The fourth Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Christian Union (CU) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 2006. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Jan Peter Balkenende serving as prime minister. Labour Leader Wouter Bos served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance while Social Christian Leader André Rouvoet served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio for Health, Welfare and Sport.
Flemish Christian Democratic Leader Yves Leterme and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende at a European People's Party conference in Berlin on 24 March 2007.
Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of France François Fillon and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende at a European People's Party conference in Brussels on 21 June 2007.
Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C., on 23 October 2007.
Wouter Jacob Bos (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋʌutər ˈbɔs]; is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party and businessman.
Wouter Bos and former Prime Minister Wim Kok and Leader of the Labour Party Job Cohen at a party conference in Amsterdam on 1 May 2011.