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.
Cabinet members + Cabinet membersSource: Parlement & PolitiekMinistersTitle/MinistryTerm of officePartyDr. Gerrit de Vries (Prime Minister) (1818–1900) Prime Minister 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Minister Justice Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908) Minister Interior 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Baron Louis Gericke van Herwijnen (1814–1899) Minister Foreign Affairs 18 January 1871 – 27 August 1874 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Albert van Delden (1828–1898) Minister Finance 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Count Major general Menno David van Limburg Stirum (1807–1891)MinisterWar 6 July 1872 – 15 September 1873 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (1819–1880) 15 September 1873 – 6 October 1873 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Major general August Willem Philip Weitzel (1816–1896) 6 October 1873 – 29 April 1875 Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (1819–1880)MinisterNavy 4 June 1868 – 18 December 1873 Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) 18 December 1873 – 16 May 1874 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 (1822–1902) Minister Colonial Affairs 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)
Resigned. Served ad interim. Retained this position from the previous cabinet.
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