Second De Geer cabinet
Second De Geer cabinet First London cabinet | |
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![]() The first meeting of the Second De Geer cabinet on 6 September 1939 | |
Date formed | 10 August 1939 |
Date dissolved | 3 September 1940 (Demissionary from 26 August 1940 ) |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Queen Wilhelmina |
Head of government | Dirk Jan de Geer |
No. of ministers | 11 |
Member party | Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU) Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) |
Status in legislature | National unity government (War cabinet) |
History | |
Legislature terms | 1937–1946 |
Predecessor | Fifth Colijn cabinet |
Successor | First Gerbrandy cabinet |
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The Second De Geer cabinet, also called the First London cabinet, was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 10 August 1939 until 3 September 1940. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) following the dismissal of the Fifth Colijn cabinet by Queen Wilhelmina on 27 July 1939.[1] The national unity government became a War cabinet on 14 May 1940 following the German invasion and fled to London. The government-in-exile was dismissed by Queen Wilhelmina on 26 August 1940.[2]
Term
[edit]The cabinet fell on 26 August 1940 after a conflict between Queen Wilhelmina and Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer; the cabinet continued for one week as a demissionary cabinet until the First Gerbrandy cabinet was installed on 3 September 1940.
Cabinet members
[edit]- Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.
References
[edit]- ^ "De korte regering van het Kabinet Colijn-V" (in Dutch). IsGeschiedenis. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Geer, jhr. Dirk Jan de (1870-1960)" (in Dutch). Resources Huygens. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official
- (in Dutch) Kabinet-De Geer II Parlement & Politiek
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