page_title: Third Drees cabinet
hierarchical_section_title: Third Drees cabinet
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Eerste zitting nieuwe kabinet Drees 12-10-1956. Vlnr: Jelle Zijlstra, Marga Klompé, J.M.H.A. Luns, A.A.H. Struyken, Willem Drees, Ivo Samkalden, J.M.L.Th. Cals staand vlnr: Hendrik Jan Hofstra, H.B.J. Witte, C. Staf, Sikko Mansholt, J. Algera, J.G. Suurhoff en de secretaris van Willem Drees.
context_page_description: The Third Drees cabinet, also called the Fourth Drees cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 13 October 1956 until 22 December 1958. The cabinet was formed by the social-democratic Labour Party and the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party, Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union after the election of 1956. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a majority in the House of Representatives, it was the last of six cabinets in the post-war Roman/Red coalitions. It was the last of the four cabinets of Labour Leader Willem Drees as Prime Minister. Prominent Catholic politician Teun Struycken the former Governor of the Netherlands Antilles served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Organisations.The cabinet suffered several internal conflicts, including multiple resignations and fell just two years into its term on 11 December 1958.
context_section_description: The Third Drees cabinet, also called the Fourth Drees cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 13 October 1956 until 22 December 1958. The cabinet was formed by the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the election of 1956. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a majority in the House of Representatives, it was the last of six cabinets in the post-war Roman/Red coalitions. It was the last of the four cabinets of Labour Leader Willem Drees as Prime Minister. Prominent Catholic politician Teun Struycken the former Governor of the Netherlands Antilles served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Organisations.The cabinet suffered several internal conflicts, including multiple resignations and fell just two years into its term on 11 December 1958.
caption: The first meeting of the incoming Third Drees cabinet on 12 October 1956
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