Second Colijn cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:	Second Colijn cabinet
Jurisdiction:	the Netherlands
Flag:	Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag Border:	true
Date Dissolved:	(Demissionary from)
Government Head:	Hendrikus Colijn
Deputy Government Head:	Josef van Schaik (Unofficially)
State Head:	Queen Wilhelmina
Members Number:	11
Former Members Number:	4
Total Number:	13
Political Party:	Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU) Liberal State Party (LSP) Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB)
Legislature Status:	Centre-right Majority government
Election:	1933
Legislature Term:	1933–1937
Previous:	Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
Successor:	Third Colijn cabinet

The Second Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 26 May 1933 until 31 July 1935. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU), Liberal State Party (LSP) and the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) after the election of 1933. The centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. It was the second of five cabinets of Hendrikus Colijn, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Prime Minister.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	Prime Minister		26 May 1933 – 10 August 1939	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister			Colonial Affairs	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937
		Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956)	Minister	Interior	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (1872–1957)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Pieter Oud (1886–1968)	Minister	Finance	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Free-thinking Democratic League
		Josef van Schaik (1882–1962)	Minister	Justice	26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937	Roman Catholic State Party
		Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945)	Minister	Economic Affairs and Labour	1 May 1932 – 8 June 1933	Roman Catholic State Party
Economic Affairs				8 June 1933 – 17 April 1934
				Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	17 April 1934 – 25 June 1934	Anti-Revolutionary Party
				Max Steenberghe (1899–1972)	25 June 1934 – 6 June 1935	Roman Catholic State Party
				Dr. Henri Gelissen (1895–1982)	6 June 1935 – 2 September 1935	Roman Catholic State Party
		Dr. Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (1883–1978)	Minister	Defence	10 August 1929 – 2 September 1935	Roman Catholic State Party
		Dr. Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (1869–1941)	Minister	Social Affairs	8 June 1933 – 31 July 1935	Christian Historical Union
		Henri Marchant (1869–1956)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	26 May 1933 – 18 May 1935	Free-thinking Democratic League
		Dr. Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (1869–1941)			18 May 1935 – 25 July 1939	Christian Historical Union
		Jacob Kalff (1869–1935)	Minister	Water Management	26 May 1933 – 13 January 1935	Liberal State Party
		Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)			13 January 1935 – 15 March 1935	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Jonkheer Otto van Lidth de Jeude (1881–1952)			15 March 1935 – 24 June 1937	Liberal State Party
Source: Parlement & Politiek

Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

Resigned.

Served ad interim.

Died in office.

External links

Official

• Kabinet-Colijn II Parlement & Politiek

Notes and References

1. Book: Herman Langeveld. Hendrikus Colijn 1869-1944 Deel II 1933-1944: Schipper naast God. 1998. Balans. 9789460034480. 6.
2. Web site: Hendrikus Colijn (1869-1944) – Premier tijdens de crisisjaren 1930. Historiek. 23 May 2017. 10 July 2018. nl.
3. Web site: Colijn, Hendrikus (1869-1944). Resources Huygens. 10 July 2006. 10 July 2018. nl.
4. Web site: Hendrikus Colijn. Historisch Nieuwsblad. 10 November 2017. 10 July 2018. nl.
5. Web site: Formeren kun je leren. Historische Studievereniging Leiden. 22 March 2017. 7 July 2018. nl.