Second Steegmans cabinet

The Second Steegmans cabinet, also referred to as Steegmans II, was the second of five consecutive cabinets under the leadership of Labourers Party (AP) prime minister Albert Steegmans.

The cabinet was almost completely reshuffled during the talks between the Labourers Party, Union of Democrats and Centre Party, with only the prime minister and deputy prime ministers retaining their post in the cabinet. This reshuffle saw the Centre Party losing all of the ministerial posts it held in the first Steegmans cabinet. Because of this the Centre Party withdrew from negotiations several times causing the formation period to last almost half a year (156 days) before the new government had formed. In the end the Centre Party had a lot of influence on the planned policies of the cabinet which steered the Steegmans government more to the centre. This success helped the Centre Party grow in the States General during the 1976 and 1978 elections.