First Colijn cabinet

The First Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 4 August 1925 until 8 March 1926. Prime Minister Colijn and his cabinet had tendered their resignations on 11 November but remained in a caretaker government until Dirk Jan De Geer formed a new government on 8 March.^[1] The cabinet was formed by the political parties General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations (AB), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the 1925 general election. The centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. It was the first of five cabinets of Hendrikus Colijn, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Chairman of the Council of Ministers.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

First Colijn cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed	4 August 1925 (1925-08-04)
Date dissolved	8 March 1926 (1926-03-08) (Demissionary from 11 November 1925 (1925-11-11))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Hendrikus Colijn
No. of ministers	9
Member party	General League Anti-Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Union
Status in legislature	Centre-right majority government
History
Election	1925 general election
Legislature terms	1925–1929
Incoming formation	1925 Dutch cabinet formation
Outgoing formation	1925–1926 Dutch cabinet formation
Predecessor	Second Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
Successor	First De Geer cabinet

Composition

Composition^[7]

Title	Minister				Term of office
	Image	Name	Party		Start	End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Minister of Finance		Hendrikus Colijn		ARP	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of the Interior and Agriculture		Dirk Jan de Geer		CHU	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Herman van Karnebeek		Indep.[a]	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of Justice		Jan Schokking		CHU	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industry		Dionysius Koolen		General League	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of War Minister of the Navy		Johan Lambooij		General League	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences		Victor Henri Rutgers		ARP	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of Water Management		Max Bongaerts		General League	4 August 1925	8 March 1926
Minister of Colonial Affairs		Hendrikus Colijn (ad interim)		ARP	4 August 1925	1 October 1925
		Charles Welter		General League	1 October 1925	8 March 1926

1. Liberal