The tradition was started when the Cabinet Biesheuvel I presented itself with Queen Juliana at Huis ten Bosch and later at her home, Palace Soestdijk (with the exception of the Cabinet Van Agt II, which presented itself in the hall of Huis ten Bosch).
After receiving his diploma Gymnasium-A at the Augustinianum he studied at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, where he received his Doctorate in Law in 1955.
The first joint party leader was a member of the KVP, Dries van Agt.
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CDA politicians that can be considered centrist or centre-left: Jack Biskop (MP), Ad Koppejan (MP), Kathleen Ferrier (MP; daughter of the late Johan Ferrier, president of Suriname 1975–1980), Dries van Agt (former Prime Minister), Ruud Lubbers (former Prime Minister) and Herman Wijffels (former chairman of the Social Economic Council, former informateur).