title: De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet
text: # De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet
  
  The De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 6 July 1872 until 27 August 1873. The cabinet was formed by Independent Liberals (Ind. Lib.) after the death of Prime Minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke on 4 June 1872. The Centre-right cabinet was a majority government in the House of Representatives. Independent Liberal Conservative Gerrit de Vries was Prime Minister.
  
  ## Cabinet Members
  
  | Ministers | Ministers | Title/Ministry | Title/Ministry | Term of office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Dr. Gerrit de Vries (Prime Minister) (1818–1900) | Prime Minister | | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Dr. Gerrit de Vries (Prime Minister) (1818–1900) | Minister | Justice | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Johan Herman Geertsema (1816–1908) | Minister | Interior | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Baron Louis Gericke van Herwijnen (1814–1899) | Minister | Foreign Affairs | 18 January 1871 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Albert van Delden (1828–1898) | Minister | Finance | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Count Major general Menno David van Limburg Stirum (1807–1891) | Minister | War | 6 July 1872 – 15 September 1873 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (1819–1880) | Minister | War | 15 September 1873 – 6 October 1873 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Major general August Willem Philip Weitzel (1816–1896) | Minister | War | 6 October 1873 – 29 April 1875 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) |
  | | Lodewijk Gerard Brocx (1819–1880) | Minister | Navy | 4 June 1868 – 18 December 1873 | Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal) |
  | | Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) | Minister | Navy | 18 December 1873 – 16 May 1874 | Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) |
  | | Willem Frederik van Erp Taalman Kip (1824–1905) | Minister | Navy | 16 May 1874 – 3 November 1877 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) |
  | | Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822–1902) | Minister | Colonial Affairs | 6 July 1872 – 27 August 1874 | Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) |
  | Source: (in Dutch) Parlement & Politiek |||||||
  
      $^{Res}$ Resigned.
      $^{Adinterim}$ Served ad interim.
      $^{Retained}$ Retained this position from the previous cabinet.
  