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    The first Van Agt cabinet, also called the Van Agt–Wiegel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 19 December 1977 until 11 September...
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    The second Van Agt cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic...
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    Democratic Appeal (CDA). Van Agt was known for his abilities as a skilful debater and negotiator. During his premiership, his cabinets were responsible for...
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    The third Van Agt cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 29 May 1982 until 4 November 1982. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic...
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    of 25 May 1977, a cabinet formation took place in the Netherlands. On 19 December 1977, this resulted in the First Van Agt cabinet. The coalition was...
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    Minister. Prominent Catholic politician Dries van Agt, the Minister of Justice from the previous cabinet, served as Deputy Prime Minister until his resignation...
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    leaders Dries van Agt and Ruud Lubbers as Prime Minister. The party lost in the 1994 general election after which the first two cabinets without them were...
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    Van Dam was appointed as Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II...
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    the first Van Agt cabinet, a coalition of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). The cabinet was...
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    difficult cabinet formation failed to create a new coalition. Den Uyl left office following the installation of the First Van Agt Cabinet on 19 December...
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    election of 1981 Van Mierlo was appointed as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Van Agt II taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just...
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    After the Dutch Second Van Agt cabinet fell on 12 May 1982, the rump cabinet Van Agt III was formed. On 29 May, this minority cabinet of Christian Democratic...
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  • The cabinet of the Netherlands has had female members since 1953. Anna de Waal served as the first female cabinet member as State Secretary for Education...
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    the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who were skeptical of the first Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981), which comprised the CDA and the conservative liberal...
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    seemed that Faber would be appointed secretary of state in the First Van Agt cabinet at the Ministry of Defense, but that did not happen. Around September...
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    Catholic People's Party (KVP) in 1976. The first joint party leader was a member of the KVP, Dries van Agt. Eventually a coalition was formed between...
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    1981 Van der Stoel was appointed again as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Van Agt II taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II...
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    Economic Affairs. The cabinet was characterised by the personal and ideological conflicts between Prime Minister Dries van Agt (CDA) and Minister of Social...
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  • resigned from the CHU. She disagreed with the first Van Agt cabinet, formed during the 1977 Dutch cabinet formation, in which the Christian Democratic...
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    of 1981 van Thijn was appointed Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just...
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    the CDA, the Labour Party (PvdA) and Democrats 66, with the CDA's Dries van Agt continuing as Prime Minister. However due to disagreements between the...
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    Christian Historical Union. Five cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Dries van Agt (Criminal Law and Procedure), Louis...
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  • Kabinet-Den Uyl Rijksoverheid Kabinet-Van Agt I Rijksoverheid Kabinet-Van Agt II Rijksoverheid Kabinet-Van Agt III Rijksoverheid Kabinet-Lubbers I Rijksoverheid...
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    negotiations failed, and the CDA formed the first Van Agt cabinet with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Van Praag marked this formation as the...
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  • Dries Van Agt was particularly problematic. These conflict culminated when the cabinet fell just before the 1977 general election. The PvdA came first in...
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    Planning and the Environment in the First Van Agt cabinet from 1977 to 1981. In 1981, he was an MP. Beelaerts van Blokland was mayor of Wolphaartsdijk...
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    appointed as State Secretary for Transport and Water Management in the Cabinet Van Agt–Wiegel taking office on 28 December 1977. After the election of 1981...
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    Rijksoverheid. "Kabinet-Van Agt I". VanAgtI. Rijksoverheid. "Kabinet-Van Agt II". VanAgtII. Rijksoverheid. "Kabinet-Van Agt III". VanAgtIII. Rijksoverheid....
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    State Secretary, but refused as she did not want to serve in the cabinet of van Agt, when he became Prime Minister of the Netherlands. During debates...
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    after the general election won by Prime Minister Dries van Agt, a similar thing happened when Van Agt suddenly announced he would not serve for a third term...
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