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This is a list of Dutch cabinet formations. This includes attempts to form or continue with a cabinet after a cabinet crisis. In most cases, a cabinet formation is started after a general election after which a majority cabinet is sought. In some cases it results in a minority cabinet. After the fall of a cabinet, a new start can be made with ...
4 years, 41 days PvdA • KVP ARP • CHU • Social Democratic • Christian Democratic : 1952: Drees III (Drees IV) [31] 13 October 1956 () 22 December 1958 () 11 December 1958 () 2 years, 70 days 1956: Beel II [32] Louis Beel: 22 December 1958 () 19 May 1959 () 12 March 1959 ()
The formation led to the inauguration of the second Van Agt cabinet on 11 September, composed of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the Labour Party (PvdA), and Democrats 66 (D'66). The cabinet fell shortly before the government statement, but was patched up within three weeks.
Cabinet formations in the Netherlands, however, take longer than in other countries. [30] The longest formation was the 2021–2022 cabinet formation, which lasted 299 days. The duration of formations is influenced by whether it takes place after elections, how many parties there are and how fragmented the outcome is. [30]
After the Dutch Second Van Agt cabinet fell on 12 May 1982, the rump cabinet Van Agt III was formed. On 29 May, this minority cabinet of Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Democrats 66 (D'66) took office. It was a continuation of Van Agt II, but without the Labour Party (PvdA). After the fall of the cabinet, informateur Piet Steenkamp was ...
0–9. 1849 Dutch cabinet formation; 1888 Dutch cabinet formation; 1901 Dutch cabinet formation; 1905 Dutch cabinet formation; 1907–1908 Dutch cabinet formation
After a general election held generally every four years, or if a cabinet resigns during a parliamentary term, the process of cabinet formation starts. Because of the multi-party system of the Netherlands, no single party has had a majority in parliament since 1900, and formation of a coalition of two or often three parties is always necessary.
A cabinet formation took place in Netherlands after the general election of 7 July 1948. On 7 August this led to the formation of the Drees-Van Schaik cabinet. The cabinet was formed by the Catholic People's Party (KVP), Labour Party (PvdA), Christian Historical Union (CHU), and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).