Fifth Colijn cabinet

The Fifth Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 25 July 1939 until 10 August 1939. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Liberal State Party (LSP) following the fall of the Fourth Colijn cabinet on 29 June 1939. The right-wing cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives. It was the last of five cabinets of Hendrikus Colijn, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Chairman of the Council of Ministers. The cabinet was dismissed by Queen Wilhelmina on 27 July 1939, just two days after it took office.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Fifth Colijn cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
The members of the incoming Fifth Colijn cabinet on 24 July 1939
Date formed	25 July 1939 (1939-07-25)
Date dissolved	10 August 1939 (1939-08-10) (Demissionary from 27 July 1939 (1939-07-27))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Hendrikus Colijn
No. of ministers	10
Member party	Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU) Liberal State Party (LSP)
Status in legislature	Right-wing minority government
History
Legislature terms	1937–1946
Predecessor	Fourth Colijn cabinet
Successor	Second De Geer cabinet

Composition

Title	Minister				Term of office
	Image	Name	Party		Start	End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Minister of General Affairs Minister of Economic Affairs		Hendrikus Colijn		ARP	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Interior		Hendrik van Boeijen		CHU	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn		Indep.[a]	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Finance		Christiaan Bodenhausen		Indep.[a]	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Justice		Johan de Visser		CHU	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Defence		Jannes van Dijk		ARP	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Social Affairs		Marinus Damme		Indep.[a]	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences		Bep Schrieke		Indep.[a]	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Water Management		Otto van Lidth de Jeude		LSP	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Minister of Colonial Affairs		Cornelis van den Bussche		Indep.[a]	25 July 1939	10 August 1939
Source: Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)

1. Liberal