Third Van Agt cabinet

Third Van Agt cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
Installation of the cabinet by Queen Beatrix at Huis ten Bosch on 29 May 1982
Date formed29 May 1982 (1982-05-29)
Date dissolved4 November 1982 (1982-11-04)
159 days in office
(Demissionary from 8 September 1982 (1982-09-08))
People and organisations
MonarchQueen Beatrix
Prime MinisterDries van Agt
Deputy Prime MinisterJan Terlouw
No. of ministers14
Member partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(CDA)
Democrats 66
(D'66)
Status in legislatureCentrist
Minority government
(Caretaker/Rump)
History
Outgoing election1982 election
Legislature terms1981–1982
Outgoing formation1982 formation
PredecessorSecond Van Agt cabinet
SuccessorFirst Lubbers cabinet

The third Van Agt cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 29 May 1982 until 4 November 1982. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the social-liberal Democrats 66 (D'66) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Van Agt II. The caretaker rump cabinet was a centrist coalition and had a minority in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Dries van Agt continuing as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Progressive-Liberal Leader Jan Terlouw continued as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs from previous cabinet.

The cabinet served in the early years of the economic expansion of the 1980s. Domestically its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1982, and it had to deal with a growing inflation following the recession in the 1980s and the Cent was removed as an active currency. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the First Lubbers cabinet.[1]

Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Dries van Agt at Ypenburg Airport on 2 June 1982.
Chancellor of West-Germany Helmut Schmidt and Prime Minister Dries van Agt during a press conference at Airport Schiphol on 9 July 1982.
Israeli Ambassador Jacov Nechisthan and Prime Minister Dries van Agt at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel on 18 October 1982.
  1. ^ "Kabinet in crisis" (in Dutch). Andere Tijden. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2018.