| Cabinet Name: | Second Biesheuvel cabinet |
| Jurisdiction: | the Netherlands |
| Flag: | Flag of the Netherlands.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Image Size2: | 250px |
| Date Dissolved: | in office (Demissionary from) |
| Government Head: | Barend Biesheuvel |
| Deputy Government Head: | Roelof Nelissen Molly Geertsema |
| State Head: | Queen Juliana |
| Members Number: | 14 |
| Former Members Number: | 1 |
| Total Number: | 14 |
| Political Party: | Catholic People's Party (KVP) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU) |
| Legislature Status: | Centre-right Caretaker government |
| Election: | 1971 election |
| Last Election: | 1972 election |
| Legislature Term: | 1971–1972 |
| Incoming Formation: | 1971 formation |
| Outgoing Formation: | 1972–1973 formation |
| Previous: | First Biesheuvel cabinet |
| Successor: | Den Uyl cabinet |
The second Biesheuvel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 9 August 1972 until 11 May 1973. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Biesheuvel I. The cabinet was a centre-right caretaker government and had a minority in the House of Representatives. Protestant Leader Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party served as Prime Minister. Prominent Catholic politician Roelof Nelissen served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and former Liberal Leader Molly Geertsema served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. The rump cabinet served until the election of 1972.[1]
Following the fall of the First Biesheuvel cabinet the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union formed a Rump cabinet. Because the following negotiations for forming the next cabinet took rather long, the cabinet took further reaching decisions than a caretaker cabinet is usually supposed to do.