De Quay cabinet

Cabinet De Quay 1959

The De Quay cabinet formed the government of the Netherlands from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1963 . It was a coalition of the Christian Democratic parties KVP , ARP and CHU and the liberal VVD .

composition

minister

Business area / office	minister	Political party
general affairs prime minister	Jan de Quay	CIP
Deputy Prime Minister for Transport and Water Management	Henk Korthals	VVD
Exterior	Joseph Luns	CIP
Judiciary	Albert Christiaan Willem Beerman	CHU
Interior	Edzo Toxopeus	VVD
Education, art and science	Jo Cals	CIP
Finances	Jelle Zijlstra	ARP
defense	Sidney J. van den Bergh until August 1, 1959	VVD
	Sim Visser from September 7, 1959	VVD
Housing and construction	Jan van Aartsen	ARP
economy	Jan Willem de Pous	CHU
Agriculture and fishing	Victor Marijnen	CIP
Social and health	Charles van Rooy until July 3, 1961	CIP
	Victor Marijnen July 3rd to 17th, 1961	CIP
	Gerard Veldkamp from July 17, 1961	CIP
Social welfare	Marga Klompé	CIP

State Secretaries

Business area	State Secretary	Political party
General affairs	Norbert Schmelzer	CIP
Exterior	Hans van Houten from June 24, 1959	VVD
Interior	Theo Bot from November 23, 1959	CIP
Education, art and science	Ynso Scholten from July 1, 1959	CHU
	Gerard Stubenrouch June 16, 1959 to April 22, 1962	CIP
	Hendrikus Hubertus Janssen from July 1, 1962	CIP
Finances	Willem Hendrik van den Berge from June 1, 1959	independent
defense	Michael Rudolph Hendrik Calmeyer from June 19, 1959	CHU
	Piet de Jong from June 27, 1959	CIP
Transport and water management	Eddie Stijkel from October 15, 1959	VVD
economy	Gerard Veldkamp until July 17, 1961	CIP
	Frans Gijzels from September 14, 1961	CIP
Social and health	Bauke Roolvink from June 15, 1959	ARP

Web links

• Kabinet-De Quay on rijksoverheid.nl (nld.)