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A cabinet formation took place in the Netherlands after the third Gerbrandy cabinet resigned on 12 May 1945. On June 25, this resulted in the Schermerhorn-Drees cabinet, consisting of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB). Because the formation took place shortly after the liberation from the German occupation, the formation sometimes deviated from the customs for cabinet formations.

Background
On 12 May 1945, the Dutch government-in-exile Gerbrandy III, had offered to resign after almost the entire Netherlands had been liberated from the German occupation. The daily management was in the hands of the Military Authority on behalf of the cabinet.


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Consultations
On 10 May, Wilhelmina started the consultations on the estate Anneville. She first received Willem Schermerhorn as leader of the Nederlandse Volksbeweging (NVB) and Lambertus Neher as a member of the College van Vertrouwensmannen. She asked them, among other things, who she should consult to find out what was going on among the people. Above all, they advised approaching Willem Drees, party leader of the Social Democratic Workers Party (SDAP), chairman of the Political Convent and member of the Board of Confidential Men. In addition to Drees, she invited other members of the Political Convent and representatives of the resistance movement. The speakers of the Senate and the House of Representatives - normally advisors in a formation - and the faction leader of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) were not invited, because the queen did not want to emphasize representatives of pre-war politics.

On 28 May, the Queen invited Drees and Schermerhorn together. From the consultations she understood that she had to choose between them to be a formateur; Drees as representative of the political parties and Schermerhorn as recommended by the resistance groups. Because she could not make a choice, she asked if they wanted to become a joint formateur, to which they agreed.

Formateurs Drees and Schermerhorn
The formateurs quickly agreed that Schermerhorn would become Prime Minister and Drees Minister of Social Affairs.



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1945.1 cabinet formation Category:1945 in politics