The Third Van Agt cabinet was the

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of the Dutch Government from 29 May 1982 until 4 November 1982. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the social-liberal

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(D'66) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Van Agt II. The caretaker rump cabinet was a centrist coalition and had a

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in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Dries van Agt continuing as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Progressive-Liberal Leader Jan Terlouw continued as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs from previous cabinet. The cabinet served in the early years of the economic expansion of the

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. Domestically its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in

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, and it had to deal with a growing inflation following the recession in the 1980s and the

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was removed as an active currency. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the First Lubbers cabinet.

Cabinet Members

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* Five cabinet members had previous experience as scholars and professors: Dries van Agt (Criminal Law and Procedure), Jan Terlouw (Nuclear Physics), Max Rood (Labour Law),

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(Civil Law) and Michiel Scheltema (Constitutional and Administrative Law).

References

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