sentences:  De Jong was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1967, taking office on 23 February 1967.Following a failed cabinet formation attempt by the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party and incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel De Jong was approached by Vice-President of the Council of State and former Prime Minister Louis Beel as a compromise candidate for Prime Minister, De Jong accepted and was appointed as Formateur to form a new cabinet.The following cabinet formation of 1967 resulted in a coalition agreement between the Catholic People's Party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) which formed the Cabinet De Jong with De Jong becoming Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of General Affairs, taking office on 5 April 1967.