Second De Geer cabinet
Second De Geer cabinet First London cabinet | |
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Cabinet of the Netherlands | |
The first meeting of the Second De Geer cabinet on 6 September 1939 | |
| Date formed | 10 August 1939 |
| Date dissolved | 3 September 1940 (Demissionary from 26 August 1940) |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Queen Wilhelmina |
| Head of government | Dirk Jan de Geer |
| No. of ministers | 11 |
| Member party | Roman Catholic State Party Social Democratic Workers' Party Anti-Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Union Free-thinking Democratic League |
| Status in legislature | National unity government (War cabinet) |
| History | |
| Legislature terms | 1937–1946 |
| Outgoing formation | 1940 Dutch cabinet formation |
| Predecessor | Fifth Colijn cabinet |
| Successor | First Gerbrandy cabinet |
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The Second De Geer cabinet, also called the First London cabinet, was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 10 August 1939 until 3 September 1940. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) following the dismissal of the Fifth Colijn cabinet by Queen Wilhelmina on 27 July 1939. It was the first government to include the social democratic SDAP, up to then they had been excluded from government by the other political parties. The national unity government became a War cabinet on 14 May 1940 following the German invasion and fled to London. The government-in-exile was dismissed by Queen Wilhelmina on 26 August 1940.