The Cort van der Linden cabinet was the

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from 29 August 1913 until 9 September 1918. The cabinet was formed by

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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 August 1913 to September 1918. Biography He was the last prime minister to lead a liberal ...

after the election of 1913 and received

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in the

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from other Independent Liberals and several members of the

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(VDB),

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(CHU) and the Liberal Union (LU) and from 15 December 1917 also the Economic League (EL). The

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cabinet was officially a

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in the

but was also supported by additional members of the

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(ARP) for a majority. It was the last cabinet with a

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until

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became Prime Minister 92 years later on 14 October 2010.

Cabinet members

: Resigned. : Served ''ad interim''. : Medical leave of absence.

References

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