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History
Third Balkenende cabinet
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The third Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 7 July 2006 until 22 February 2007. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the fall of the second Balkenende cabinet. The caretaker rump cabinet was a centre-right coalition and had a minority in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Jan Peter Balkenende serving as Prime Minister. Former Liberal Leader Gerrit Zalm continued as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
Third Balkenende cabinet
Third Balkenende cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. on 23 October 2006.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot and French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy at a European People's Party conference in Meise on 14 Decembe
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot and French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy at a European People's Party conference in Meise on 14 December 2006.
Image: Jan Peter Balkenende 2006
Image: Jan Peter Balkenende 2006
Politics of the Netherlands
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The politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. A constitutional monarchy, the country is organised as a decentralised unitary state. The Netherlands can be described as a consociational state. Dutch politics and governance are characterised by a common striving for broad consensus on important issues, within both of the political community and society as a whole.
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1849–1853; 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1849–1853; 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877; 1883–1888)
Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877; 1883–1888)
Abraham Kuyper (1901–1905)
Abraham Kuyper (1901–1905)
Pieter Cort van der Linden (1913–1918)
Pieter Cort van der Linden (1913–1918)