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Jan Peter Balkenende




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Politics of the Netherlands Monarchy Queen Beatrix Constitution First Chamber Second Chamber Cabinet Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende Political parties Elections edit Politics portal Jan Peter Balkenende May 7, 1956 Predecessor: Wim Kok Prime minister 22 July 2002 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende listen ▶(?) (* May 7, 1956) is Prime Minister of The Netherlands since July 22, 2002. Ltr: Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi, António Vitorino and Jan Peter Balkenende. Jan Peter Balkenende (legally Jan Pieter Balkenende) began his career on the staff of the research institute of the political party Christen Democratisch Appčl(CDA) and as a city councillor in Amstelveen. He later became a special professor of "Christian-Social Thought" at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. Balkenende first entered the Tweede Kamer (lower house) of the Netherlands Parliament on May 19, 1998, while the CDA