<page_title> First Van Agt cabinet </page_title> <section_title> Cabinet Members </section_title> <table> <cell> Minister <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Defence <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jan de Koning <col_header> Ministers </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4 March 1978 – 8 March 1978 <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Anti-Revolutionary Party <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Willem Scholten <col_header> Ministers </col_header> </cell> <cell> 8 March 1978 – 25 August 1980 <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Christian Historical Union <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jan de Koning <col_header> Ministers </col_header> <col_header> Ministers without portfolio </col_header> </cell> <cell> Minister <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> <col_header> Title/Portfolio/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs) <col_header> Title/Ministry </col_header> <col_header> Title/Portfolio/Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> Anti-Revolutionary Party <col_header> Party </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> </table>
Minister for Development Cooperation Jan de Koning (ARP) served as acting Minister of Defence until 8 March 1978 when Willem Scholten (CHU) was appointed as his successor.