Cals cabinet | |
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 Cabinet of the Netherlands | |
  The installation of the Cals cabinet on 14 April 1965 | |
| Date formed | 14 April 1965 |
| Date dissolved | 22 November 1966 1 year, 222 days in office (Demissionary from 14 October 1966) |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Queen Juliana |
| Prime Minister | Jo Cals |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Anne Vondeling Barend Biesheuvel |
| No. of ministers | 14 |
| Ministers removed | 1 |
| Total no. of members | 15 |
| Member party | Catholic People's Party (KVP) Labour Party (PvdA) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) |
| Status in legislature | Centre-left[1] Majority government |
| History | |
| Legislature terms | 1963–1967 |
| Incoming formation | 1965 formation |
| Outgoing formation | 1966 formation |
| Predecessor | Marijnen cabinet |
| Successor | Zijlstra cabinet |
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The Cals cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Marijnen. The cabinet was a Centre-left[2] coalition and had a substantial majority in the House of Representatives; prominent Catholic politician Jo Cals, a former Minister of Education, served as Prime Minister. Labour Leader Anne Vondeling served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Protestant Leader Barend Biesheuvel continued as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the responsibility for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs from previous cabinet.
The cabinet served in the middle of the tumultuous 1960s. Domestically it had to deal with the counterculture and implemented several major social reforms to social security, as well as closing the mines in Limburg and stimulating urban development in the Randstad. Internationally, the protests against the Vietnam War were a major point of attention. The cabinet suffered several major internal and external conflicts, including multiple cabinet resignations. The cabinet fell just 18 months into its term on 14 October 1966, following the Night of Schmelzer when Catholic Leader Norbert Schmelzer proposed a counter-motion that called for stronger austerity measures to reduce the deficit than those the cabinet had itself proposed. Prime Minister Cals saw this as an indirect motion of no confidence from his own party, and announced his resignation; the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Zijlstra.[3][4]
- ^ Changing Liaisons The Dynamics of Social Partnership in 20th Century West-European DemocraciesBy Karel Davids, 2007, P.165
- ^ Changing Liaisons The Dynamics of Social Partnership in 20th Century West-European DemocraciesBy Karel Davids, 2007, P.165
- ^ "Kabinetscrisis 1966: de Nacht van Schmelzer" (in Dutch). Parlement & Politiek. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Misschien waren we allebei teveel boekhouder'" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 12 September 1991. Retrieved 1 April 2018.