Second Balkenende cabinet
Composition
ᴿᵉᵗᵃⁱⁿᵉᵈ Retained this position from the previous cabinet. ᴿᵉˢ Resigned.

Second Balkenende cabinet

Section Title: Composition
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

Thom de Graaf	Thom de Graaf (born 1957)	Minister	Government Reform and Kingdom Relations (within Interior and Kingdom Relations)	27 May 2003 – 23 March 2005	Democrats 66

Deputy Prime Minister

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937)	Economic Affairs	31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Minister	27 May 2003 – 3 July 2006

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

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	22 July 2002 – 3 December 2003	Christian Democratic Appeal

Ben Bot	Dr. Ben Bot (born 1937)	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

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 Fisheries	22 July 2002 – 1 July 2003	Christian Democratic Appeal

Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality	1 July 2003 – 22 February 2007

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

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

Alexander Pechtold	Alexander Pechtold (born 1965)	Minister	Government Reform and Kingdom Relations (within Interior and Kingdom Relations)	31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006	Democrats 66

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

State Secretaries	Title/Portfolio/Ministry	Term of office	Party

Atzo Nicolaï	Atzo Nicolaï (born 1960)	State Secretary	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs (within Foreign Affairs)	22 July 2002 – 7 July 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Joop Wijn	Joop Wijn (born 1969)	State Secretary	Fiscal Affairs Tax and Customs Administration Local Government Finances National Mint (within Finance)	27 May 2003 – 7 July 2006	Christian Democratic Appeal

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

Mark Rutte	Mark Rutte (born 1967)	State Secretary	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy (within Social Affairs and Employment)	22 July 2002 – 17 June 2004	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Henk van Hoof	Henk van Hoof (born 1947)	17 June 2004 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Annette Nijs	Annette Nijs (born 1961)	State Secretary	Higher Education Adult Education Science Policy (within Education, Culture and Science)	22 July 2002 – 9 June 2004	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Mark Rutte	Mark Rutte (born 1967)	17 June 2004 – 27 June 2006	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Bruno Bruins	Bruno Bruins (born 1963)	29 June 2006 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Medy van der Laan	Medy van der Laan (born 1968)	Media Affairs Culture Policy Arts Policy (within Education, Culture and Science)	27 May 2003 – 3 July 2006	Democrats 66

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 II Rijksoverheid

Sentence(s)

On 31 March 2005, Alexander Pechtold of the Democrats 66 was the Minister for Government Reform.

final_sentence: On 31 March 2005, Alexander Pechtold of the Democrats 66 was the Minister for Government Reform.