Ernst Maurits Henricus Hirsch Ballin is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.
Ernst 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.
The Third Lubbers cabinet, also called the Lubbers–Kok cabinet, was the executive branch of the Dutch government from 7 November 1989 to 22 August 1994. The cabinet was formed the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 1989. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a substantial majority in the House of Representatives with Christian-Democratic Leader Ruud Lubbers serving as Prime Minister. Labour Leader Wim Kok served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
Third Lubbers cabinet
Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Karl Otto Pöhl, and Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers at a World Economic Forum conference in Davos on 1 January 1993
Image: Ruud Lubbers 1986 (1)
Image: Wim Kok 1983 (1)