Fifth Colijn cabinet

Fifth Colijn cabinet
Fifth Colijn cabinet
; Cabinet of the Netherlands
	The members of the incoming Fifth Colijn cabinet on 24 July 1939
Date formed	25 July 1939
Date dissolved	10 August 1939 ; (Demissionary from 27 July 1939)
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Hendrikus Colijn
No. of ministers	10
Member party	Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (ARP) ; Christian Historical Union ; (CHU) ; Liberal State Party ; (LSP)
Status in legislature	Right-wing Minority government
History
Legislature terms	1937–1946
Predecessor	Fourth Colijn cabinet
Successor	Second De Geer cabinet

The Fifth Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 25 July 1939 until 10 August 1939. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and the Liberal State Party (LSP) following the fall of the Fourth Colijn cabinet on 29 June 1939. The right-wing cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives. It was the last of five cabinets of Hendrikus Colijn, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Prime Minister. The cabinet was dismissed by Queen Wilhelmina on 27 July 1939, just two days after it took office.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Cabinet members

Ministers		Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	26 May 1933 – 10 August 1939 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	Minister	Economic Affairs	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Hendrik van Boeijen (1889–1947)	Minister	Interior	24 June 1937 – 31 May 1944 ^[Retained]	Christian Historical Union
	Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn (1873–1961)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	1 October 1937 – 10 August 1939 ^[Retained]	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Christiaan Bodenhausen (1869–1966)	Minister	Finance	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
	Johan de Visser (1883–1950)	Minister	Justice	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Christian Historical Union
	Dr. Jannes van Dijk (1871–1954)	Minister	Defence	24 June 1937 – 10 August 1939 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Dr. Marinus Damme (1876–1966)	Minister	Social Affairs	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Dr. Bep Schrieke (1890–1945)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Jonkheer Otto van Lidth de Jeude (1881–1952)	Minister	Water Management	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Liberal State Party
	Cornelis van den Bussche (1884–1941)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek

^Retained Retained this position from the previous cabinet.

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v t e Fifth Colijn cabinet (1939)
Preceded: Fourth Colijn cabinet Succeed: Second De Geer cabinet
Prime Minister	Hendrikus Colijn (General Affairs and Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Hendrik van Boeijen (Interior) Jacob Adriaan Patijn (Foreign Affairs) Christiaan Bodenhausen (Finance) Johan de Visser (Justice) Jannes van Dijk (Defence) Marinus Damme (Social Affairs) Bep Schrieke (Education, Arts and Sciences) Otto van Lidth de Jeude (Water Management) Cornelis van den Bussche (Colonial Affairs)