2010 Dutch cabinet formation
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After the general election of 9 June 2010, a cabinet formation took place in Netherlands. This led to the swearing in of the First Rutte cabinet after 127 days. The cabinet consisted of the conservati
The bordes scene of the ministers of the First Rutte Cabinet with in the middle queen Beatrix at Huis ten Bosch on 14 October 2010.
Informateur Uri Rosenthal (VVD). Photo from 2011.
Informateur Jacques Wallage (PvdA). Photo from 2011.
Informateur Ruud Lubbers (CDA). Photo from 2011.
Ernst Hirsch Ballin
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Ernst Maurits Henricus Hirsch Ballin is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal party and jurist.
2010 Dutch cabinet formation
…preferred the confidence and supply construction. Lubbers – known as a critic of Wilders – asked whether Wilders had any objections if Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin remained in office, to which Wilders agreed. Lubbers hoped that Hirsch Ballin would be able to tame Wilders. Verhagen advocated a centrecabinet, but…
Hirsch Ballin in 2013
Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Prime Minister Dries van Agt and professor Gerard van Veldhoven during a meeting at the Catshuis on 20 October 1982.