The First Drees

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, also called the Second Drees cabinet was the

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of the

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from 15 March 1951 until 2 September 1952. The cabinet was a continuation of the previous

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and was formed by the

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(KVP) and

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(CHU), the

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Labour Party (PvdA) and the conservative-liberal

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(VVD) after the fall of the previous

. The cabinet was a

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and had a substantial

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in the

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with

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Willem Drees Willem Drees Sr. (; 5 July 1886 – 14 May 1988) was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) ...

serving as

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. Prominent

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politician Frans Teulings the Minister of the Interior in the previous cabinet served as

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and Minister without portfolio for the Interior. The cabinet served during early years of the turbulent

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. Domestically the recovery and rebuilding following

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continued with the assistance of the

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, it also able to finalize several major social reforms to

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s and

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from the previous cabinet. Internationally the

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of the

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following the

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continued, the

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was founded after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The cabinet suffered no major internal and external conflicts and completed its entire term and was succeeded by the

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following the election of 1952.

Cabinet Members

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Trivia

* Nine cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Louis Beel (Administrative Law),

Piet Lieftinck Pieter "Piet" Lieftinck (30 September 1902 – 9 July 1989) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist. Lieftinck applied at the Utrecht University in June 1919 major ...

(Financial and Business Economics),

Jan van den Brink Johannes Roelof Maria "Jan" van den Brink (12 April 1915 – 19 July 2006) was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and businessman. He was minister of Economic Affairs in three successive governments from 1948 till 1952. ...

(Public Economics and Economical Statistics), Dolf Joekes (Labour Law), Theo Rutten (Applied Psychology), Joris in 't Veld (Public Administration), Guus Albregts (International Economics), Piet Muntendam (Social Medicine) and Aat van Rhijn (Fiscal Law).

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