Ernst Maurits Henricus Hirsch Ballin (born Amsterdam, December 15, 1950) is a Dutch politician, Minister of Justice during the third Lubbers cabinet (1989-1994), and successor of Piet Hein Donner as justice minister in the third Balkenende cabinet (2006). He is a member of the CDA, a christian-democratic party. Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ... The Politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy and a constitutional monarchy. ... The Netherlands cabinet Lubbers-3 (1989-1994) was formed by a coalition of the christian-democrats, CDA and the labour party, PVDA. Coal of the cabinet was to come to social renewing. ... Jan Piet Hein Donner (born 20 October 1948 in Amsterdam) is the current Dutch Minister of Justice in the second Balkenende cabinet as member of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). ... The second cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende has been in office in the Netherlands from May 27, 2003. ... The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) (Dutch: Christen Democratisch Appèl) is a Dutch christian-democratic political party. ...

After a parliamentary inquiry (1994) into the investigative methods used by the Dutch interregional police force (IRT affair), Hirsch Ballin had to resign from his position. He then was respectively a member of the Dutch House of Representatives, member of the Dutch Senate, and from 2000, member of the Dutch Council of State. The Tweede Kamer (second chamber) is the lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ... The Eerste Kamer (literally First Chamber in Dutch) is the Upper House or Senate of the Netherlands parliament, the States-General. ... In the Netherlands, the Council of State is a constitutionally established advisory body to the government which consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic, or military experience. ...