Cabinet Drees / Van Schaik

The Cabinet in 1948.

The Drees / Van Schaik cabinet formed the government of the Netherlands from August 7, 1948 to March 15, 1951 .

It was a coalition of the social democratic PvdA , the Christian democratic parties KVP and CHU and the liberal VVD .

composition

minister

Business area / office	minister	Political party
general affairs prime minister	Willem Drees	PvdA
Minister with no portfolio	Josef van Schaik	CIP
Exterior	Dirk Stikker	VVD
Judiciary	René Wijers until May 15, 1950	CIP
	Johannes Henricus van Maarseveen May 15 to July 10, 1950	CIP
	Teun Struycken from July 10, 1950	CIP
Interior	Johannes Henricus van Maarseveen until June 15, 1949	CIP
	Josef van Schaik June 15 to September 20, 1949	CIP
	Frans Teulings from September 20, 1949	CIP
Education, art and science	Theo Rutten	CIP
Finances	Piet Lieftinck	PvdA
War navy	Wim Schokking until October 16, 1950	CHU
	Hans s'Jacob from October 16, 1950	independent
Reconstruction and Housing	Joris in 't Veld	PvdA
Transport and water management	Josef van Schaik until November 1, 1948	CIP
	Derk Gerard Willem Spitzen from November 1st, 1948	independent
economy	Jan van den Brink	CIP
Agriculture, fishing and food supply	Sicco Mansholt	PvdA
Social	Dolf Joekes	PvdA
Overseas territories	Emmanuel Sassen until February 14, 1949	CIP
	Johannes Henricus van Maarseveen from February 14, 1949	CIP
Minister with no portfolio	Lubbertus idols	independent

State Secretaries

Business area	State Secretary	Political party
Exterior	Nico Blom from February 14, 1950	PvdA
Education, art and science	Jo Cals from March 15, 1950	CIP
war	Wim Fockema Andreae May 1, 1949 to October 23, 1950	VVD
	Harry Moorman from October 23, 1950	CIP
marine	Harry Moorman from May 1, 1949	CIP
economy	Wim van der Grinten from January 25, 1949	CIP
Social	Aart van Rhijn from February 15, 1950	PvdA
	Pieter Muntendam from April 1, 1950	PvdA

Web links

• Kabinet-Drees / Van Schaik on rijksoverheid.nl (nld.)