Rump cabinet
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A rump cabinet is a cabinet
from which one or more coalition
partners have withdrawn and which has minority support in parliament
.
a rump cabinet is not the same as a demissionary cabinet
where the entire cabinet
resigns and the full existing coalition runs the country until a new cabinet takes power after elections have been held.
With a demissionary cabinet parliament decides which issues are controversial, which bars the cabinet from drafting legislation concerning them.
A rump cabinet can take care of such issues but it does not have a majority in parliament and thus needs approval of opposition parties, which make it likely that the rump parliament will take great care dealing with controversial issues.
Generally the rump cabinet will only take care of going government concerns (as a caretaker cabinet
) as well as preparing for elections.
For the formation of a rump cabinet the Monarch
will appoint an informateur and later a formateur
, just like with a regular cabinet formation
after elections.
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...
from which one or more coalition
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
partners have withdrawn and which has minority support in parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
.
Netherlands
In the NetherlandsKingdom of the Netherlands
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom—Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten—are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality...
a rump cabinet is not the same as a demissionary cabinet
Demissionary cabinet
A demissionary cabinet is a type of caretaker cabinet in the Netherlands.A demissionary cabinet continues the current government after a cabinet has ended. This can either be after completion of the full term, between general elections and the formation of a new cabinet, or after a cabinet crisis...
where the entire cabinet
Cabinet of the Netherlands
The cabinet of the Netherlands is the main executive body of the Dutch government. The current cabinet of the Netherlands is the Rutte cabinet.-Composition and role:...
resigns and the full existing coalition runs the country until a new cabinet takes power after elections have been held.
With a demissionary cabinet parliament decides which issues are controversial, which bars the cabinet from drafting legislation concerning them.
A rump cabinet can take care of such issues but it does not have a majority in parliament and thus needs approval of opposition parties, which make it likely that the rump parliament will take great care dealing with controversial issues.
Generally the rump cabinet will only take care of going government concerns (as a caretaker cabinet
Caretaker government
Caretaker government is a type of government that rules temporarily. A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, or installed, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government...
) as well as preparing for elections.
For the formation of a rump cabinet the Monarch
Monarchy of the Netherlands
The Netherlands has been an independent monarchy since 16 March 1815, and has been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since.-Constitutional role and position of the monarch:...
will appoint an informateur and later a formateur
Formateur
A formateur is a politician who is appointed by the head of state to lead the formation of a coalition government, after either a general election or the collapse of a previous government. The role of the formateur is especially important in the politics of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,...
, just like with a regular cabinet formation
Dutch cabinet formation
The formation of a Dutch cabinet is a time consuming process, which is for the most part not codified in the constitution.- Formation process :After the elections or the fall of a cabinet, a process of cabinet formation starts...
after elections.
Rump cabinets in the Netherlands
- Cabinet BeelLouis BeelLouis Joseph Maria Beel was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from July 3, 1946 until August 7, 1948 and again from December 22, 1958 until May 19, 1959...
II 1958-1959- (after the fall of CabinetSecond Drees cabinetDrees II , was the third Dutch cabinet under prime minister Willem Drees, with ministers from PvdA, KVP, ARP and CHU and one independent minister....
DreesWillem DreesWillem Drees was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 7, 1948 until December 22, 1958....
III)
- (after the fall of Cabinet
- Cabinet ZijlstraJelle ZijlstraJelle Zijlstra was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti Revolutionary Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from November 22, 1966 until April 5, 1967....
1966-1967- (after the fall of Cabinet CalsJo CalsJozef Maria Laurens Theo "Jo" Cals was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal...
).
- (after the fall of Cabinet Cals
- Cabinet BiesheuvelBarend BiesheuvelBarend Willem Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti Revolutionary Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from July 6, 1971 until May 11, 1973.He previously served as a Member of the House of Representatives from...
II 1972-1973- (DS'70 leaves the cabinet)
- Cabinet Van AgtDries van AgtAndreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from December 19, 1977, until November 4, 1982....
III 1982- (PvdALabour Party (Netherlands)The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...
leaves the cabinet)
- (PvdA
- CabinetThird Balkenende cabinetThe third Balkenende cabinet was formed on 7 July 2006 after a crisis in and the subsequent resignation of the second Balkenende cabinet. This demissionary minority cabinet of Christian Democratic Appeal and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy was negotiated by former prime minister Ruud...
BalkenendeJan Peter BalkenendeJan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende is a Dutch politician of the party Christian Democratic Appeal .He was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 until 14 October 2010, having led four coalition governments, cabinets Balkenende I, II, III and IV, none of which served a full...
III 2006- (D66Democrats 66Democrats 66 is a progressive and social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. D66 was formed in 1966 by a group of politically unaligned, young intellectuals, led by journalist Hans van Mierlo. The party's main objective was to democratise the political system; it proposed to create an...
leaves the cabinet)
- (D66