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The De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 6 July 1872 until 27 August 1873. The cabinet was formed by Independent Liberals (Ind. Lib.) after the death of Prime Minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke on 4 June 1872. The Centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. Independent Liberal Conservative Gerrit de Vries was Prime Minister.[1]

Cabinet Members

Ministers Title/Ministry Term of office Party
Gerrit de Vries Dr.
Gerrit de Vries
(Prime Minister)
(1818–1900) 		Prime Minister 6 July 1872 –
27 August 1874 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Minister Justice
Johan Herman Geertsema Johan Herman
Geertsema
(1816–1908) 		Minister Interior 6 July 1872 –
27 August 1874 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Louis Gericke van Herwijnen Baron
Louis Gericke
van Herwijnen
(1814–1899) 		Minister Foreign Affairs 18 January 1871 –
27 August 1874
[Retained] 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Albert van Delden Albert van Delden
(1828–1898) 		Minister Finance 6 July 1872 –
27 August 1874 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Menno David van Limburg Stirum Count
Major general
Menno David van
Limburg Stirum
(1807–1891) 		Minister War 6 July 1872 –
15 September 1873
[Res] 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Lodewijk Gerard Brocx
(1819–1880) 		15 September 1873 –
6 October 1873
[Ad interim] 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
August Willem Philip Weitzel Major general
August Willem
Philip Weitzel
(1816–1896) 		6 October 1873 –
29 April 1875 		Independent
Liberal
(Conservative Liberal)
Lodewijk Gerard Brocx
(1819–1880) 		Minister Navy 4 June 1868 –
18 December 1873
[Retained] [Res] 		Independent
Liberal
(Classical Liberal)
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte Isaäc Dignus Fransen
van de Putte
(1822–1902) 		18 December 1873 –
16 May 1874
[Ad interim] 		Independent
Liberal
(Social Liberal)
Willem Frederik van
Erp Taalman Kip
(1824–1905) 		16 May 1874 –
3 November 1877 		Independent
Liberal
(Conservative Liberal)
Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte Isaäc Dignus Fransen
van de Putte
(1822–1902) 		Minister Colonial Affairs 6 July 1872 –
27 August 1874 		Independent
Liberal
(Social Liberal)
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek
Res Resigned.
Ad interim Served ad interim.
Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

References

  1. ^ "Heemskerk, Theodorus (1852-1932)" (in Dutch). Resources Huygens. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

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