Third Rutte cabinet

Third Rutte cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed	26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)
Date dissolved	10 January 2022 (2022-01-10) 4 years, 76 days in office (demissionary from 15 January 2021 (2021-01-15))
People and organisations
Monarch	Willem-Alexander
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Deputy Prime Minister	Hugo de Jonge Kajsa Ollongren[a] Carola Schouten
Total no. of members	16
Member party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) Democrats 66 (D66) Christian Union (CU)
Status in legislature	Centre to centre-right coalition government 76/150 (50.6%)
History
Election	2017 election
Outgoing election	2021 election
Legislature terms	2017–2021
Incoming formation	2017 formation
Outgoing formation	2021–2022 formation
Predecessor	Second Rutte cabinet
Successor	Fourth Rutte cabinet

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The third Rutte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022 (since 15 January 2021 demissionary). It was formed by a coalition government of the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), Democrats 66 (D66) and Christian Union (CU) after the general election of 2017.

The cabinet served during the late 2010s and the start of the 2020s. Notable issues during the third Rutte cabinet included the childcare allowance affair (Dutch: toeslagenaffaire), the farmers' protests and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. The cabinet fell on 15 January 2021 as a response to a critical report about the childcare allowance affair.^[1]

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