Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr., commonly known as Jan Peter Balkenende, is a Dutch jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002
Official portrait, 2006
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi in Moscow on 31 May 2003.
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski in Warsaw on 27 October 2003.
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende with President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana at the EU–Russia Summit in The Hague, 25 November 2004.
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
Jan Peter Balkenende
…for Finances and as deputy parliamentary leader. After Party Leader and Parliamentary leader, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer stepped down before an upcoming election Balkenende announced his candidacy and was selected as his successor on 1 October 2001. For the election of 2002, Balkenende served as lead candidate…
Pim Fortuyn announced his candidacy on 20 August 2001
Following controversial comments, Livable Netherlands sacked Fortuyn and named Fred Teeven (pictured) as his replacement.