What is Third Rutte cabinet?
The '''Third Rutte cabinet''', also called ''Rutte III cabinet'' or ''Rutte III'', which governed the [[Netherlands]] from October 26, 2017 until January 10, 2022. It was named after Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]] (VVD). It had been outgoing since January 15, 2021, due to problems caused by the [[childcare benefits scandal]].<ref>[https://nltimes.nl/2021/01/15/dutch-cabinet-collapses-childcare-allowance-scandal Dutch Cabinet collapses over childcare allowance scandal], [[NL Times]], January 15, 2021</ref> It was a coalition of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD), the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA), [[Democrats 66]] (D66), and the [[ChristianUnion]] (CU). VVD is a [[conservative liberal]] and D66 a [[social liberal]] party. CDA is a [[Christian democratic]] and CU an orthodox Christian democratic party. The Third Rutte cabinet had 77 (originally 78) seats in the present [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] (they had 75 (originally 76) seats in the previous [[Second Chamber (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]]) and 32 seats in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] (they had 38 seats in the previous [[First Chamber (Netherlands)|First Chamber]]). It was preceded by the [[Second Rutte cabinet]] and succeeded by the [[Fourth Rutte cabinet]]. == Composition == The Third Rutte cabinet counted 23 members, of which 7 were women (30%): It consisted of 15 ministers and 8 deputy ministers: * [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] had 5 ministers and 3 deputy ministers (of which 3 were women), together 8. * [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] had 4 ministers and 1 deputy minister (of which 0 was women), together 5. * [[Democrats 66|D66]] had 4 ministers and 3 deputy ministers (of which 3 were women), together 7. * [[ChristianUnion|CU]] had 2 ministers and 1 deputy minister (of which 1 was a woman), together 3. Prime Minister: * [[Mark Rutte]] (VVD) Deputy Prime Ministers: # [[Hugo de Jonge]] (CDA) # [[Kajsa Ollongren]] (D66) # [[Carola Schouten]] (CU) Ministe