First De Geer cabinet

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]

First De Geer cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the First De Geer cabinet on 12 March 1926
Date formed	8 March 1926 (1926-03-08)
Date dissolved	10 August 1929 (1929-08-10) (Demissionary from 3 July 1929 (1929-07-03))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Dirk Jan de Geer
No. of ministers	9
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	11
Member party	Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU)
Status in legislature	Centre-right Majority government
History
Legislature terms	1925–1929
Predecessor	First Colijn cabinet
Successor	Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	Prime Minister		8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Christian Historical Union
			Minister	Finance	8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933
		Jan Kan (1873–1947)	Minister	Interior and Agriculture	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
		Dr. Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek (1874–1942)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	9 September 1918 – 1 April 1927 [Retained] [Res]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956)			1 April 1927 – 20 April 1933	Christian Historical Union
		Dr. Jan Donner (1891–1981)	Minister	Justice	8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Dr. Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (1869–1941)	Minister	Labour, Commerce and Industry	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Christian Historical Union
		Louis van Royen (1865–1946)	Minister	War / Navy	8 March 1926 – 24 April 1926 [Res]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Johan Lambooij (1874–1942)			24 April 1926 – 1 September 1928	Roman Catholic State Party
				Defence	1 September 1928 – 10 August 1929
		Marius Waszink (1881–1943)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Roman Catholic State Party
		Hendrik van der Vegte (1868–1933)	Minister	Water Management	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Dr. Jacob Koningsberger (1867–1951)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

^Res Resigned.

References

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

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Kabinet-De Geer I Parlement & Politiek