Pierson cabinet
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Pierson cabinet | |
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23rd Cabinet of the Netherlands | |
Date formed | 27 July 1897 |
Date dissolved | 1 August 1901 (Demissionary from 28 June 1901 ) |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Queen Wilhelmina |
Head of government | Nicolaas Pierson |
Head of government's history | Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (Unofficially) |
No. of ministers | 8 |
Total no. of members | 10 |
Member party | Liberal Union (LU) Independent Liberals (I) (Confidence and supply) |
Status in legislature | Centre-right Minority government |
Opposition party | General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses |
Opposition leader | |
History | |
Election(s) | 1897 election |
Outgoing election | 1901 election |
Legislature term(s) | |
Predecessor | Röell cabinet |
Successor | Kuyper cabinet |
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The Pierson cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 27 July 1897 until 1 August 1901. The cabinet was formed by the political party Liberal Union (CU) after the election of 1897. The centre-right cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives but was supported by Independent Liberals for a majority. Nicolaas Pierson of the Liberal Union was Prime Minister.[1]
Cabinet Members[]
Ministers | Title/Ministry | Term of office | Party | |||
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Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909) |
Prime Minister | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | |||
Minister | Finance | |||||
Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917) |
Minister | Interior | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | ||
(1845–1918) |
Minister | Foreign Affairs | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | ||
Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935) |
Minister | Justice | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | ||
Cornelis Lely (1854–1929) |
Minister | Water Management, Commerce and Industry |
27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | ||
(1840–1925) |
Minister | War | 27 July 1897 – 31 July 1897 [Ad interim] |
Liberal Union | ||
Lieutenant general (1838–1927) |
31 July 1897 – 1 April 1901 [Res] |
Liberal Union | ||||
Lieutenant general (1841–1914) |
1 April 1901 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | ||||
(1840–1925) |
Minister | Navy | 27 July 1897 – 22 December 1897 [Res] |
Liberal Union | ||
Lieutenant general (1838–1927) |
22 December 1897 – 12 January 1898 [Ad interim] |
Liberal Union | ||||
Vice admiral Jonkheer (1838–1924) |
12 January 1898 – 1 August 1901 |
Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) | ||||
Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1847–1923) |
Minister | Colonial Affairs | 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 |
Liberal Union | ||
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek |
- Res Resigned.
- Ad interim Served ad interim.
References[]
- ^ "N.G. Pierson: een politicus in Arcadië" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. November 1993. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
External links[]
- Official
- (in Dutch) Kabinet-Pierson Parlement & Politiek
Categories:
- Cabinets of the Netherlands
- 1897 establishments in the Netherlands
- 1901 disestablishments in the Netherlands
- Cabinets established in 1897
- Cabinets disestablished in 1901
- Minority governments