Second Kok cabinet
Cabinet Members

Second Kok cabinet

Section Title: Cabinet Members
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Ministers	Title/Ministry	Term of office	Party

Wim Kok	Wim Kok (1938–2018)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	22 August 1994 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Annemarie Jorritsma	Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Economic Affairs	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Els Borst	Dr. Els Borst (1932–2014)	Deputy Prime Minister	Health, Welfare and Sport	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66

Minister	22 August 1994 – 22 July 2002

Bram Peper	Dr. Bram Peper (born 1940)	Minister	Interior and Kingdom Relations	3 August 1998 – 13 March 2000	Labour Party

Roger van Boxtel	Roger van Boxtel (born 1954)	13 March 2000 – 24 March 2000	Democrats 66

Klaas de Vries	Klaas de Vries (born 1943)	24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Jozias van Aartsen	Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Gerrit Zalm	Gerrit Zalm (born 1952)	Minister	Finance	22 August 1994 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Benk Korthals	Benk Korthals (born 1944)	Minister	Justice	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Frank de Grave	Frank de Grave (born 1955)	Minister	Defence	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Klaas de Vries	Klaas de Vries (born 1943)	Minister	Social Affairs and Employment	3 August 1998 – 24 March 2000	Labour Party

Willem Vermeend	Dr. Willem Vermeend (born 1948)	24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Loek Hermans	Loek Hermans (born 1951)	Minister	Education, Culture and Science	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Tineke Netelenbos	Tineke Netelenbos (born 1944)	Minister	Transport and Water Management	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Haijo Apotheker	Haijo Apotheker (born 1950)	Minister	Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries	3 August 1998 – 7 June 1999	Democrats 66

Klaas de Vries	Klaas de Vries (born 1943)	7 June 1999 – 9 June 1999	Labour Party

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937)	9 June 1999 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66

Jan Pronk	Jan Pronk (born 1940)	Minister	Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Ministers without portfolio	Title/Portfolio/Ministry	Term of office	Party

Roger van Boxtel	Roger van Boxtel (born 1954)	Minister	Integration and Urban Planning (within Interior and Kingdom Relations)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66

Eveline Herfkens	Eveline Herfkens (born 1952)	Minister	Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

State Secretaries	Title/Portfolio/Ministry	Term of office	Party

-	Gijs de Vries (born 1956)	State Secretary	Kingdom Relations Emergency Services Disaster Management (within Interior and Kingdom Relations)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Dick Benschop	Dick Benschop (born 1957)	State Secretary	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs (within Foreign Affairs)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Willem Vermeend	Dr. Willem Vermeend (born 1948)	State Secretary	Fiscal Affairs Tax and Customs Administration Local Government Finances National Mint Gambling Policy State Lottery (within Finance)	22 August 1994 – 24 March 2000	Labour Party

Wouter Bos	Wouter Bos (born 1963)	24 March 2000 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Job Cohen	Dr. Job Cohen (born 1947)	State Secretary	Integration Immigration Asylum Affairs Public Prosecution Service Administrative Law Family Law Youth Justice Rehabilitation Prevention Debt Management (within Justice)	3 August 1998 – 1 January 2001	Labour Party

Ella Kalsbeek	Ella Kalsbeek (born 1955)	1 January 2001 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

-	Gerrit Ybema (1945–2012)	State Secretary	International Trade Export Promotion Small Business Policy Retail Policy Regional Development Consumer Protection Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66

Henk van Hoof	Henk van Hoof (born 1947)	State Secretary	Personnel Affairs Equipment Policy Inter-Branch Cooperation Veteran Affairs (within Defence)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Margo Vliegenthart	Margo Vliegenthart (born 1958)	State Secretary	Youth Policy Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Minority Affairs Sport (within Health, Welfare and Sport)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Hans Hoogervorsts	Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956)	State Secretary	Social Security Occupational Safety Social Services (within Social Affairs and Employment)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

-	Annelies Verstand (born 1949)	Unemployment Affairs Equality Emancipation (within Social Affairs and Employment)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66

Karin Adelmund	Karin Adelmund (1949–2005)	State Secretary	Primary Education Secondary Education Special Education (within Education, Culture and Science)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Rick van der Ploeg	Dr. Rick van der Ploeg (born 1956)	Media Affairs Culture Policy Arts Policy (within Education, Culture and Science)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Monique de Vries	Monique de Vries (born 1947)	State Secretary	Water Infrastructure Digital Infrastructure Postal Service Weather Forecasting Service (within Transport and Water Management)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Geke Faber	Geke Faber (born 1952)	State Secretary	Nature Policy Agricultural Management Food Policy Rural Development Fisheries Forestry Animal Welfare (within Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party

Johan Remkes	Johan Remkes (born 1951)	State Secretary	Spatial Planning Government Real Estate Environmental Policy Environmental Remediation (within Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Kok II Rijksoverheid

Sentence(s)

Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Klaas de Vries served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries until 9 June 1999, Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (D66) was appointed as his successor.

final_sentence: Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Klaas de Vries served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries until 9 June 1999, Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (D66) was appointed as his successor.