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Jan Peter Balkenende (pronounced IPA: [ˈjɑn ˈpetəɹ ˈbɑɫkənʔɛndə] listen (help· info)) (born May 7, 1956) has been the Prime Minister of the Netherlands since July 22, 2002. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The prime minister of the Netherlands is the head of the cabinet, and, as such, coordinates the policy of the government. ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Willem Wim Kok ( ) (born September 29, 1938 in Bergambacht) is a Dutch politician. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Christen-Democratisch AppÃ¨l (CDA, Christian Democratic Appeal) is a political party of the Netherlands that was established in 1980. ... The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, PKN) is an organisation created on 1 May 2004 from the merger of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, NHK), the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, GKN) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom... The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, in short Gereformeerde kerk) was the second largest protestant church in the Netherlands until it merged into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands in 2004. ... Image File history File links Nl-Jan Peter Balkenende. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Personal life

Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende, legally Jan Pieter Balkenende, was born on May 7, 1956 in the village Biezelinge near the town Kapelle in the Netherlands. His father Jan Pieter Balkenende was a cereal grains merchant and his mother Thona Johanna Sandee was a teacher. He went to a Protestant primary school in Kapelle. He went to the secondary school "Christian Lyceum for Zeeland" in Goes (1968–1974).^[1] is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kapelle ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. ... Grain redirects here. ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... For university teachers, see professor. ... The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, PKN) is an organisation created on 1 May 2004 from the merger of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, NHK), the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, GKN) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom... A primary school in ÄŒeskÃ½ TÄ›Å¡Ãn, Czech Republic. ... Kapelle ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Capital Middelburg Largest city Terneuzen Queens Commissioner Karla Peijs Religion (1999) Protestant 35% Catholic 23% Area â€¢ Land â€¢ Water 1,788 kmÂ² (10th) 1,146 kmÂ² Population (2006) â€¢ Total â€¢ Density 380,186 (11th) 213/kmÂ² (10th) Anthem Zeeuws volkslied ISO NL-ZE Official website www. ... Goes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in Zuid-Beveland. ...

He studied history (1974–1980) and law (1979–1982) at the Free University of Amsterdam, where he received his PhD (law) in 1992.^[1] This article is about the study of the past in human terms. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page â€” a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Balkenende currently resides with his wife, Bianca Hoogendijk, and his daughter Amelie in Capelle aan den IJssel. He rents an apartment in The Hague rather than inhabit the Catshuis formal residency of the Prime Minister. He is a devout member of the Calvinist Protestant Church in the Netherlands. For other uses, see Wife (disambiguation). ... Capelle aan den IJssel (population: 65,605 in 2005) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006) - Municipality 98. ... Catshuis is the official residence of the minister-president (i. ... Topics in Christianity Movements Â· Denominations Ecumenism Â· Relation to other religions Preaching Â· Prayer Music Â· Liturgy Â· Calendar Symbols Â· Art Â· Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul Â· Church Fathers Constantine Â· Athanasius Â· Augustine Anselm Â· Aquinas Â· Palamas Luther Â· Calvin Â· Wesley Arius Â· Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury Â· Pope Coptic Pope Â· Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box: Calvinism... The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, PKN) is an organisation created on 1 May 2004 from the merger of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, NHK), the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, GKN) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom...

Political career

Early political career

He began his career on the staff of the research institute of the political party Christen Democratisch Appèl (CDA) and as a city councillor in Amstelveen. In that period he received his PhD with a thesis on "Administrative regulation and social organisations" (Overheidsregelgeving en maatschappelijke organisaties), a work strongly inspired by the Communitarian ideas of Amitai Etzioni^[2]. He later became an extra-ordinary professor of Christian-Social Thought at the Free University of Amsterdam. Political Parties redirects here. ... The Christen-Democratisch AppÃ¨l (CDA, Christian Democratic Appeal) is a political party of the Netherlands that was established in 1980. ... Amstelveen is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Communitarianism as a philosophy began in the late 20th century, opposing aspects of liberalism and capitalism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. ... Amitai Etzioni. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: [1]) varies. ...

