Cals cabinet

The Cabinet at its first meeting, April 15, 1965

The Cals cabinet formed the government of the Netherlands from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 . It was a coalition of the Christian Democratic parties KVP and ARP and the social democratic PvdA .

composition

minister

Business area / office	minister	Political party
general affairs prime minister	Jo Cals	CIP
Finance Deputy Prime Minister	Anne Vondeling	PvdA
Agriculture and Fisheries Deputy Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel	ARP
Exterior	Joseph Luns	CIP
Judiciary	Ivo Samkalden	PvdA
Interior	Jan Smallenbroek until August 31, 1966	ARP
	Ivo Samkalden August 31 to September 5, 1966	PvdA
	Pieter Verdam from September 5th, 1966	ARP
education and Science	Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst	ARP
defense	Piet de Jong	CIP
Housing and spatial planning	Pieter Bogaers	CIP
Transport and water management	Ko Suurhoff	PvdA
economy	Joop the Uyl	PvdA
Social and health	Gerard Veldkamp	CIP
Culture, recreation and care	Maarten Vrolijk	PvdA
Ministers without portfolio mandated to help developing countries	Theo Bot	CIP

State Secretaries

Business area	State Secretary	Political party
Exterior	Leo de Block	CIP
	Max van der Stoel from July 22, 1965	PvdA
Interior	Theo Westerhout from July 12, 1965	PvdA
education and Science	Hans Grosheide	ARP
Finances	Willem Hoefnagels from June 1, 1965	CIP
defense	Adri van Es	ARP
	Gerard Peijnenburg from May 13, 1965	independent
	Johannes Borghouts July 13, 1965 to February 5, 1966	CIP
	Heije Schaper from June 22, 1966	independent
Transport and water management	Siep Posthumus from May 4, 1965	PvdA
economy	Joop Bakker	ARP
Social and health	Aloysius Bartels	CIP
	José de Meijer	CIP
Culture, recreation and care	Cees Egas from May 10, 1965	PvdA

Web links

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