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Kappeyne van de Coppello cabinet

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Kappeyne van de Coppello cabinet

Cabinet of the Netherlands
Date formed3 November 1877 (1877-11-03)
Date dissolved20 August 1879 (1879-08-20)
(Demissionary from 11 July 1879 (1879-07-11))
People and organisations
Head of stateKing William III
Head of governmentJan Kappeyne van
de Coppello
No. of ministers8
Ministers removed2
Total no. of members10
Member partyIndependent Liberals
(Ind. Lib.)
Status in legislatureCentre-right Minority government
History
Election1877 election
Outgoing election1879 election
Legislature terms1877–1879
PredecessorHeemskerk–Van Lynden van
Sandenburg cabinet
SuccessorVan Lynden van
Sandenburg cabinet

The Kappeyne van de Coppello cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 3 November 1877 until 20 August 1879. The cabinet was formed by Independent Liberals after the election of 1877. The centre-right cabinet was a minority government in the House of Representatives. Independent Classical Liberal Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello was Prime Minister.

Cabinet Members

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Ministers Title/Ministry Term of office Party
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello Jan Kappeyne van
de Coppello

(1822–1895)
Prime Minister 3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Minister Interior
Willem van Heeckeren van Kell Baron
Willem van Heeckeren
van Kell

(1815–1914)
Minister Foreign Affairs 3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Johan Gleichman Johan Gleichman
(1834–1906)
Minister Finance 3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Conservative Liberal)
Hendrik Jan Smidt Hendrik Jan Smidt
(1831–1917)
Minister Justice 3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Conservative Liberal)
Johannes Tak van Poortvliet Johannes Tak
van Poortvliet

(1839–1904)
Minister Water Management,
Commerce and Industry
3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Major
Jan Karel de Roo
van Alderwerelt

(1832–1878)
Minister War 3 November 1877 –
29 December 1878
[Died]
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Jonkheer
Captain
Hendrikus Wichers
(1831–1889)
29 December 1878 –
15 February 1879
[Ad interim]
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Jacobus den Beer Poortugael Major general
Jacobus den
Beer Poortugael

(1832–1913)
15 February 1879 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Jonkheer
Captain
Hendrikus Wichers
(1831–1889)
Minister Navy 3 November 1877 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Pieter Philip van Bosse Pieter Philip van Bosse
(1809–1879)
Minister Colonial Affairs 3 November 1877 –
21 February 1879
[Died]
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Jonkheer
Captain
Hendrikus Wichers
(1831–1889)
21 February 1879 –
12 March 1879
[Ad interim]
Independent
Liberal

(Classical Liberal)
Otto van Rees Otto van Rees
(1823–1892)
12 March 1879 –
20 August 1879
Independent
Liberal

(Conservative Liberal)
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek
Ad interim Served ad interim.
Died Died in office.

References

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