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	Government.nl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Jan Pieter (known as Jan Peter) Balkenende was born in Kapelle on 7 May 1956.
		Dr Balkenende was a member of Amstelveen municipal council from 1982 to 1998, and leader of its CDA group from 1994.
		From 1998 to 2002 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the States General for the CDA, and leader of the CDA parliamentary party from 1 October 2001.
	www.government.nl /bewindslieden/cabinet/mpbalkenende.jsp (246 words)

	Jan Peter Balkenende - Uncyclopedia
		Jan Peter Balkenende is the Dutch leader of the vegatarian Hippie movement.
		Jan Peter is actually the first vegetarian ever to become a prime minister anywhere in the world.
		Jan Peter is actually a living legend for this achievement and it shows that his short stay at Hogwart wasn't useless in the end.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Jan_Peter_Balkenende (636 words)

	Jan Peter Balkenende - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jan Peter Balkenende (legally Jan Pieter Balkenende) studied law and history at the Free University of Amsterdam.
		Balkenende first entered the Tweede Kamer (lower house) of the Netherlands Parliament on 19 May 1998, while the CDA was in opposition.
		Balkenende is sometimes called "Harry Potter" by the Dutch inhabitants because of his resemblance to the storybook character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balkenende (831 words)

	USATODAY.com - Balkenende rides wave of popularity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Balkenende, 46, told cheering supporters he was "ready to take on the responsibility" of forming a coalition.
		A Cabinet led by Balkenende would mean a shift to the right after eight years of legislation that legalized euthanasia and gay marriages and took a tolerant view of the open sale of marijuana.
		Balkenende's exuberant, plainspoken manner was seen as a refreshing change from the staid professional politicians who ran the country by consensus in a three-party center-left coalition for the past eight years.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/05/16/netherlands-balkenende.htm (492 words)

	Jan Peter Balkenende (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ltr: [[Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi, António Vitorino and Jan Peter Balkenende.]] Jan Peter Balkenende (legally Jan Pieter Balkenende) began his career on the staff of the research institute of the political party CDA and as a city councillor in Amstelveen.
		Balkenende first entered the Tweede Kamer (lower house) of the Netherlands Parliament on May 19, 1998, while the CDA was in opposition.
		Jan Peter Balkenende and [[Jaap de Hoop Scheffer]] On the first of July 2004 he took up the rotating presidency of the European Union.
	jan-peter-balkenende.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (588 words)

	Jan Peter Balkenende
		Geplaatst door Jan Peter Balkenende op 10 november 2006 in Televisie en In debat.
		Geplaatst door Jan Peter Balkenende op 8 november 2006 in Op bezoek en In debat.
		Geplaatst door Jan Peter Balkenende op 5 november 2006 in Evenementen, Op bezoek en Ervaring.
	www.janpeterbalkenende.nl (1471 words)

	Zeeuws Archief - Stamreeks Jan Peter Balkenende
		Jan Peter Balkenende is de derde Zeeuw in de geschiedenis die minister-president van Nederland is. De Zeeuwse afstamming van de familie Balkenende begint omstreeks het jaar 1800 in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
		VII Pieter Balkenende, landbouwer in de Coegorspolder, geboren te Rotterdam op 12 januari 1773, overleden te Axel op 15 oktober 1826, 53 jaar oud.
		IX Samsom Balkenende, geboren op 8 juni 1698, overleden op 28 juni 1782, 84 jaar oud.
	www.zeeuwsarchief.nl /toegang/balkenende.htm (895 words)

	Expatica - Living in, moving to, or working in Netherlands, plus News in English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Balkenende, whose appearance is often likened to that of fictional boy wizard Harry Potter, has put a strong emphasise on the need to re-inject "norms and values" into Dutch society.
		Balkenende has also said that members of the public would have to move away from the feeling that the government had a duty to help them overcome all problems they faced in daily life.
		Balkenende claimed the honour when he received 17 percent of the 449 votes cast by foundation members.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=3685 (534 words)

	nrc.nl - Binnenland - Premier wil door met CDA en VVD
		Balkenende zei gistermiddag na afloop van de ministerraad met name te denken aan de militaire missie naar Uruzgan, de opstelling van de begroting voor 2007 en het nieuwe belastingplan.
		Balkenende zei dat hij teleurgesteld was in de opstelling van de D66-fractie.
		Balkenende: „Het was buitengewoon laat, ik had het anders moeten formuleren.
	www.nrc.nl /binnenland/article376131.ece (358 words)

