# Zijlstra cabinet

The Zijlstra cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) after the fall of the previous Cabinet Cals. The caretaker rump cabinet was a centrist coalition and had a minority in the House of Representatives with former Protestant Leader Jelle Zijlstra a former Minister of Finance serving as Prime Minister and dual served as Minister of Finance. Former Catholic Prime Minister Jan de Quay served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Water Management, Protestant Leader Barend Biesheuvel continued as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the responsibility for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs from previous cabinet.
The cabinet served in the middle of the tumultuous 1960s, domestically it had to deal with the counterculture and its primary objective was to make preparations for a snap election in 1967. Following the election the cabinet continued in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the De Jong cabinet.

## Formation

Following the fall of the Cals cabinet the Labour Party (PvdA) left the coalition and the Catholic People's Party and the Anti-Revolutionary Party formed a Rump cabinet.

## Term

Such a transitional cabinet is not supposed to take important decisions, but it still resolved the issue over the introduction of commercial television, which had been a major issue in the two previous cabinets, with the omroepwet, which allowed commercial blocks on public television (between shows), despite protests by VVD and part of CHU.

## Cabinet members

| Ministers | Ministers | Ministers | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party |
| | | Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | Prime Minister | General Affairs | | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Dr. Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001) | Minister | Finance | | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985) | Deputy Prime Minister | Transport and Water Management | | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Dr. Jan de Quay (1901–1985) | Minister | Transport and Water Management | | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) | Deputy Prime Minister | Agriculture and Fisheries | | 24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) | Minister | Agriculture and Fisheries | | 24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) | Minister | Interior | • Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | 24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Dr. Koos Verdam (1915–1998) | Minister | Interior | | 5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | Minister | Foreign Affairs | | 13 October 1956 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Teun Struycken (1906–1977) | Minister | Justice | | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Joop Bakker (1921–2003) | Minister | Economic Affairs | | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Captain Piet de Jong (1915–2016) | Minister | Defence | | 24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990) | Minister | Social Affairs and Health | | 17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Dr. Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (1916–2004) | Minister | Education and Sciences | | 14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Herman Witte (1909–1973) | Minister | Housing and Spatial Planning | | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Dr. Marga Klompé (1912–1986) | Minister | Culture, Recreation and Social Work | | 22 November 1966 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party |
| Minister without portfolio | Minister without portfolio | Minister without portfolio | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party |
| | | Theo Bot (1911–1984) | Minister | Foreign Affairs | • Development Cooperation | 14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| State Secretaries | State Secretaries | State Secretaries | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party |
| | | Leo de Block (1904–1988) | State Secretary | Foreign Affairs) | • European Union • Benelux | 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Leo de Block (1904–1988) | State Secretary | Transport and Water Management | • Public Transport • Rail Transport • Weather Forecasting | 28 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Louis van Son (1922–1986) | State Secretary | Economic Affairs | • Small and Medium-sized Businesses • Regional Development | 28 November 1966 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Gerard Peijnenburg (1919–2000) | State Secretary | Defence | • Army | 13 May 1965 – 5 April 1967 | Independent Christian Democratic Catholic |
| | | Vice admiral Adri van Es (1913–1994) | State Secretary | Defence | • Navy | 14 August 1963 – 16 September 1972 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
| | | Lieutenant general Heije Schaper (1906–1996) | State Secretary | Defence | • Air Force | 22 June 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Independent Conservative Liberal |
| | | Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002) | State Secretary | Social Affairs and Health | • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics | 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000) | State Secretary | Social Affairs and Health | • Occupational Safety • Public Organisations | 15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party |
| | | Hans Grosheide (1930–2022) | State Secretary | Education and Sciences | • Primary Education • Secondary Education • Special Education | 3 September 1963 – 6 July 1971 | Anti-Revolutionary Party |
    $^{Retainedfromthepreviouscabinet}$
    $^{Continuedinthenextcabinet}$