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| | First Balkenende cabinet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The cabinet was named on July 16 and was sworn in on July 22. | | | This came to a head in October 2002 with a dispute between the cabinet ministers Eduard Bomhoff and Herman Heinsbroek. | | | The cabinet Balkenende-1 comprised 14 ministers and 14 state secretaries, with each post allocated to one of the coalition parties. |
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| | First Congress of Rastatt At the First Congress of 1714. | | | First Minister of Wales The First Minister of Wales is the leader of the Tony Blair objected to its use. | | | First Amendment to the United States Constitution The First Amendment to the Congress and the U.S. Federal Government fr... |
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| | Tweede Kamer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The cabinet, consisting of the Prime Minister, other ministers and state secretaries is appointed by the Monarch of the Netherlands. | | | Elections were held on January 22, 2003 after the resignation of the first Balkenende cabinet. | | | It is not possible for somebody to be a member of both parliament and cabinet, except in the special case where the cabinet has tendered its resignation. |
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| | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy - Open Encyclopedia |
| | The party was the only member of the "purple cabinets" led by Wim Kok to remain in power in Balkenende's cabinet in 2002, despite a large reduction in its representation in the Tweede Kamer (lower house of parliament). | | | 1982 - 36 (represented in first cabinet of Ruud Lubbers) | | | 1994 - 31 (represented in first cabinet of Wim Kok) |
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| | Second Balkenende cabinet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the cabinet, there are 16 ministers (CDA 8, VVD 6, and D66 2) and 10 state secretaries (a political position slightly below a minister). | | | On March 23, 2005, after the Eerste Kamer had voted against a change in the constitution that should have made it possible for mayors to be elected directly (as opposed to being named by the government, as they are now), Minister Thom de Graaff of Government Reform resigned. | | | On January 24, Queen Beatrix asked Piet Hein Donner (minister of Justice for the CDA in the previous cabinet) to lead the coalition negotiations. |
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| | Second cabinet of Wim Kok |
| | The new cabinet was the successor of the first cabinet of Wim Kok[?] and was formed from the same coalition of PvdA, VVD and D66. | | | The second cabinet of the Netherlands to be headed by Prime Minister Wim Kok. | | | This cabinet was notable for resigning twice; once in May 1999 when D66 stepped out of the coalition when its legislation was blocked - through negotiations the cabinet was "glued" back together again; then on 16 April 2002, when it resigned over the NIOD report into the fall of Srebrenica in 1995. |
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| | List Pim Fortuyn - PakAF.com |
| | The 2002 elections, and participation in the first Balkenende cabinet | | | Two days after the fall of the cabinet Harry Wijnschenk, who had clearly been unable to lead the party and had unanimously been asked to resign and hand back the position to his predecessor Mat Herben, decided to leave the LPF and continue as a one man parliamentary faction. | | | 3 The 2002 elections, and participation in the first Balkenende cabinet |
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| | Governments' positions pre-2003 invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | On March 26, 2003, Japan's ambassador to the UN first stated in the Security Council that Japan supported the acts of the U.S. and allied countries. | | | After that government fell in October 2002, there were new elections in January, which were won by the Second Balkenende cabinet who chose to continue their predecessors' policy. | | | One former cabinet minister delivered a stinging personal attack on the Prime Minister, calling his behaviour 'reckless'. |
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| | PIET HEIN DONNER FACTS AND INFORMATION |
| | His grandfather was Jan Donner, who served as Minister of Justice for the Anti_Revolutionary_Party in the first cabinet of Dirk_Jan_de_Geer and was later president of the ''Hoge Raad'', the supreme body of judiciary review in the Netherlands. | | | Piet Hein Donner's father, André Donner, was a judge of the European_Court_of_Justice in the period 1958-1979 and was part of the government commission that looked into the dealings of Prince_Bernhard_of_the_Netherlands with the Lockheed_Corporation. |
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| | D9D1E2 - weblog - 05/03 |
| | Among D66's conditions for participation in the cabinet were the elected mayor (mayors are currently appointed by the Crown) and a reform of the election system. | | | D66 politician Thom de Graaf became cabinet minister for governmental reform and deputy prime minister, and the process to change the constitution to allow for elected mayors was set into motion. | | | After prime minister Jan-Peter Balkenende's unlucky experiences with Pim Fortuyn's heirs in his first cabinet, yet another Balkenende cabinet may bite the dust. |
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| | Jan Peter Balkenende - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
| | Jan Peter Balkenende (born May 7, 1956, officially Jan Pieter Balkenende) became Prime Minister of the Netherlands on July 22, 2002, heading the first Balkenende cabinet and the second Balkenende cabinet. | | | On July 4, 2002 Queen Beatrix asked Balkenende to form a new government, in the wake of the resignation of Prime Minister Wim Kok. | | | On November 3, 2001 he was appointed lijsttrekker (head of the list of candidates) for the CDA for the May 2002 parliamentary elections. |
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| | Potter.y2u.co.uk - Harry Potter - Mystery and Facts |
| | Canadian Cabinet Minister Pierre Pettigrew entered federal politics the same year (1994) that traitor Peter Pettigrew escapes Harry and his friends. | | | Dutch Prime Minister (2002—) Jan Peter Balkenende is known for his resemblance to Harry Potter. | | | A similar nickname was given to the Bulgarian politician Nikolay Vassilev who started his political career as Minister of Economy, and was later re-assigned Minister of Transport and communications. |
