1902 25 September 1902
Alexander Idenburg Alexander Idenburg ARP 25 September 1902 17 August 1905

References

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