Netherlands cabinet Schermerhorn/Drees

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The cabinet Schermerhorn/Drees was in office in The Netherlands from June 24, 1945 until July 3, 1946.

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The cabinet Schermerhorn/Drees, the first Dutch cabinet after World War II, was appointed by Queen Wilhelmina just a month after The Netherlands were liberated by the Allied forces. It was a royal cabinet (which means that the cabinet is appointed by the Queen, and is not the result of an election) and was sometimes referred to as an emergency-cabinet, in order to set things straight after the German Occupation of The Netherlands.

Dutch Parliament did not function yet and would not become functional until November 1945.

The cabinet Schermerhorn/Drees consisted of ministers from the SDAP (which in 1946 merged with the VDB and the CDU into the PvdA, which would become the post-war Labour Party), the CHU-minister Dr. Lieftick (who would become a member of the PvdA on February 9, 1946), the ARP and the RKSP (named the KVP on December 22, 1945). Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn was a member of the VDB, but would later become a member of the PvdA. Deputy Prime Minister Willem Drees was a member of the SDAP.

One of the main tasks of the cabinet was to revive the Dutch economy after the war and to rebuild the devastated infrastructure (ports, railroads, roads). Furthermore the Dutch administration had to be restored. Furthermore the cabinet had to deal with the arrest and prosecution of Dutch war criminals and Dutch collaborators.

Until August 1945 the war against Japan in the Dutch East Indies was also a main objective of the cabinet. After the Japanese surrender the cabinet was faced with the Indonesian nationalist Sukarno and Hatta, who proclaimed the independence of their country.

Another objective of the cabinet was the purification of the black money circuit. During the period the bank accounts in The Netherlands were under investigation by the Ministry of Finance, every Dutch citizen was given 10 guilders by the cabinet, in The Netherlands known as 'Het tientje van Lieftinck' (the 10 guilders from Lieftinck), named after the minister of Finance, Dr. Lieftinck.

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