First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
28th Cabinet of the Netherlands
Meeting of the First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet in 1918
Date formed	9 September 1918 (1918-09-09)
Date dissolved	18 September 1922 (1922-09-18) (Demissionary from 18 July 1922 (1922-07-18))
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Wilhelmina
Head of government	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Deputy head of government	Theo Heemskerk (Unofficially)
No. of ministers	11
Ministers removed	8
Total no. of members	17
Member party	Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) Christian Historical Union (CHU)
Status in legislature	Centre-right Majority government
History
Election(s)	1918
Legislature term(s)	1918–1922
Predecessor	Cort van der Linden cabinet
Successor	Second Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet

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The First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 9 September 1918 until 18 September 1922. 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 1918. The centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. It was the first of three cabinets of Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, the Leader of the Roman Catholic State Party as Prime Minister.^[1][2][3]

Cabinet Members

Ministers			Title/Ministry		Term of office	Party
		Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)	Prime Minister		9 September 1918 – 4 August 1925	Roman Catholic State Party
			Minister	Interior
		Dr. Jonkheer Herman van Karnebeek (1874–1942)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	9 September 1918 – 1 April 1927	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)
		Simon de Vries (1869–1961)	Minister	Finance	9 September 1918 – 28 July 1921 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1969)			28 July 1921 – 11 August 1923	Christian Historical Union
		Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932)	Minister	Justice	9 September 1918 – 4 August 1925	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (1874–1942)	Minister	Agriculture, Industry and Commerce	9 September 1918 – 13 September 1922 [Res]	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)
		Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)			13 September 1922 – 1 January 1923 [Ad interim]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Jonkheer George Alting von Geusau (1864–1937)	Minister	War	9 September 1918 – 5 January 1920 [Res]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)			5 January 1920 – 31 March 1920 [Ad interim]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Lieutenant general Willem Frederik Pop (1858–1931)			31 March 1920 – 28 July 1921 [Res]	Independent
		Jannes van Dijk (1871–1954)			28 July 1921 – 4 August 1925	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Jonkheer George Alting von Geusau (1864–1937)	Minister	Navy	9 September 1918 – 16 September 1918 [Ad interim]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Vice admiral Willem Naudin ten Cate (1860–1942)			16 September 1918 – 19 February 1919 [Res]	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)
		Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)			19 February 1919 – 19 April 1919 [Ad interim]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Hendrik Bijleveld (1885–1954)			19 April 1919 – 5 January 1920 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (1874–1942)			5 January 1920 – 31 March 1920 [Ad interim]	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)
		Lieutenant general Willem Frederik Pop (1858–1931)			31 March 1920 – 28 July 1921 [Res]	Independent
		Jannes van Dijk (1871–1954)			28 July 1921 – 18 September 1922	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Piet Aalberse (1871–1948)	Minister	Labour	25 September 1918 – 1 January 1923	Roman Catholic State Party
		Dr. Johannes Theodoor de Visser (1857–1932)	Minister	Education, Arts and Sciences	25 September 1918 – 4 August 1925	Christian Historical Union
		Adrianus König (1867–1944)	Minister	Water Management	9 September 1918 – 18 September 1922	Roman Catholic State Party
		Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	Minister	Colonial Affairs	9 September 1918 – 13 August 1919 [Res]	Anti-Revolutionary Party
		Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936)			13 August 1919 – 13 November 1919 [Ad interim]	Roman Catholic State Party
		Simon de Graaff (1861–1953)			13 November 1919 – 4 August 1925	Independent Conservative (Protestant)
Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Served ad interim.