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First De Geer cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the First De Geer cabinet on 12 March 1926
Date formed8 March 1926 (1926-03-08)
Date dissolved10 August 1929 (1929-08-10)
(Demissionary from 3 July 1929 (1929-07-03))
People and organisations
Head of stateQueen Wilhelmina
Head of governmentDirk Jan de Geer
No. of ministers9
Ministers removed2
Total no. of members11
Member partyRoman Catholic State Party
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Christian Historical Union
Status in legislatureCentre-right majority government
History
Legislature terms1925–1929
PredecessorFirst Colijn cabinet
SuccessorThird Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
Part of the Politics series
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Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The First De Geer cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 8 March 1926 until 10 August 1929. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) following the fall of the First Colijn cabinet on 11 November 1925.[1]

Composition

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Title Minister Term of office
Image Name Party Start End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Minister of Finance 		Dirk Jan de Geer Dirk Jan de Geer CHU 8 March 1926 10 August 1929
Minister of the Interior and Agriculture Jan Kan Jan Kan Indep.[a] 8 March 1926 10 August 1929
Minister of Foreign Affairs Herman van Karnebeek Herman van Karnebeek Indep.[a] 8 March 1926 1 April 1927
Frans Beelaerts van Blokland Frans Beelaerts van Blokland CHU 1 April 1927 10 August 1929
Minister of Justice Jan Donner Jan Donner ARP 8 March 1926 10 August 1929
Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industry Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne CHU 8 March 1926 10 August 1929
Minister of War (1926–1928)
Minister of the Navy (1926–1928)
Minister of Defence (1928–1929) 		Louis van Royen Louis van Royen Indep.[a] 8 March 1926 24 April 1926
Johan Lambooij Johan Lambooij RKSP 24 April 1926 10 August 1929
Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences Marius Waszink Marius Waszink RKSP 8 March 1926 10 August 1929
Minister of Water Management Hendrik van der Vegte Hendrik van der Vegte ARP 8 March 1926 10 August 1929
Minister of Colonial Affairs Jacob Koningsberger Jacob Koningsberger Indep. 8 March 1926 10 August 1929
Source: Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)
  1. ^ a b c Liberal

References

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  1. ^ "Geer, jhr. Dirk Jan de (1870-1960)" (in Dutch). Resources Huygens. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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