De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:	De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet
Jurisdiction:	the Netherlands
Flag:	Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag Border:	true
Date Dissolved:	(Demissionary from)
Government Head:	Gerrit de Vries
Deputy Government Head:	Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
State Head:	King William III
Members Number:	7
Former Members Number:	2
Total Number:	9
Political Party:	Independent Liberals (Ind. Lib.)
Legislature Status:	Centre-right Minority government
Previous:	Third Thorbecke cabinet
Successor:	Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg cabinet

The De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 6 July 1872 until 27 August 1873. The cabinet was formed by Independent Liberals (Ind. Lib.) after the death of Prime Minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke on 4 June 1872. The Centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. Independent Liberal Conservative Gerrit de Vries was Prime Minister.^[1]

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Dr. Gerrit de Vries (Prime Minister) (1818–1900)	Prime Minister		6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
Minister			Justice
		Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908)	Minister	Interior	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Baron Louis Gericke van Herwijnen (1814–1899)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	18 January 1871 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Albert van Delden (1828–1898)	Minister	Finance	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Count Major general Menno David van Limburg Stirum (1807–1891)	Minister	War	6 July 1872 – 15 September 1873	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (1819–1880)			15 September 1873 – 6 October 1873	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Major general August Willem Philip Weitzel (1816–1896)			6 October 1873 – 29 April 1875	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (1819–1880)	Minister	Navy	4 June 1868 – 18 December 1873	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)			18 December 1873 – 16 May 1874	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
		Willem Frederik van Erp Taalman Kip (1824–1905)			16 May 1874 – 3 November 1877	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
Source: Parlement & Politiek

Resigned.

Served ad interim.

Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

External links

Official

• Kabinet-De Vries/Fransen van de Putte Parlement & Politiek

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heemskerk, Theodorus (1852-1932). Resources Huygens. 12 November 2013. 19 September 2018. nl.