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=== Deputy Prime Minister === Following the end of [[World War II]], Drees was appointed as [[List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands|Minister of Social Affairs]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] in the [[National unity government|national unity]] [[Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet]], taking office on 25 June 1945. In February 1946, he was one of the co-founders of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA) and became its first [[Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands)|Leader]]. For the [[1946 Dutch general election|1946 general election]], Drees served as one of the [[lead candidate]]s, and following the [[1946 Dutch cabinet formation|1946 cabinet formation]] continued his offices in the [[first Beel cabinet]]. For the [[1948 Dutch general election|1948 general election]], Drees again served as one of the PvdA's lead candidates, and following a successful cabinet formation with the [[Catholic People's Party]], he formed the [[Drees–Van Schaik cabinet]], with Drees becoming [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]], taking office on 7 August 1948.<ref name="Biography Willem Drees"/>
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