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Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr., commonly known as Jan Peter Balkenende, is a Dutch jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 2010.
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politics · Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010 · jurist · politician · professor · lawyer · university teacher · head of government · also Jan Peter Balkenende, Jan Pieter Balkenende, J. P. Balkenende, JP Balkenende, Balkenende
Born 7 May 1956 · Q133386
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2017· 1 entry
Business Insider: ING nominates Jan Peter Balkenende, Margarete Haase and Hans Wijers as members of the Supervisory Board
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2010· 1 entry
Campaign: 2010 election and resignation.
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia (2008).
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2006· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2006–2007).
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Showed that only 26–33% of the voters had confidence in him as prime minister), his position as leader of the CDA remained stable
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2004· 1 entry
During his second cabinet, Balkenende was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis
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2003· 2 entries
Balkenende formed his second government with the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the progressive liberal D66
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2003–2003).
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2002· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002–2010).
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Career landmark: Minister of General Affairs (2002–2010).
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded member of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1998).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1998–2002).
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1993· 1 entry
Became an extraordinary professor of Christian-Social Thought at the Free University of Amsterdam
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1992· 1 entry
Received his PhD with a thesis on "Governance regulation and social organisations" (Overheidsregelgeving en maatschappelijke organisaties), which was strongly inspired by the Communitarian ideas of Amitai Etzioni
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1980· 1 entry
Subsequently an LLM degree in Dutch law in 1982, and finally a PhD in law in 1992
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-05-07.
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