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. Prominent

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politician

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, a former Minister of Economic Affairs, served as

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and returned Minister of Economic Affairs. The cabinet served during the Economic expansion of the

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, domestically it was able to implement several major

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to

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and stimulating

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and

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and dealing with early 1980s recession, internationally it had to deal with several crises such as the decision to allow

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to place the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) at Woensdrecht Air Base. The cabinet suffered several major internal conflicts including a critical

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into Deputy Prime Minister Van Aardenne, but completed its entire term and was succeeded by a continuation of the coalition in the

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following the election of 1986.

Formation

Following the fall of the

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on 12 May 1982 the Labour Party (PvdA) left the coalition, subsequently on 14 May 1982 Queen Beatrix appointed

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Piet Steenkamp (CDA) as

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to look at the possibilities of the Labour Party rejoining the coalition. After negotiations between the parties, Piet Steenkamp failed to reach an agreement between the parties. On 25 May 1982 Queen Beatrix appointed incumbent

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Dries van Agt (CDA) as Formateur to form a rump cabinet with the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the

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(D'66). On 29 May 1982 the

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was installed and served as a

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until the election of 1982. After the election on 8 September 1982 the Labour Party of Joop den Uyl was the winner of the election winning 3 new seats and had now a total of 47 seats. The Christian Democratic Appeal of incumbent

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Dries van Agt lost 3 seats and now had 45 seats. The

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under the new leadership of

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was the biggest winner gaining 10 new seats and now had a total of 36 seats in the House of Representatives. On 10 September 1982 Queen Beatrix appointed Member of the House of Representatives

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(PvdA), the former Minister of Education and Sciences as

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to start the cabinet formation process. The first round of talks between the Labour Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal were troubled by the personal animosity between incumbent

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and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt and former Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Joop den Uyl. Van Agt had served as

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under Den Uyl his

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, and Den Uyl had served as

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under Van Agt in his Second cabinet. On 30 September 1982 after long negotiations between the parties,

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failed to reach an agreement to form a new coalition. On 1 October 1982 Queen Beatrix appointed

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(CDA), a former Minister of Defence as

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to start a cabinet formation process between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the

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. Soon there after incumbent

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and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt unexpectedly announced his retirement from national politics and stood down as Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal on 25 October 1982 and subsequently endorsed the Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives Ruud Lubbers, a former Minister of Economic Affairs as his successor. On 30 October 1982 the Christian Democratic Appeal and the

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agreed to form a coalition and Queen Beatrix subsequently appointed Ruud Lubbers as Formateur and tasked him with forming a new cabinet. On 4 November 1982 the cabinet formation was completed and the First Lubbers cabinet was installed with Ruud Lubbers as

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.

Term

Changes

On 12 November 1982 just 4 days after taking office State Secretary for Defence

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(VVD) resigned after he admitted to have falsified his ''

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''. On 12 November 1982 Mayor of Coevorden

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(VVD) was appointed as his successor. On 20 February 1986

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Koos Rietkerk Jacobus Gijsbert "Koos" Rietkerk (14 December 1927 – 20 February 1986) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist. Rietkerk attended the Christian Gymnasium in Haarlem from April 1940 until May 1 ...

(VVD) unexpectedly died in his office from a

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at the age of 58. Minister of Justice

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(VVD) served as acting

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until 12 March 1986 when Member of the House of Representatives Rudolf de Korte (VVD) was installed as the new

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. On 22 June 1986 State Secretary for Economic Affairs

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(CDA) resigned after he was appointed as Mayor of Heerlen and because the cabinet was already demissionary he was not replaced. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger meets with Prime Minister Lubbers of the Netherlands at the Pentagon 1983

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger meets with Prime Minister Lubbers of the Netherlands at the Pentagon 1983

Fanfani en Lubbers in het Catshuis, Bestanddeelnr 932-5587

Cabinet Members

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Trivia

* Three cabinet members would later serve as

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: Hans van den Broek (1993–1999),

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(2004–2014) and Frits Bolkestein (1999–2004) * Ruud Lubbers became the youngest Dutch Prime Minister at the age of .

References

External links

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