Balkenende first entered the Tweede Kamer on 19 May 1998 while the CDA was in opposition. He became the CDA's financial spokesman and was also involved with social affairs, justice, and domestic affairs. In this role he advocated a substational reduction of the national debt and sound public finances. The Tweede Kamer (second chamber) is the lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

He was elected Chairman of the CDA parliamentary fraction on 1 October 2001, in succession to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. On 3 November 2001, he was appointed lijsttrekker for the CDA in the May 2002 parliamentary elections. These elections became historic when populist Pim Fortuyn was assassinated and the election campaign was halted. The result of the election restored the CDA's former position as the largest political party in the Dutch parliament. is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (right) and Jan Peter Balkenende Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (left) and Colin Powell Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (legally Jakob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer) (born April 3, 1948) is a Dutch politician who is the 11th NATO Secretary General. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuyn Wilhelmus Simon Petrus (Pim) Fortuyn (pronounced ; officially spelt Fortuijn), (February 19, 1948 â€“ May 6, 2002), was a controversial, openly gay, charismatic[1] right-wing politician in the Netherlands who formed his own party Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn or LPF). ... Assassin and Assassins redirect here. ... A political campaign is an effort to reach a certain political goal. ...

Prime Minister

Balkenende has been the Prime Minister of four different cabinets. A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...

Balkenende I

On 4 July 2002 Queen Beatrix asked Balkenende to form a new government, in the wake of the resignation of Prime Minister Wim Kok. This cabinet is known as Balkenende I. This government (including the LPF party of the murdered politician Pim Fortuyn) resigned after just 86 days in office because of infighting in the LPF which destabilised the government. The first cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende was in office in the Netherlands from July 22, 2002 until October 16 of the same year. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Beatrix (born January 31, 1938 as Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld) has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since April 30, 1980. ... Willem Wim Kok ( ) (born September 29, 1938 in Bergambacht) is a Dutch politician. ... The first cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende was in office in the Netherlands from July 22, 2002 until October 16 of the same year. ... Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn) is a political party in the Netherlands. ... Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuyn Wilhelmus Simon Petrus (Pim) Fortuyn (pronounced ; officially spelt Fortuijn), (February 19, 1948 â€“ May 6, 2002), was a controversial, openly gay, charismatic[1] right-wing politician in the Netherlands who formed his own party Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn or LPF). ...

Balkenende II

After early elections in 2003 Balkenende formed his second government Balkenende II with the liberal VVD and the progressive liberal D66. Once again leader of a centre-right coalition, Balkenende's policies centred around reform of the Dutch public services, reducing crime, a tough immigration policy and historically large cuts in public spending. The measures gave rise to large public anger and bad results in opinion polls for his CDA party. While his party remained the largest Dutch delegation in the European Parliament after the European Elections, beating the general expectation of a huge loss in parliamentary seats, the party suffered massive losses during Dutch Municipal Elections of 2006, losing their position as the largest party in many municipalities. Despite his unpopularity among Dutch voters (polls in 2006 showed that only 26-33% of the voters had confidence in him as prime minister), his position as leader of the CDA has been stable. In the beginning of 2006, some CDA members tried to replace Balkenende as leader by replacing him with minister Cees Veerman. Veerman did not accept this and offered his support to Balkenende. Balkenende's popularity has been rising steadily, surpassing that of his main competitor Wouter Bos in the autumn of 2006. By then, 53% preferred Balkenende as Prime Minister with 40% preferring Bos.^[3] This switch in public opinion is sometimes explained by the steady recovery of the Dutch economy during the last year of his administration, combined with declining confidence in Bos as a good alternative for the position of prime-minister. The second cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands formed on May 27, 2003. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Jan_peter_balkenende. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Jan_peter_balkenende. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... The second cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands formed on May 27, 2003. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal political party. ... For other uses, see Progressivism (disambiguation). ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... Democrats 66 (in Dutch: Democraten 66, D66, official name: Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a Dutch progressive-liberal and radical-democratic political party. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert PÃ¶ttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) GÃ©rard Onesta (Greens â€“ EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel MartÃnez MartÃnez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild... Posters of political parties of the 2006 municipal elections in Delft The Dutch municipal elections of 2006 were held on March 7, 2006. ... Cees Veerman (full name: Cornelis Pieter Veerman). ... Drs. ...

