Second Van Agt cabinet

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The second Van Agt cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch government from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982. The cabinet comprised members of the Christian-democratic party Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D'66) after the election of 1981. The cabinet was a centre-left grand coalition and had a substantial majority in the House of Representatives. The Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Dries van Agt, served as Prime Minister. Former Prime Minister Joop den Uyl, the Labour leader, served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, and was also given the portfolio of Netherlands Antilles Affairs. Democrats 66's leader Jan Terlouw served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs. The cabinet served in the early years of the turbulent 1980s. Domestically it had to deal with a recession and growing inflation, but it was able to implement a major reform of social security during its brief tenure. The cabinet suffered several major internal conflicts between its Christian Democratic Appeal members and Labour Party members, especially a poor working relationship between Prime Minister Van Agt and Deputy Prime Minister Den Uyl. These led to the fall of the cabinet just 243 days into its term, on 12 May 1982; the Labour Party cabinet members resigned, and the cabinet was replaced on 29 May by the Third Van Agt cabinet in a caretaker role.