The Theo Heemskerk cabinet was the

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from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913. The cabinet was formed by the

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Anti-Revolutionary Party The Anti-Revolutionary Party (, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister who served as Prime Mi ...

(ARP) and the

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(AB) following the fall of the De Meester cabinet 21 December 1907. The

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cabinet was a

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in the

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but was supported by Independent Catholics and Independent Protestants for a majority. After the election of 1909 the

and the

received a

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of the votes and the cabinet could continued to govern as a

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from 27 July 1909.

Theo Heemskerk Theodorus Heemskerk (20 July 1852 – 12 June 1932) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913. Heemskerk's time in politics saw the ...

of the

was

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Composition

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