Ministers
Title/Ministry /Portfolio(s)
Term of office
Party
Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977)
Prime Minister
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948
Catholic People's Party
General Affairs
11 October 1947 – 7 August 1948
Minister
Interior
23 February 1945 – 15 September 1947 [Retained]
Willem Drees (1886–1988)
Deputy Prime Minister
Social Affairs
25 June 1945 – 7 August 1948 [Retained]
Labour Party
Minister
Dr. Piet Witteman (1892–1972)
Minister
Interior
15 September 1947 – 7 August 1948
Catholic People's Party
Baron Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout (1892–1986)
Minister
Foreign Affairs
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948
Independent Conservative Liberal
Dr. Piet Lieftinck (1902–1989)
Minister
Finance
25 June 1945 – 1 July 1952 [Retained] [Continued]
Labour Party
Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951)
Minister
Justice
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948
Catholic People's Party
Dr. Gerardus Huysmans (1902–1948)
Minister
Economic Affairs
3 July 1946 – 14 January 1948 [Res]
Catholic People's Party
Sicco Mansholt (1908–1995)
14 January 1948 – 20 January 1948 [Ad Interim ]
Labour Party
Dr. Jan van den Brink (1915–2006)
20 January 1948 – 2 September 1952 [Continued]
Catholic People's Party
Lieutenant colonel Alexander Fiévez (1902–1949)
Minister
War
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948
Catholic People's Party
Navy
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1946 [Ad Interim ]
25 November 1947 – 7 August 1948
Rear admiral Jules Schagen van Leeuwen (1896–1976)
7 August 1946 – 25 November 1947 [Res]
Independent Social Conservative
Dr. Jos Gielen (1898–1981)
Minister
Education, Arts and Sciences
3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948
Catholic People's Party
Hein Vos (1903–1972)
Minister
Transport
3 July 1946 – 1 March 1947
Labour Party
Transport and Water Management [Note]
1 March 1947 – 7 August 1948
Sicco Mansholt (1908–1995)
Minister
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies
25 June 1945 – 1 January 1958 [Retained] [Continued]
Labour Party
Dr. Johan Ringers (1885–1965)
Minister
Public Works and Reconstruction
25 June 1945 – 15 November 1946 [Retained] [Res]
Independent Classical Liberal
Hein Vos (1900–1972)
15 November 1946 – 3 March 1947 [Acting]
Labour Party
Lambertus Neher (1899–1967)
Reconstruction and Housing [Note]
3 March 1947 – 1 March 1948 [Res]
Labour Party
Dr. Joris in 't Veld (1895–1981)
1 March 1948 – 2 September 1952 [Continued]
Labour Party
Jan Jonkman (1891–1976)
Minister
Colonial Affairs
3 July 1946 – 30 August 1947 [Note]
Labour Party
Dr. Louis Beel (1902–1977)
30 August 1947 – 3 November 1947 [Acting]
Catholic People's Party
Jan Jonkman (1891–1976)
3 November 1947 – 30 August 1947
Labour Party
Ministers without portfolio
Title/Ministry /Portfolio(s)
Term of office
Party
Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983)
Minister
Foreign Affairs
• United Nations
1 March 1946 – 1 July 1947 [Retained] [App]
Independent Classical Liberal
Lubbertus Götzen (1894–1979)
Minister
Colonial Affairs
• Colonial Fiscal Policy
11 November 1947 – 15 March 1951 [Continued]
Independent Christian Democratic Protestant