Theo Heemskerk cabinet

The Theo Heemskerk cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913. The cabinet was formed by the political party Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations (AB) following the fall of the De Meester cabinet 21 December 1907. The centre-right cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives but was supported by Independent Catholics and Independent Protestants for a majority. After the election of 1909 the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations received a plurality of the votes and the cabinet could continued to govern as a majority government from 27 July 1909. Theo Heemskerk of the Anti-Revolutionary Party was Prime Minister.^[1]

Theo Heemskerk cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed	12 February 1908 (1908-02-12)
Date dissolved	29 August 1913 (1913-08-29) (Demissionary from 26 June 1913 (1913-06-26))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Theo Heemskerk
No. of ministers	9
Ministers removed	7
Total no. of members	14
Member party	12 February 1908 – 27 July 1909 Anti-Revolutionary Party General League Independent Catholics Independent Protestants (Confidence and supply) 27 July 1909 – 29 August 1913 Anti-Revolutionary Party General League
Status in legislature	Centre-right Minority government (12 February 1908 – 27 July 1909) Centre-right Majority government (27 July 1909 – 29 August 1913)
History
Election	1909 election
Outgoing election	1913 election
Legislature terms	1905–1909 1909–1913
Incoming formation	1907-1908
Outgoing formation	1913
Predecessor	De Meester cabinet
Successor	Cort van der Linden cabinet

Composition

Composition^[2]

Title	Minister				Term of office
	Image	Name	Party		Start	End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Minister of the Interior		Theo Heemskerk		ARP	12 February 1908	29 August 1913
Minister of Foreign Affairs		René de Marees van Swinderen		Indep.	12 February 1908	29 August 1913
Minister of Finance		Maximilien Joseph Caspar Marie Kolkman		General League	12 February 1908	29 August 1913
Minister of Justice		Anton Nelissen		General League	12 February 1908	11 May 1910
		Theo Heemskerk (ad interim)		ARP	11 May 1910	7 June 1910
		Robert Regout		General League	7 June 1910	18 January 1913
		Theo Heemskerk (ad interim)		ARP	18 January 1913	29 August 1913
Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry		Syb Talma		ARP	12 February 1908	29 August 1913
Minister of War		Frederik Sabron		Indep.	12 February 1908	27 July 1909
		Wouter Cool		Indep.	27 July 1909	4 January 1911
		Hendrikus Colijn		ARP	4 January 1911	29 August 1913
Minister of the Navy		Jan Wentholt		Indep.[a]	12 February 1908	14 May 1912
		Hendrikus Colijn		ARP	14 May 1912	29 August 1913
Minister of Water Management		Jean Bevers		General League	12 February 1908	5 January 1909
		Syb Talma (ad interim)		ARP	5 January 1909	21 January 1909
		Louis Regout		General League	21 January 1909	29 August 1913
Minister of Colonial Affairs		Theo Heemskerk (ad interim)		ARP	12 February 1908	20 May 1908
		Alexander Idenburg		ARP	20 May 1908	16 August 1909
		Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt		ARP	16 August 1909	29 August 1913

1. Liberal