First De Geer cabinet

The First De Geer cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 8 March 1926 until 10 August 1929. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) following the fall of the First Colijn cabinet on 11 November 1925.^[1]

First De Geer cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the First De Geer cabinet on 12 March 1926
Date formed	8 March 1926 (1926-03-08)
Date dissolved	10 August 1929 (1929-08-10) (Demissionary from 3 July 1929 (1929-07-03))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Dirk Jan de Geer
No. of ministers	9
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	11
Member party	Roman Catholic State Party Anti-Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Union
Status in legislature	Centre-right majority government
History
Legislature terms	1925–1929
Predecessor	First Colijn cabinet
Successor	Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet

Composition

Composition^[2]

Title	Minister				Term of office
	Image	Name	Party		Start	End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Minister of Finance		Dirk Jan de Geer		CHU	8 March 1926	10 August 1929
Minister of the Interior and Agriculture		Jan Kan		Indep.[a]	8 March 1926	10 August 1929
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Herman van Karnebeek		Indep.[a]	8 March 1926	1 April 1927
		Frans Beelaerts van Blokland		CHU	1 April 1927	10 August 1929
Minister of Justice		Jan Donner		ARP	8 March 1926	10 August 1929
Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industry		Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne		CHU	8 March 1926	10 August 1929
Minister of War (1926–1928) Minister of the Navy (1926–1928) Minister of Defence (1928–1929)		Louis van Royen		Indep.[a]	8 March 1926	24 April 1926
		Johan Lambooij		RKSP	24 April 1926	10 August 1929
Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences		Marius Waszink		RKSP	8 March 1926	10 August 1929
Minister of Water Management		Hendrik van der Vegte		ARP	8 March 1926	10 August 1929
Minister of Colonial Affairs		Jacob Koningsberger		Indep.	8 March 1926	10 August 1929

1. Liberal