The First Van Agt cabinet, also called the Van Agt–Wiegel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 19 December 1977 until 11 September 1981. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the election of 1977. The cabinet was a centre-right coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Dries van Agt serving as Prime Minister. Liberal Leader Hans Wiegel served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior.
First Van Agt cabinet
Image: Dries van Agt 1976 (1)
Image: Hans Wiegel 1977 (1)
Image: Kabinetsformatie dr CA van der Klaauw (VVD) nieuwe minister van Buitenlandse, Bestanddeelnr 929 4807
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a Christian-democratic and socially conservative political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union; it has participated in all but three of the Dutch cabinets formed since it became a unitary party.
Piet Steenkamp, founder and chairman from 1973 until 1980
Dries van Agt, CDA leader from 1976 until 1982 and Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982
Ruud Lubbers, CDA Leader from 1982 until 1994 and Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 until 1994.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, CDA Leader from 1997 until 2001.