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Balkenende III

On 30 June 2006 D66, the smallest coalition party, withdrew its support of the government over the way immigration minister Rita Verdonk had handled the crisis around the naturalisation of Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Balkenende resigned for the second time as Prime Minister, announced early elections and presented his third government a week later. This cabinet, formed of a minority coalition of CDA and VVD, did stay in office until the elections of 22 November 2006. The second cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende has been in office in the Netherlands from May 27, 2003. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Drs. ... Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MA ( ; Somali: ; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969[2] in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch feminist and political writer, daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Balkenende IV

The Fourth Balkenende cabinet is the new coalition cabinet of the Netherlands, formed by Balkenende, who was appointed formateur by Queen Beatrix on February 9, 2007.^[4] His cabinet was announced on February 13, and installed on February 22. The cabinet is scheduled to be in office until 2011. The fourth Balkenende cabinet or Balkenende IV is the current Dutch coalition cabinet. ... A coalition is an alliance among entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... This article is about the governmental body. ... Following the 2006 general election, held on November 22, a process of cabinet formation has started. ... Formateur is the term, notably in Dutch and French, for the politician who is appointed by the Head of State to lead the formation of a government, which is not a mere formality in countries without a de facto two party-system, as proportional representation often means no single party... Beatrix (born January 31, 1938 as Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld) has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since April 30, 1980. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The fourth Balkenende cabinet or Balkenende IV is the current Dutch coalition cabinet. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Harry Potter diplomatic incident

Balkenende is sometimes referred to as "Harry Potter" by Dutch citizens because of his physical resemblance to the storybook character.^{[citation needed]} On the occasion of April Fool's Day 2003, the Dutch children's news program, Jeugdjournaal, announced that Balkenende was going to play a small role in the next Harry Potter movie as Harry's father. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (778x1062, 244 KB) Jan Peter Balkenende, PM of the Netherlands Casual dressed on the occasion of 25 years CDA in De Efteling - Kaatsheuvel - Holland File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (778x1062, 244 KB) Jan Peter Balkenende, PM of the Netherlands Casual dressed on the occasion of 25 years CDA in De Efteling - Kaatsheuvel - Holland File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of fantasy books. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jeugdjournaal is a news broadcast by the Dutch public network aimed specifically at young viewers (age 9-12). ...

On 4 June 2005, this comparison was made by Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht in the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws (The Latest News). De Gucht stated that "Balkenende is a mix of Harry Potter and a petty rigid bourgeois mentality". This caused a small diplomatic controversy, and the Belgian ambassador had to apologise to Ben Bot, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[5] is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs have been: ... De Gucht in BrasÃlia (November 21, 2006). ... For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ... Petit-bourgeois (or petty bourgeois through folk etymology) is a French term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social-classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries. ... Dr. Bernard Bot November 21, 1937 is the current Minister of Foreign affairs of The Netherlands. ... The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs have been: See also Minister of Foreign Affairs Category: ...

Several attempts have been made to popularise Balkenende's image. During the 2006 election campaign, the political youth organisation CDJA created special T-shirts with the prime minister's face turned into Che Guevara. The Dutch Christian Democratic Youth Appeal (Christen-Democratische Jongeren AppÃ¨l) is the youth organisation of the Christian Democratic Appeal. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14,[1] 1928 â€“ October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor , political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. ...

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