The Concentration was a coalition of
Dutch liberal parties between 1901 and 1918. The
Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond,
Liberale Unie and the
Bond Vrije Liberalen participated. The main issue which united these parties was
universal suffrage
Universal suffrage (also called universal franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or political sta ...
and their opposition to
equal financing for religious schools. The Concentration governed between 1905 and 1908, led by the
Theo de Meester
Theodoor Herman "Theo" de Meester (16 December 1851 – 27 December 1919) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Liberal Union (LU) now merged into the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist. He served as Prime Minister of ...
with support of the social-democratic
SDAP and 1913 and 1918 led by
Pieter Cort van der Linden
Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 29 August 1913 to 9 September 1918.
Biography
He was the last prime minister to lead a lib ...
in an
extra-parliamentary cabinet. In 1921 two of the component parties, the League of Free Liberals and the Liberal Union form the
Liberal State Party, the Freedom League.
1901 establishments in the Netherlands
1918 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Political history of the Netherlands
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