The first meeting of the First Drees cabinet at the Ministry of General Affairs on 14 March 1951
Date formed
15 March 1951 (1951-03-15)
Date dissolved
2 September 1952 (1952-09-02) 1 year, 171 days in office (Demissionary from 25 June 1952 (1952-06-25))
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Queen Juliana
Prime Minister
Willem Drees
Deputy Prime Minister
Frans Teulings
No. of ministers
15
Ministers removed
2
Total no. of members
16
Member party
Catholic People's Party (KVP) Labour Party (PvdA) Christian Historical Union (CHU) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
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Centre-left[1] Majority government (Grand coalition/Roman-Red)
History
Outgoing election
1952 election
Legislature terms
1948–1952
Incoming formation
1948 formation
Outgoing formation
1951 formation
Predecessor
Drees–Van Schaik cabinet
Successor
Second Drees cabinet
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The First Drees cabinet, also called the Second Drees cabinet[2] was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 15 March 1951 until 2 September 1952. The cabinet was a continuation of the previous Drees–Van Schaik cabinet and was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU), the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the fall of the previous cabinet. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a substantial majority in the House of Representatives with Labour Leader Willem Drees serving as Prime Minister. Prominent Catholic politician Frans Teulings the Minister of the Interior in the previous cabinet served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio for the Interior.
The cabinet served during early years of the turbulent 1950s. Domestically the recovery and rebuilding following World War II continued with the assistance of the Marshall Plan, it also able to finalize several major social reforms to social security, welfare, child benefits and education from the previous cabinet. Internationally the decolonization of the Dutch East Indies following the Indonesian National Revolution continued, the European Coal and Steel Community was founded after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The cabinet suffered no major internal and external conflicts and completed its entire term and was succeeded by the Second Drees cabinet following the election of 1952.[3]
^Changing Liaisons The Dynamics of Social Partnership in 20th Century West-European DemocraciesBy Karel Davids, 2007, P.165
^According to a different numbering this was the Second Drees cabinet because it was the second cabinet with Willem Drees as Prime Minister, after the Drees–Van Schaik cabinet.
^"Coalities tussen sociaaldemocraten en confessionelen" (in Dutch). Historisch Nieuwsblad. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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