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Swearing-in of all ministers and state secretaries of the Schoof cupboard

Tuesday, July 2, 2024, 7:56 AM

THE HAGUE (PDC) – At Huis Ten Bosch, the brand new ministers and state secretaries took the oath or made the promise, and that’s the

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Entrance row from left to proper: Keijzer, Hermans, Schoof, King Willem-Alexander, Agema and Van Hijum. Center row from left to proper: Bruins, Van Dam, Veldkamp, ​​Uitermark and Heinen. Again row from left to proper: Klever, Wiersma, Madlener, Brekelmans, Beljaarts and Faber.

This cupboard of PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB took workplace on 2 July 2024. It was fashioned seven months after the elections of twenty-two November 2023 and virtually a 12 months after the resignation of the Rutte IV cupboard. The formateur was State Councillor Richard van Zwol (CDA) and the Prime Minister was the non-partisan former prime civil servant Dick Schoof.” data-bs-content-morelink=”” taken workplace.

It was the primary time since September 1922 that each one ministers have been sworn in. There may be a proof for this.

Usually, solely new ministers are sworn in. Mark Rutte solely took the oath in 2010 and in 2021, Hugo de Jonge, Carola Schouten and Sigrid Kaag didn’t (Kaag was absent attributable to corona). Now there isn’t any new minister who’s taking on from the earlier Rutte. That has not occurred since 1905.

In 1922, when the

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Ministers of the Ruys de Beerenbrouck II cabinet


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prime left: Van Karnebeek and Heemskerk, center: Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, proper: Aalberse and De Graaff. backside left: Westerveld, center above: De Visser and De Geer, decrease left: Van Dijk, proper: Van Swaaij.

This cupboard was a continuation of the primary Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cupboard and had largely the identical composition. From 1923 onwards, the cupboard needed to take care of an financial recession, which made cutbacks and tax will increase vital. The Minister of Finance, Colijn, who succeeded De Geer in 1923, applied these cutbacks with pressure.” data-bs-content-morelink=”” de Beerenbrouck solely two new ministers (Van Swaaij and Westerveld). Nevertheless, the returning ministers have been additionally sworn in once more.

This was attributable to dissatisfaction with Queen Wilhelmina. She was considerably upset that the

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Cabinet of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I - From left to right: De Vries, Alting von Geusau, De Visser, Heemskerk, Van IJsselstein, Van Karnebeek, Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Aalberse, Konig and Idenburg.


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From left to proper: De Vries, Alting von Geusau, De Visser, Heemskerk, Van IJsselstein, Van Karnebeek, Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Aalberse, Konig and Idenburg.

This centre-right cupboard ruled within the final 12 months of the First World Conflict and within the turbulent years that adopted. Though ARP, CHU and Catholics, along with just a few small events, solely had a majority, a predominantly Christian cupboard was fashioned beneath the management of the primary Catholic prime minister, the Limburg Queen’s Commissioner Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck.” data-bs-content-morelink=”” I had merely needed to proceed governing after the elections. The sitting coalition had retained the bulk. Finally, a formation was fashioned and by resigning all ministers, it was emphasised {that a} utterly new cupboard was taking workplace.

It was additionally curious that the swearing-in solely befell after the studying of the speech from the throne, which meant that on Finances Day two ministers who had by no means been sworn in earlier than have been sitting within the entrance row.

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