Fourth Colijn cabinet

Fourth Colijn cabinet
Fourth Colijn cabinet
; Cabinet of the Netherlands
	Meeting of the Fourth Colijn cabinet in 1937
Date formed	24 June 1937
Date dissolved	25 July 1939 ; (Demissionary from 29 June 1939)
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Hendrikus Colijn
Deputy head of government	Carel Goseling (Unofficially)
No. of ministers	11
Ministers removed	1
Member party	Roman Catholic ; State Party ; (RKSP) ; Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (ARP) ; Christian Historical Union ; (CHU)
Status in legislature	Right-wing Majority government
History
Election	1937
Legislature terms	1937–1946
Predecessor	Third Colijn cabinet
Successor	Fifth Colijn cabinet

The Fourth Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 24 June 1937 until 25 July 1939. The cabinet was formed by the political parties Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) after the election of 1937. The right-wing cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. It was the fourth of five cabinets of Hendrikus Colijn, the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Prime Minister.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cabinet Members

Ministers		Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	Prime Minister		26 May 1933 – 10 August 1939 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	Minister	General Affairs	8 July 1937 – 10 August 1939	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Hendrik van Boeijen (1889–1947)	Minister	Interior	24 June 1937 – 31 May 1944	Christian Historical Union
	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	24 June 1937 – 1 October 1937 ^{[Ad interim]}	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn (1873–1961)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	1 October 1937 – 10 August 1939	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
	Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956)	Minister	Finance	24 June 1937 – 19 May 1939 ^[Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944)	Minister	Finance	19 May 1939 – 25 July 1939 ^{[Ad interim]}	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Carel Goseling (1891–1941)	Minister	Justice	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party
	Max Steenberghe (1899–1972)	Minister	Commerce, Industry and Shipping	24 June 1937 – 15 July 1937	Roman Catholic State Party
		Minister	Economic Affairs	15 July 1937 – 25 July 1939
		Minister	Agriculture and Fisheries	24 June 1937 – 15 July 1937 ^{[Ad interim]}
	Dr. Jannes van Dijk (1871–1954)	Minister	Defence	24 June 1937 – 10 August 1939 ^[Retained]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
	Carl Romme (1896–1980)	Minister	Social Affairs	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party
	Dr. Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (1869–1941)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	18 May 1935 – 25 July 1939 ^[Retained]	Christian Historical Union
	Dr. Johan van Buuren (1884–1970)	Minister	Water Management	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)
	Charles Welter (1880–1972)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	24 June 1937 – 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek