First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet

The First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 9 September 1918 until 18 September 1922. The cabinet was formed by the political parties General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations (AB), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the election of 1918. The centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. It was the first of three cabinets of Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck as Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet in 1918
Date formed	9 September 1918 (1918-09-09)
Date dissolved	18 September 1922 (1922-09-18) (Demissionary from 18 July 1922 (1922-07-18))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
No. of ministers	11
Ministers removed	8
Total no. of members	17
Member party	General League Anti-Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Union
Status in legislature	Centre-right majority government
History
Election	1918 general election
Legislature terms	1918–1922
Incoming formation	1918 formation
Outgoing formation	1922 formation
Predecessor	Cort van der Linden cabinet
Successor	Second Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet

Composition

Title	Minister				Term of office
	Image	Name	Party		Start	End
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Minister of the Interior		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck		General League	9 September 1918	18 September 1922
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Herman van Karnebeek		Indep.	9 September 1918	18 September 1922
Minister of Finance		Simon de Vries		ARP	9 September 1918	28 July 1921
		Dirk Jan de Geer		CHU	28 July 1921	18 September 1922
Minister of Justice		Theo Heemskerk		ARP	9 September 1918	18 September 1922
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce		Hendrik van IJsselsteyn		Indep.	9 September 1918	13 September 1922
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (ad interim)		General League	13 September 1922	18 September 1922
Minister of War		George Alting von Geusau		General League	9 September 1918	5 January 1920
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (ad interim)		General League	5 January 1920	31 March 1920
		Willem Frederik Pop		Indep.	31 March 1920	28 July 1921
		Jannes van Dijk		ARP	28 July 1921	18 September 1922
Minister of Navy		George Alting von Geusau (ad interim)		General League	9 September 1918	16 September 1918
		Willem Naudin ten Cate		Indep.	16 September 1918	19 February 1919
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (ad interim)		General League	19 February 1919	19 April 1919
		Hendrik Bijleveld		ARP	19 April 1919	5 January 1920
		Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (ad interim)		Indep.	5 January 1920	31 March 1920
		Willem Frederik Pop		Indep.	31 March 1920	28 July 1921
		Jannes van Dijk		ARP	28 July 1921	18 September 1922
Minister of Labour		Piet Aalberse Sr.		General League	25 September 1918	18 September 1922
Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences		Johannes Theodoor de Visser		CHU	25 September 1918	18 September 1922
Minister of Water Management		Adrianus König		General League	9 September 1918	18 September 1922
Minister of Colonial Affairs		Alexander Idenburg		ARP	9 September 1918	13 August 1919
		Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (ad interim)		General League	13 August 1919	13 November 1919
		Simon de Graaff		Indep.	13 November 1919	18 September 1922

1. Liberal
2. Christian historical
3. Conservative (Protestant)

See also

• 1921 Dutch cabinet formation, reconstruction of the cabinet after a cabinet crisis