First Kok cabinet
Cabinet Members
ᴿᵉᵗᵃⁱⁿᵉᵈ Retained this position from the previous cabinet. ᴿᵉˢ Resigned.

First Kok 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

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

Hans Dijkstal	Hans Dijkstal (1943–2010)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Interior	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Hans van Mierlo	Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Foreign Affairs	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66

Gerrit Zalm	Gerrit Zalm (born 1952)	Minister	Finance	22 August 1994 – 1 June 1996	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Hans Wijers	Dr. Hans Wijers (born 1951)	1 June 1996 – 20 June 1996	Democrats 66

Gerrit Zalm	Gerrit Zalm (born 1952)	20 June 1996 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Winnie Sorgdrager	Winnie Sorgdrager (born 1948)	Minister	Justice	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66

Hans Wijers	Dr. Hans Wijers (born 1951)	Minister	Economic Affairs	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66

Joris Voorhoeve	Dr. Joris Voorhoeve (born 1945)	Minister	Defence	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

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

Ad Melkert	Ad Melkert (born 1956)	Minister	Social Affairs and Employment	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

Jo Ritzen	Dr. Jo Ritzen (born 1945)	Minister	Education, Culture and Science	7 November 1989 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

Annemarie Jorritsma	Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950)	Minister	Transport and Water Management	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Jozias van Aartsen	Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947)	Minister	Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Margreeth de Boer	Margreeth de Boer (born 1939)	Minister	Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

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

Joris Voorhoeve	Dr. Joris Voorhoeve (born 1945)	Minister	Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs (within Interior)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Jan Pronk	Jan Pronk (born 1940)	Minister	Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs)	7 November 1989 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

State Secretaries	Title/Portfolio/Ministry	Term of office	Party

-	Tonny van de Vondervoort (born 1950)	State Secretary	Provincial Government Affairs Local Government Affairs Government Reform (within Interior)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

Jacob Kohnstamm	Jacob Kohnstamm (born 1949)	Urban Planning Emergency Services Disaster Management (within Interior)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66

-	Michiel Patijn (born 1942)	State Secretary	European Affairs NATO Affairs Benelux Affairs International Aviation Policy (within Foreign Affairs)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

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

Elizabeth Schmitz	Elizabeth Schmitz (born 1938)	State Secretary	Integration Immigration Asylum Affairs Privacy Policy Family Law Youth Justice Prison Administration (within Justice)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

Anneke van Dok-van Weele	Anneke van Dok-van Weele (born 1947)	State Secretary	International Trade Export Promotion Regional Development Consumer Protection Tourism Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

Jan Gmelich Meijling	Jan Gmelich Meijling (1936–2012)	State Secretary	Personnel Affairs Equipment Policy Organizational Restructuring Veteran Affairs (within Defence)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Erica Terpstra	Erica Terpstra (born 1943)	State Secretary	Youth Policy Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Minority Affairs Food Policy Sport (within Health, Welfare and Sport)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Robin Linschoten	Robin Linschoten (born 1956)	State Secretary	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy (within Social Affairs and Employment)	22 August 1994 – 28 June 1996	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Frank de Grave	Frank de Grave (born 1955)	2 July 1996 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Tineke Netelenbos	Tineke Netelenbos (born 1944)	State Secretary	Primary Education Secondary Education Special Education (within Education, Culture and Science)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party

Aad Nuis	Aad Nuis (1933–2007)	Science Policy Media Affairs Culture Policy Arts Policy (within Education, Culture and Science)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66

Dick Tommel	Dr. Dick Tommel (born 1942)	State Secretary	Public Housing Spatial Planning Environmental Policy Nature Policy Environmental Remediation Sustainability Policy Rural Development (within Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	Democrats 66

Source: (in Dutch) Kabinet-Kok I Rijksoverheid

Sentence(s)

Wim Kok, the Leader of the Labour Party as Prime Minister, with Hans Dijkstal the Deputy Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Hans van Mierlo the Leader of the Democrats 66 serve as Deputy Prime Ministers.

final_sentence: Wim Kok, the Leader of the Labour Party as Prime Minister, with Hans Dijkstal the Deputy Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Hans van Mierlo the Leader of the Democrats 66 serve as Deputy Prime Ministers.