page_title: Third Lubbers cabinet
section_title: Changes
hierarchical_section_title: Third Lubbers cabinet / Term / Changes
caption_attribution_description: English: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1993. From left to right: Ellemann-Jensen, Pöhl, Ruud Lubbers
context_page_description: The Third Lubbers cabinet, also called the Lubbers–Kok cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 7 November 1989 to 22 August 1994. The cabinet was formed the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal and the social-democratic Labour Party after the election of 1989. The cabinet was a centre grand coalition and had a majority in the House of Representatives. It was the last of the three cabinets of Christian-Democratic Leader Ruud Lubbers as Prime Minister. Labour Leader Wim Kok served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. The cabinet suffered several internal conflicts including multiple resignations but completed its entire term, and was with 4 years, 288 days the longest serving post-war Dutch cabinet.
context_section_description: On 18 September 1990 Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Gerrit Braks (CDA) resigned after the Labour Party in the House of Representatives indicated that they had lost confidence in his ability to remain in office after strongly disagreeing in his animal welfare and fraud policy. Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Bert de Vries (CDA) served as acting Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries until 28 September 1990 when State Secretary for Economic Affairs Piet Bukman (CDA) was appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries. That same day Member of the House of Representatives Yvonne van Rooy (CDA), the former State Secretary for Economic Affairs was installed as his successor as State Secretary for Economic Affairs. That same day the function of State Secretary of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries was re-implemented, Mayor of Haaksbergen Dzsingisz Gabor (CDA) was sworn in and assigned the portfolios of environmental policy, nature policy and agricultural management.
  On 3 January 1993 Minister for Foreign Affairs Hans van den Broek (CDA) resigned after he was appointed as European Commissioner for External Relations and Enlargement. That same day Pieter Kooijmans (CDA), a former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs who until then had been working as a professor of International law at the Leiden University was appointed as his successor.
  On 1 June 1993 State Secretary for Defence Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (CDA) resigned after he was appointed as Queen's Commissioner of Limburg. That same day Member of the House of Representatives Ton Frinking (CDA) succeed him.
  On 5 June 1993 State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment Elske ter Veld (PvdA) resigned after gaining insufficient support from her own Labour Party in the House of Representatives for a new widow's pension act. On 9 June 1993 State Secretary for Education and Sciences Jacques Wallage (PvdA) was appointed as her successor. That same day Roel in 't Veld (PvdA), who until then had been working as a professor of Public administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam was installed as his successor as State Secretary for Education and Sciences. On 19 June 1993 just 10 days after taking office Roel in 't Veld resigned after he was discredited due to additional positions he held when he was a professor. On 2 July 1993 Job Cohen (PvdA), who until then had been working as rector magnificus of the State University of Limburg and as a professor of Jurisprudence was appointed as his successor.
  On 10 January 1994 Minister of the Interior Ien Dales (PvdA) unexpectedly died from a heart Attack at the age of 62. Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin (CDA) served as acting Minister of the Interior until 18 January 1994 when Mayor of Amsterdam Ed van Thijn (PvdA) was installed as her successor.
  On 26 February 1994 State Secretary for Welfare, Health and Culture Hans Simons (PvdA) resigned after he was appointed as a alderman in Rotterdam, because the cabinet was already nearing the end of its term he was not replaced.
  On 27 May 1994 Minister of the Interior Ed van Thijn (PvdA) and Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin (CDA) resigned 
  over illegal interrogation techniques used by the police. They were succeeded by their State Secretaries, Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (CDA) became Minister of the Interior and Aad Kosto (PvdA) became Minister of Justice.
  Due to the installment of a new European Parliament, several members resigned their functions to become members of this new parliament on 16 July 1994 and because the cabinet was already demissionary their portfolios were assigned to other ministers. The portfolio of Minister of Transport and Water Management was added to Minister of Economic Affairs Koos Andriessen (CDA), The portfolio of Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture was added to Minister of for Education and Sciences Jo Ritzen (PvdA).
caption: Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Karl Otto Pöhl and Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on 1 January 1993.
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