Portrait | Name | Shadow position | Position in 1971 | Position in the Den Uyl cabinet after the 1972 election | Party |
| Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) | Prime Minister Minister of General Affairs | Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives | Prime Minister Minister of General Affairs | | Labour Party |
| Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010) | Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Constitutional Affairs (within Interior) | Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives | None | | Democrats 66 |
| Jacques Aarden (1914–1997) | Deputy Prime Minister Minister of the Interior | Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives | None | | Political Party of Radicals |
| Max van der Stoel (1924–2011) | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Member of the House of Representatives | Minister of Foreign Affairs | | Labour Party |
| Rob van den Bergh (1913–1997) | Minister of Finance | Member of the House of Representatives | None | | Labour Party |
| Anneke Goudsmit (born 1933) | Minister of Justice | Member of the House of Representatives | None | | Democrats 66 |
| Dr. Cees de Galan (1932–1987) | Minister of Economic Affairs | Economist | None | | Labour Party |
| Jaap Burger (1904–1986) | Minister of Defence | Member of the Council of State | None | | Labour Party |
| Dr. Wiebe Draijer (1924–2007) | Minister of Health and Environment | Professor at the University of Twente | None | | Democrats 66 |
| Theo van Lier (1916–1992) | Minister of Social Affairs | Member of the House of Representatives | None | | Labour Party |
| Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) | Minister of Education and Sciences | Member of the House of Representatives | None | | Labour Party |
| Ed van Thijn (born 1934) | Minister of Transport and Water Management | Member of the House of Representatives | None | | Labour Party |
| Henk Vredeling (1924–2007) | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Member of the House of Representatives | Minister of Defence | | Labour Party |
| Hans van den Doel (1937–2012) | Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning | Member of the House of Representatives | None | | Labour Party |
| Dr. Max Rood (1927–2001) | Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work | Professor at the Leiden University | None | | Democrats 66 |
| Dr. Bas de Gaay Fortman (born 1937) | Minister for Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs) | Member of the House of Representatives | None | | Political Party of Radicals |