Third Balkenende cabinet
Cabinet Members
ᴿᵉᵗᵃⁱⁿᵉᵈ Retained this position from the previous cabinet. ᴿᵉˢ Resigned.

Third Balkenende cabinet

Section Title: Cabinet Members
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉᵗᵃⁱⁿᵉᵈ Retained this position from the previous cabinet. ᴿᵉˢ Resigned.

Ministers	Title/Ministry	Term of office	Party

Jan Peter Balkenende	Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	22 July 2002 – 14 October 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal

Gerrit Zalm	Gerrit Zalm (born 1952)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Finance	27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Johan Remkes	Johan Remkes (born 1951)	Minister	Interior and Kingdom Relations	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Ben Bot	Dr. Ben Bot (born 1937)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	3 December 2003 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Piet Hein Donner	Piet Hein Donner (born 1948)	Minister	Justice	22 July 2002 – 21 September 2006	Christian Democratic Appeal

Rita Verdonk	Rita Verdonk (born 1955)	21 September 2006 – 22 September 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Ernst Hirsch Ballin	Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin (born 1950)	22 September 2006 – 14 October 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal

Joop Wijn	Joop Wijn (born 1969)	Minister	Economic Affairs	7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Henk Kamp	Henk Kamp (born 1952)	Minister	Defence	12 December 2002 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Hans Hoogervorst	Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956)	Minister	Health, Welfare and Sport	27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Aart Jan de Geus	Aart Jan de Geus (born 1955)	Minister	Social Affairs and Employment	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Maria van der Hoeven	Maria van der Hoeven (born 1949)	Minister	Education, Culture and Science	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Karla Peijs	Karla Peijs (born 1944)	Minister	Transport and Water Management	27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Cees Veerman	Dr. Cees Veerman (born 1949)	Minister	Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality	1 July 2003 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Sybilla Dekker	Sybilla Dekker (born 1942)	Minister	Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment	23 May 2003 – 21 September 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Karla Peijs	Karla Peijs (born 1944)	21 September 2006 – 26 September 2006	Christian Democratic Appeal

Pieter Winsemius	Dr. Pieter Winsemius (born 1942)	26 September 2006 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

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

Atzo Nicolaï	Atzo Nicolaï (born 1960)	Minister	Government Reform and Kingdom Relations (within Interior and Kingdom Relations)	7 July 2006 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Agnes van Ardenne	Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950)	Minister	Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs)	27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Rita Verdonk	Rita Verdonk (born 1955)	Minister	Integration and Asylum Affairs (within Justice)	27 May 2003 – 14 December 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Integration and Rehabilitation (within Justice)	14 December 2006 – 22 February 2007

State Secretaries	Title/Portfolio/Ministry	Term of office	Party

Karien van Gennip	Karien van Gennip (born 1968)	State Secretary	International Trade Export Promotion Small Business Policy Retail Policy Regional Development Consumer Protection Digital Infrastructure Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Cees van der Knaap	Cees van der Knaap (born 1951)	State Secretary	Personnel Affairs Equipment Policy (within Defence)	22 July 2002 – 18 December 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

-	Clémence Ross-van Dorp (born 1957)	State Secretary	Youth Policy Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs Biotechnology Policy Medical Ethics Policy Sport (within Health, Welfare and Sport)	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Henk van Hoof	Henk van Hoof (born 1947)	State Secretary	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy (within Social Affairs and Employment)	17 June 2004 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Bruno Bruins	Bruno Bruins (born 1963)	State Secretary	Higher Education Adult Education Science Policy Media Affairs Culture Policy Arts Policy (within Education, Culture and Science)	29 June 2006 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Melanie Schultz van Haegen	Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970)	State Secretary	Transport Infrastructure Aviation Infrastructure Water Infrastructure Public Transport Weather Forecasting Service (within Transport and Water Management)	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Pieter van Geel	Pieter van Geel (born 1951)	State Secretary	Environmental Policy Nature Policy Environmental Remediation Sustainability Policy (within Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)	22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal

Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Balkenende III Rijksoverheid

Sentence(s)

Ernst Hirsch Ballin of the CDA was the Minister of Justice in the third Balkenende cabinet.

final_sentence: Ernst Hirsch Ballin of the CDA was the Minister of Justice in the third Balkenende cabinet.