Pierson cabinet

The Pierson cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 27 July 1897 until 1 August 1901. The cabinet was formed by the political party Liberal Union (CU) after the election of 1897. The left-liberal^[2] cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives but was supported by Independent Liberals for a majority. Nicolaas Pierson of the Liberal Union was Prime Minister.^[3]

Pierson cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the Pierson cabinet
Date formed	27 July 1897 (1897-07-27)
Date dissolved	1 August 1901 (1901-08-01) (Demissionary from 28 June 1901 (1901-06-28))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Nicolaas Pierson
Head of government's history	Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (Unofficially)
No. of ministers	8
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	10
Member party	Liberal Union (LU) Independent Liberals (I) (Confidence and supply)
Status in legislature	Left-liberal[1] Minority government
History
Election	1897 election
Outgoing election	1901 election
Legislature terms	1897–1901
Predecessor	Röell cabinet
Successor	Kuyper cabinet

Cabinet Members

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Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)	Prime Minister		27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
			Minister	Finance
		Dr. Hendrik Goeman Borgesius (1847–1917)	Minister	Interior	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
		Willem de Beaufort (1845–1918)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
		Dr. Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935)	Minister	Justice	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Cornelis Lely (1854–1929)	Minister	Water Management, Commerce and Industry	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
		Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925)	Minister	War	27 July 1897 – 31 July 1897 [Ad interim]	Liberal Union
		Lieutenant general Kornelis Eland (1838–1927)			31 July 1897 – 1 April 1901 [Res]	Liberal Union
		Lieutenant general Arthur Kool (1841–1914)			1 April 1901 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union
		Joannes Coenraad Jansen (1840–1925)	Minister	Navy	27 July 1897 – 22 December 1897 [Res]	Liberal Union
		Lieutenant general Kornelis Eland (1838–1927)			22 December 1897 – 12 January 1898 [Ad interim]	Liberal Union
		Vice admiral Jonkheer Jacob Röell (1838–1924)			12 January 1898 – 1 August 1901	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1847–1923)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901	Liberal Union

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.