Pierson cabinet

Pierson cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the Pierson cabinet
Date formed27 July 1897 (1897-07-27)
Date dissolved1 August 1901 (1901-08-01)
(Demissionary from 28 June 1901 (1901-06-28))
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Head of stateQueen Wilhelmina
Head of governmentNicolaas Pierson
Head of government's historyHendrik Goeman Borgesius (Unofficially)
No. of ministers8
Ministers removed2
Total no. of members10
Member partyLiberal Union
(LU)
Independent Liberals
(I)
(Confidence and supply)
Status in legislatureLeft-liberal[1] Minority government
History
Election1897 election
Outgoing election1901 election
Legislature terms1897–1901
PredecessorRöell cabinet
SuccessorKuyper cabinet
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Politics of the Netherlands
Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The Pierson cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 27 July 1897 until 1 August 1901. The cabinet was formed by the political party Liberal Union (CU) after the election of 1897. The left-liberal[2] cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives but was supported by Independent Liberals for a majority. Nicolaas Pierson of the Liberal Union was Prime Minister.[3]

  1. ^ A Concise History of the Netherlands By James C. Kennedy, 2017, P.343
  2. ^ A Concise History of the Netherlands By James C. Kennedy, 2017, P.343
  3. ^ "N.G. Pierson: een politicus in Arcadië" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. November 1993. Retrieved 21 September 2018.