1948 Dutch Cabinet Formation
A Dutch cabinet formation, cabinet formation took place in Netherlands after the 1948 Dutch general election, general election of 7 July 1948. On 7 August this led to the formation of the Drees-Van Schaik cabinet. The cabinet was formed by the Catholic People's Party (KVP), Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA), Christian Historical Union (CHU), and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Background First Beel Cabinet The first Beel cabinet, consisting of KVP and PvdA under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Prime Minister Louis Beel, had submitted a constitutional amendment. Constitution_of_the_Netherlands#Later_revisions, This constitutional amendment introduced a new legal order for overseas territories and introduced State Secretary (Netherlands), state secretaries in the cabinet. After the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives and Senate (Netherlands), Senate approved it in the first reading with support f ...
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