First Balkenende cabinet
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The first Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Netherlands government from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal,
The installation of the first Balkenende cabinet on 22 July 2002
Jan Peter Balkenende 2006
J Remkes
Eduard Bomhoff 2006
2002 Dutch general election
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General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 2002. The elections were amongst the most dramatic in Dutch history, not just in terms of the electoral results, as they were completely oversh
First Balkenende cabinet
…Democratic Appeal (CDA), the nationalistic Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the election of 2002. The cabinet was a right-wing coalition and had a substantial majority in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Jan Peter…
Hans Dijkstal (VVD)
Thom de Graaf (D66)
Pim Fortuyn announced his candidacy on 20 August 2001
Following controversial comments, Livable Netherlands sacked Fortuyn and named Fred Teeven (pictured) as his replacement.