Van Agt I cabinet

Members of the cabinet after the swearing in, with Queen Juliana

The first Cabinet Van Agt formed of 19 December 1977 to 11 September 1981, the Government of the Netherlands. It was a coalition of the Christian Democratic CDA and the liberal VVD .

composition

The cabinet consisted of 16 ministers and 17 state secretaries.

minister

Business area / office	minister	Political party
general affairs prime minister	Dries van Agt	CDA
Interior Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel	VVD
Exterior	Chris van der Klaauw	VVD
Judiciary	Job de Ruiter	CDA
education and Science	Aria Pais	VVD
Finances	Frans Andriessen until February 22, 1980	CDA
	Gijs van Aardenne February 22 to March 4, 1980	VVD
Finance affairs of the Netherlands Antilles	Fons van der Stee from March 4, 1980	CDA
Agriculture and Fisheries Affairs of the Netherlands Antilles	Fons van der Stee until March 4, 1980	CDA
Agriculture and fishing	Gerrit Braks from March 4, 1980	CDA
defense	Roelof Kruisinga until March 5, 1978	CDA
	Jan de Koning March 5-8 , 1978	CDA
	Willem Scholten March 8, 1978 to August 25, 1980	CDA
	Pieter de Geus from August 25, 1980	CDA
Housing and spatial planning	Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland until September 1, 1981	CDA
	Dany Tuijnman from September 1, 1981	VVD
Transport and water management	Dany Tuijnman	VVD
economy	Gijs van Aardenne	VVD
Social	Wil Albeda	CDA
Culture, recreation and care	Til Gardeniers-Berendsen	CDA
Health and the environment	Leendert Ginjaar	VVD
Development cooperation	Jan de Koning	CDA
Science policy	Rinus Peijnenburg until April 1, 1979	CDA
	Leendert Ginjaar April 3 to May 4, 1979	VVD
	Ton van Trier from May 4th 1979	CDA

State Secretaries

Business area	State Secretary	Political party
Exterior	Durk van der Mei from December 28, 1977	CDA
Judiciary	Bert Haars from December 28, 1977	CDA
Interior	Henk Koning from December 28, 1977	VVD
education and Science	Klaas de Jong Ozn. from January 3, 1978	CDA
	Ad Hermes January 9, 1978 to September 9, 1981	CDA
Finances	Adriaan Nooteboom December 28, 1977 to February 22, 1980	CDA
	Marius van Amelsvoort April 16, 1980 to September 9, 1981	CDA
defense	Cees van Lent from December 28, 1977	CDA
	Wim van Eekelen from January 20, 1978	VVD
Housing and spatial planning	Gerrit Brokx from December 28, 1977	CDA
Transport and water management	Neelie Kroes from December 28, 1977	VVD
economy	Ted Hazekamp from December 28, 1977	CDA
	Karel Beyen from January 9, 1978	VVD
Social	Louw de Graaf December 28, 1977 to September 9, 1981	CDA
Culture, recreation and care	Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters December 28, 1977 to September 9, 1981	CDA
	Gerard Wallis de Vries from January 3, 1978	VVD
Health and the environment	Els Veder-Smit from January 3rd, 1978	VVD

Web links

• Kabinet-Van Agt I on rijksoverheid.nl (nld.)