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| | paars |
| | Though the cabinets of Wim Kok have been quite successful in certain areas, after the collapse of purple due to the NIOD (Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie; Dutch Institute for War Documentation) report into the fall of Srebrenica in 1995, politicians of all three parties turned away from the achievements of purple. | | | During the elections following the purple political crisis the Dutch electorate swung right, creating support for the first Balkenende cabinet. | | | The colour stood for two consecutive Dutch cabinets between 1994 and 2002, led by social democrat Wim Kok. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Netherlands |
| | cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch | | | bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of the First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly elected by the country's 12 provincial councils for four-year terms) and the Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) | | | Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch) |
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| | COMMENTS |
| | Last year, being appointed Foreign Minister in the first Balkenende cabinet, De Hoop Scheffer clearly returned to the diplomatic sphere for which he has more affinity. | | | Then he went into politics, gained a seat in the Dutch lower house, and eventually made his way to the leadership of the CDA - which proceeded to lose five seats in the election. | | | He was loyal to his party even after it had found him wanting after a short time as its leader, and dumped him for Jan-Peter Balkenende. |
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| | Incoming Dutch government vows tough line on crime and immigration |
| | His party went on to become the second largest and joined Balkenende's first Cabinet, but bickering among Fortuyn's political heirs led to its collapse in October. | | | The Dutch haven't had a stable government since anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated May 6, 2002, just days before parliamentary elections. | | | Under an agreement announced last week, Christian Democrat leader Jan Peter Balkenende will return as prime minister, and free-market Liberal Party leader Gerrit Zalm as finance minister and vice prime minister. |
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| | State Secretary for Defence Mr. C. van der Knaap |
| | Mr C. van der Knaap was State Secretary for Defence in the first Balkenende Cabinet from 22 July 2002, a position which he now fulfils once more in the second Balkenende cabinet as of 27 May 2003. | | | This was followed in 1987 by membership of the executive committee of the Transport Union of the CNV. | | | In 1978 he joined the CNV (National Federation of Protestant Trade Unions), first as a member of the board of the South Holland District. |
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| | At this time, you see, the Dutch government was, as we call it, 'demissionair', as there had been elections following the explosion of the first Balkenende cabinet, and a year of political turmoil in which no effective government was in place. | | | Wim Duisenberg, the first president of the European Central Bank died today at age 70. | | | Asked to comment on the rudderless state of Dutch politics, Kaplan said that he considered it the hallmark of a civilised country like the Netherlands that it could keep on functioning very well with effectively no government for a couple of years. |
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| | Dutch Minister of Government Reform and Kingdom Relations Thom de Graaf has resigned from the Balkenende Cabinet. | | | De Graaf may face the end of his political career; the issue of the “elected Mayor” is by no means dead. | | | De Graaf failed to convince the First Chamber of Holland’s parliament of his proposal how to go about changing the position of mayor from an appointed to an elected one, and drew his conclusion. |
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| | Investment & Pensions Europe - IPE.com |
| | The cabinet is expected to make its views known in mid-February next year. | | | The report has now been sent by social security minister Mark Rutte to Parliament and the Labour Foundation consultative body for a two-month review period. | | | The commission was set up by the first Balkenende cabinet and comprised Jos Staasten of Amsterdam-based consulting firm Boer & Croon, Allen & Overy partner Steven Schuit and PVK chairman Dirk Witteveen. |
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| | Holland Railconsult |
| | Both the economic development and the second cabinet formation in one year have led to much insecurity in the market. | | | The first Balkenende cabinet emphasised investments in the roads sector more than investments in public transport. | | | This is a market that strongly depends upon economic and political developments and these have been less favourable during the past few years. |
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| | Germany - encyclopedia article about Germany. |
| | In 2003, Germany and France were leaders in the coalition of nations opposing the US-led war in Iraq. | | | East Germany was at first occupied by and later (May 1955) allied with the USSR. | | | An authoritarian country with a Soviet-style economy, East Germany soon became the richest, most advanced country in the Eastern bloc, but many of its citizens looked to the West for political freedoms and economic prosperity. |
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| | Environment back on the Short List (Milieukontakt Oost-Europa) |
| | Even so, the first Balkenende cabinet swept a great number of the achievements of the nature and environmental movement off the table with impunity. | | | The environment is perhaps not completely out of the picture, but during the most recent election it was overshadowed by themes that were clearly closer to people’s hearts: social welfare, safety, immigration, and especially the economy. |
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| | first balkenende cabinet - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "first balkenende cabinet" is defined. | | | We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word first balkenende cabinet: |
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