Pierson cabinet
Pierson cabinet | |
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Cabinet of the Netherlands | |
Meeting of the Pierson cabinet | |
Date formed | 27 July 1897 (1897-07-27) |
Date dissolved | 1 August 1901 (1901-08-01) (Demissionary from 28 June 1901 (1901-06-28)) |
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 |
Ministers removed | 2 |
Total no. of members | 10 |
Member party | Liberal Union (LU) Independent Liberals (I) (Confidence and supply) |
Status in legislature | Left-liberal[1] Minority government |
History | |
Election | 1897 election |
Outgoing election | 1901 election |
Legislature terms | 1897–1901 |
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 left-liberal[2] 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.[3]
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 | ||
Willem de Beaufort (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 | ||
Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925) | Minister | War | 27 July 1897 – 31 July 1897 [Ad interim] | Liberal Union | ||
Lieutenant general Kornelis Eland (1838–1927) | 31 July 1897 – 1 April 1901 [Res] | Liberal Union | ||||
Lieutenant general Arthur Kool (1841–1914) | 1 April 1901 – 1 August 1901 | Liberal Union | ||||
Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925) | Minister | Navy | 27 July 1897 – 22 December 1897 [Res] | Liberal Union | ||
Lieutenant general Kornelis Eland (1838–1927) | 22 December 1897 – 12 January 1898 [Ad interim] | Liberal Union | ||||
Vice admiral Jonkheer Jacob Röell (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
External links
- Official
- (in Dutch) Kabinet-Pierson Parlement & Politiek