Second Balkenende cabinet

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Dutch cabinet government

The Second Balkenende cabinet was the Dutch government led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende from 2003 to 2006, formed by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and Democrats 66 (D66).

Aliases (1)

Balkenende I ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch cabinet → government →
budgetaryPolicy	fiscal austerity →
cabinetMember	Alexander Pechtold → Gerrit Zalm → Jozias van Aartsen → Laurens Jan Brinkhorst → Maxime Verhagen →
cabinetNumberInNetherlands	27 →
coalitionMajorityInLowerHouse	yes →
coalitionMajorityInUpperHouse	no →
coalitionPartner	Christian Democratic Appeal → Democrats 66 → People's Party for Freedom and Democracy →
country	Netherlands →
dissolutionDate	2006-07-07 →
economicPolicy	welfare state reform →
educationPolicy	higher education reforms →
endTime	2006-07-07 →
followedBy	Third Balkenende cabinet →
foreignPolicy	support for United States in Iraq War →
formationDate	2003-05-27 →
formedBy	Christian Democratic Appeal → Democrats 66 → People's Party for Freedom and Democracy →
headOfGovernment	Jan Peter Balkenende →
immigrationPolicy	stricter immigration rules →
jurisdiction	Kingdom of the Netherlands →
languageOfGovernment	Dutch →
legislature	States General of the Netherlands →
legislatureStatus	coalition government →
legislatureTerm	Parliament of the Netherlands 2002–2003 → Parliament of the Netherlands 2003–2006 →
locationOfGovernment	The Hague →
lowerHouse	House of Representatives of the Netherlands →
monarchDuringCabinet	Beatrix of the Netherlands NERFINISHED →
numberOfMinistries	14 →
pensionPolicy	reform of early retirement schemes →
politicalOrientation	centre-right →
precededBy	First Balkenende cabinet →
primeMinister	Jan Peter Balkenende →
reasonForDissolution	withdrawal of Democrats 66 from coalition →
sentTroopsTo	Iraq →
socialSecurityPolicy	tightening of disability benefits →
startTime	2003-05-27 →
stateHead	Beatrix of the Netherlands NERFINISHED →
termNumberOfPrimeMinister	2 →
upperHouse	Senate of the Netherlands →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jan Peter Balkenende →	cabinet
First Balkenende cabinet ("Balkenende I") →	cabinetName
First Balkenende cabinet →	followedBy