The minister of the navy () of the

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was the minister responsible for the Ministry of the Navy and the

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. Created in 1855, the position was abolished with the creation of the position of

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in 1928, then reestablished in 1941 upon the abolition of the Ministry of Defence. When the Ministry of Defence was reestablished in 1948, the position of Minister of the Navy again was abolished. The first minister of the navy was Abraham Johannes de Smit van den Broecke, while the last one was Alexander Fiévez, a member of the

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