Cabinet Biesheuvel

The Cabinet upon taking office, with Queen Juliana

The Biesheuvel cabinet formed the government of the Netherlands from July 6, 1971 to May 11, 1973 . It was a coalition of the Christian Democratic parties KVP , ARP and CHU , the liberal VVD and the social democratic party DS'70 .

composition

The cabinet initially consisted of 16 ministers and 13 state secretaries; By resigning some members the cabinet was reduced to 13 ministers and 4 state secretaries by May 1973.

minister

Business area / office	minister	Political party
general affairs prime minister	Barend Biesheuvel	ARP
Finance Deputy Prime Minister	Roelof Nelissen	CIP
Interior Deputy Prime Minister	Molly Geertsema	VVD
Exterior	Norbert Schmelzer	CIP
Judiciary	Dries van Agt	CIP
education and Science	Chris van Veen	CHU
defense	Hans de Koster	VVD
Housing and spatial planning	Berend Jan Udink	CHU
Transport and water management	Willem Drees until July 20, 1972	DS'70
	Berend Jan Udink from July 21, 1972	CHU
economy	Harry Langman	VVD
Social	Jaap Boersma	ARP
Agriculture and fishing	Pierre Lardinois until January 1, 1973	CIP
	Jaap Boersma from January 1, 1973	ARP
Affairs of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles	Pierre Lardinois February 1, 1972 to January 1, 1973	CIP
	Molly Geertsema from January 1, 1973	VVD
Culture, recreation and care	Piet Engels	CIP
Health and the environment	Louis Stuijt	CIP
Minister without portfolio tasked with development cooperation	Kees Boertien	ARP
Minister without Portfolio responsible for science policy and higher education	Mauk de Brauw until July 20, 1972	DS'70

State Secretaries

Business area	State Secretary	Political party
Exterior	Tjerk Westerterp August 17th 1971 to March 7th 1973	CIP
Judiciary	Hans Grosheide from July 28, 1971	ARP
Interior	Jan van Stuijvenberg July 17, 1971 to July 20, 1972	DS'70
education and Science	Kees Schelfhout from July 28, 1971	CIP
Finances	Willem Scholten July 14, 1971 to March 19, 1973	CHU
	Fons van der Stee July 14, 1971 to March 12, 1973	CIP
defense	Adri van Es July 14, 1971 to September 15, 1972	ARP
Housing and spatial planning	Werner Buck from August 17, 1971	CIP
Transport and water management	Roelof Kruisinga July 28, 1971 to March 20, 1973	CHU
economy	Jan Oostenbrink from July 17, 1971	CIP
Social	Koos Rietkerk July 28, 1971 to April 23, 1973	VVD
Culture, recreation and care	Henk Vonhoff July 28, 1971 to April 23, 1973	VVD
	Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen July 28, 1971 to July 20, 1972	DS'70

Web links

• Kabinet-Biesheuvel on rijksoverheid.nl (nld.)