van Amelsvoort (KVP) was appointed as State Secretary for Finance. On 25 August 1980 Minister of Defence Willem Scholten (CHU) resigned after he was appointed Vice-President of the Council of State. That same day former naval officer Pieter de Geus (CHU), who until then had been working as a top official at the Ministry of Defence was appointed as his successor. On 1 September 1981 ten days before the new cabinet took office Minister for Housing and Spatial Planning Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (CDA) resigned after he had been appointed Mayor of Apeldoorn. Minister of Transport and Water Management Dany Tuijnman (VVD) took over the position until the new cabinet was installed on 11 September 1981. Cabinet Members Trivia Eleven cabinet members had previous experience as scholars or professors: Dries van Agt (Criminal Law and Procedure), Chris van der Klaauw (International Relations), Job de Ruiter (Civil Law), Roelof Kruisinga (Otorhinolaryngology), Leendert Ginjaar (Chemistry), Wil Albeda (Social Economics and Labour Law), Arie Pais (Public Economics), Dany Tuijnman (Agronomy), Ton van Trier (Electrical Engineering), Ad Nooteboom (Fiscal Law) and Wim van Eekelen (Political Science). Five cabinet members (later) served as Mayors: Gerrit Braks (Eindhoven), Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Wolphaartsdijk, Vianen, Amstelveen, Apeldoorn and Hengelo), Bert Haars (Kockengen), Gerrit Brokx (Tilburg) and Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Hilversum). Four cabinet members (later) served as Party Leaders and Lijsttrekkers: Dries van Agt (1976–1982) of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Hans Wiegel (1971–1982) of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Frans Andriessen (1971–1977) of the Catholic People's Party and Roelof Kruisinga (1973–1977) of the Christian Historical Union. Four cabinet members (later) served as Queen's Commissioners: Dries van Agt (North Brabant), Hans Wiegel (Friesland) and Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Utrecht). Three cabinet members (later) served as on the Council of State: Jan de Koning (1990–1994), Willem Scholten (1976–1978, 1980–1997) and Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (1983–1995). Two cabinet members would later serve as European Commissioners: Frans Andriessen (1981–1993) and Neelie Kroes (2004–2014). References External links Official Kabinet-Van Agt I Parlement & Politiek Kabinet-Van Agt I Rijksoverheid Cabinets of the Netherlands 1977 establishments in the Netherlands 1981 disestablishments in the Netherlands Cabinets established in 1977 Cabinets disestablished in 1981