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Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals
Cals government
(1965 - 1966)
Jozef Maria Laurens Theo (Jo) Cals was born in Roermond on 18 July 1914.
After completing his secondary education in his home town, he studied for
the priesthood in Rolduc. In 1935, however, he interrupted his theological
training to study law at the University of Nijmegen, where he graduated in
1940.
Between 1940 and 1950 he practised law in Nijmegen and from 1943 to 1945 also taught economics, politics and commercial law at his old secondary school in Roermond.
In 1945 Jo Cals became leader of the Catholic Peoples Party (KVP) in Nijmegen municipal council till 1946. He was elected to the Lower House of Parliament in 1948. From 15 March 1950 to 2 September 1952 he was State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences in the first and second Drees administrations. For the next eleven years he was Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences in the third and fourth Drees administrations, the second Beel administration and the De Quay administration.
In 1963, however, he returned to the Lower House of Parliament. Alongside his duties there, he was a member of the board of governors of the University of Groningen, chairman of the Arts Council and a member of the Press Council.
In the aftermath of the collapse of the Marijnen administration, Mr Cals became, from 14 April 1965 to 22 November 1966, Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs in the government that bore his name. After that government was suddenly brought down in an attack on its budget, he was appointed Minister of State on 5 December 1966.
Between 1968 and 1970, Jo Cals was in charge of the Dutch entry to the Osaka world fair in Japan. From 1967 he was chairman of the National Advisory Committee on the amendment of the Constitution. He died in The Hague on 30 December 1971.
Between 1940 and 1950 he practised law in Nijmegen and from 1943 to 1945 also taught economics, politics and commercial law at his old secondary school in Roermond.
In 1945 Jo Cals became leader of the Catholic Peoples Party (KVP) in Nijmegen municipal council till 1946. He was elected to the Lower House of Parliament in 1948. From 15 March 1950 to 2 September 1952 he was State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences in the first and second Drees administrations. For the next eleven years he was Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences in the third and fourth Drees administrations, the second Beel administration and the De Quay administration.
In 1963, however, he returned to the Lower House of Parliament. Alongside his duties there, he was a member of the board of governors of the University of Groningen, chairman of the Arts Council and a member of the Press Council.
In the aftermath of the collapse of the Marijnen administration, Mr Cals became, from 14 April 1965 to 22 November 1966, Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs in the government that bore his name. After that government was suddenly brought down in an attack on its budget, he was appointed Minister of State on 5 December 1966.
Between 1968 and 1970, Jo Cals was in charge of the Dutch entry to the Osaka world fair in Japan. From 1967 he was chairman of the National Advisory Committee on the amendment of the Constitution. He died in The Hague on 30 December 1971.