First Kok cabinet

First Kok cabinet
First Purple cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
The installation of the first Kok cabinet on 22 August 1994
Date formed22 August 1994 (1994-08-22)
Date dissolved3 August 1998 (1998-08-03)
(Demissionary from 6 May 1998 (1998-05-06))
People and organisations
Head of stateQueen Beatrix
Head of governmentWim Kok
Deputy head of governmentHans Dijkstal
Hans van Mierlo
No. of ministers14
Member partyLabour Party
(PvdA)
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

(VVD)
Democrats 66
(D66)
Status in legislatureCentrist
Majority government
(Grand coalition/Purple)
History
Election1994 election
Outgoing election1998 election
Legislature terms1994–1998
Incoming formation1994 formation
Outgoing formation1998 formation
PredecessorThird Lubbers cabinet
SuccessorSecond Kok cabinet

The first Kok cabinet, also called the first Purple cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch government from 22 August 1994 until 3 August 1998. The cabinet was formed by the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA), the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and the social-liberal Democrats 66 after the election of 1994. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a substantial majority in the House of Representatives with Labour Leader Wim Kok serving as Prime Minister. Prominent Liberal politician Hans Dijkstal served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, while Progressive-Liberal Leader Hans van Mierlo served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The cabinet served during the economic expansion of the 1990s. Domestically, it was able to implement several major social reforms such as legalizing euthanasia and had to deal with the fallout of the El Al Flight 1862 crash. Internationally, the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam took place, but it also had to deal with several crises such as the Bosnian War. The cabinet suffered no major internal conflicts, completing its entire term, and was succeeded by a continuation of the coalition in the second Kok cabinet following the election of 1998.[1]

  1. ^ "De formatie van Paars 1: een heidens karwei" (in Dutch). Andere Tijden. 3 September 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2018.