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The cabinet of the Netherlands (Dutch: Nederlands kabinet) is the main executive body of the Netherlands. The current cabinet of the Netherlands is the Schoof cabinet, [1] which has been in power since 2 July 2024. It is headed by Prime Minister Dick Schoof. [2]
The Schoof cabinet is the cabinet of the Netherlands, sworn in on 2 July 2024.Led by independent politician and civil servant Dick Schoof as prime minister of the Netherlands, the cabinet was formed by the Party for Freedom (PVV), the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the New Social Contract (NSC) and the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) after the 2023 Dutch general election.
The prime minister of the Netherlands (Dutch: Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. [2] [3] [4] Although the monarch is the de jure head of government, the prime minister de facto occupies this role as the officeholder chairs the Council of Ministers and coordinates its policy with the rest of the cabinet.
Cabinet Prime Minister Term of office Demissionary Time in office Parties Political position Orientation Legislature Status Type Election; Kappeyne van de Coppello [1] Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello: 3 November 1877 () 20 August 1879 () 11 July 1879 () 1 year, 290 days Centre-right: Liberal: Majority: Conventional 1877
[24] [25] Schoof was subsequently nominated for the office of prime minister on 28 May 2024 by the coalition parties under formateur Richard van Zwol. [24] [26] He was sworn in on 2 July by King Willem-Alexander as part of the Schoof cabinet, and he became the first independent politician to serve as prime minister since Cort van der Linden ...
For the first time in a Dutch cabinet formation, the House of Parliament held hearings with the candidates (except the prime minister) between 20 and 26 June. Candidates, grouped by ministry, introduced themselves and took questions from MPs. The House does not vote on candidates before appointment.
Five former officeholders (Wim Kok, Dries van Agt, Piet de Jong, Ruud Lubbers and Jan Peter Balkenende) with then Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in July 2011. The following is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands since the inception of that office as a result of a revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands in 1848.
The fourth Rutte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 10 January 2022 until 2 July 2024. The cabinet was a continuation of the third Rutte cabinet and was formed by the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the social liberal Democrats 66 (D66) and the Christian democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Christian Union (CU) after the election of ...