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2 unusual facts about De Quay cabinet


De Quay cabinet

De Quay (19 May 1959 - 24 July 1963) was the name given to a Dutch cabinet led by Jan de Quay with ministers from KVP, VVD, ARP and CHU.

Natural gas was discovered in Slochteren, which would later turn out to be one of the biggest gas reserves in the world and a major source of income for the Netherlands in the decades to come.


Marijnen cabinet

Marijnen (24 July 1963 - 14 April 1965) was the name given to a Dutch cabinet consisting of ministers from KVP, VVD, ARP and CHU, the same parties that formed the previous cabinet De Quay and can be seen as a continuation of that cabinet.


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