	Dutch public looses faith in Jan Peter Balkenende - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Balkenende has lost all his credits in the two years he was prime minister of the Netherlands.
		Jan Peter Balkenende was the surprising winner of the elections shortly after the murder of Pim Fortuyn.
		Balkenende became the target of comedians, when he claimed that a popular TV show should be more careful with its imitations of members of the Royal House.
	english.pravda.ru /world/20/91/365/11682_netherlands.html (726 words)

	Lateline - 06/04/2006: Dutch PM discusses Indonesian relations
		DR JAN PETER BALKENENDE: We have to respect the laws in Indonesia and there are laws in Indonesia about their own responsibility to the autonomy but it's an internal affair in Indonesia and you can talk in general terms about these laws and implementation is an important issue.
		DR JAN PETER BALKENENDE: Well, that report has been asked for by the Dutch Parliament, and of course we've read the report, but that doesn't take away the fact that we do respect the territorial integrity of Indonesia.
		DR JAN PETER BALKENENDE: The decision that we've taken to stop our activities, that was on the basis of what we decided earlier.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/content/2006/s1609584.htm (2107 words)

	Regering.nl - CV Jan Peter Balkenende (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Jan Pieter (Jan Peter) Balkenende werd op 7 mei 1956 geboren te Kapelle.
		De heer Balkenende was van 1982 tot 1998, vanaf 1994 ook als fractievoorzitter van het CDA, lid van de gemeenteraad van Amstelveen.
		De heer Balkenende was onder meer lid en vice-voorzitter van het Algemeen Bestuur van de NCRV, lid van het Regionaal Overleg Amsterdam, voorzitter van de Christen-Juristen Vereniging, lid van het curatorium van de Stichting Maatschappelijk Ondernemen Midden- en Kleinbedrijf MKB-Nederland en lid van het bestuur van de Stichting Parlementaire Geschiedenis.
	www.regering.nl /bewindslieden/kabinet/ministers/mpbalkenendecv.jsp (294 words)

	Debate boost for Dutch opposition - CNN.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Bos and Balkenende of the Christian Democrats debated issues ranging from childcare to pensions, the economy to immigration in an hour-long debate broadcast live on RTL television on Friday evening, watched by 1.7 million people, or about 10 percent of the population.
		He said Balkenende's centre-right government had asked a lot of low and medium income voters to revive the economy in recent years, but had demanded little of the country's richest.
		Balkenende, wearing a red tie and pin-striped suit, repeatedly highlighted Labour's unpopular plans to tax pensioners and cut mortgage interest tax relief and said the future of the economy would be in safer hands with his party.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/11/04/dutch.debate.reut/index.html?eref=rss_latest (579 words)

	RIA Novosti - World - Dutch PM on Putin's visit, bilateral ties
		Balkenende also said Putin's visit had made it possible to foster historical, economic, political, and cultural ties between the countries.
		Balkenende said bilateral cooperation should be intensified in the fight against terrorism.
		Balkenende also said the Netherlands was equally attractive for Russian enterprise.
	en.rian.ru /world/20051102/41967757.html (736 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Dutch PM pleads for EU 'Yes' vote
		Jan Peter Balkenende hopes the vote will not be used as a protest
		Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has urged Dutch voters to approve the EU constitution in Wednesday's referendum.
		In an interview with another newspaper, De Telegraaf, Mr Balkenende said voters who disagreed with his government should express their opposition in the 2007 election.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4589979.stm (348 words)

	RNW: Who is Jan Peter Balkenende? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Only nine months ago, Jan Peter Balkenende was the largely anonymous number two in the CDA.
		Mr Fortuyn regarded Jan Peter Balkenende as a man of equal intellectual stature.
		Jan-Peter Balkenende will need all his negotiating skills to forge a stable three-way coalition of CDA, the Conservative VVD and Pim Fortuyn's List, who together hold 92 seats in the 150-seat Dutch parliament.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /currentaffairs/region/netherlands/bal020517.html (640 words)

	Mr.Dr. J.P. Balkenende - Parlement & Politiek
		Jan Peter Balkenende (1956) is sinds 22 juli 2002 minister-president en minister van Algemene Zaken.
		Sinds 1 oktober 2001 is hij politiek leider van het CDA.
		De heer Balkenende was onder meer bijzonder hoogleraar christelijk sociaal denken aan de Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam en in de periode 1998-2002 Tweede-Kamerlid voor het CDA.
	www.parlement.com /9291000/bio/02207 (1149 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Dutch 'Harry Potter' on the way up
		Mr Balkenende, who is said to enjoy the American medical drama ER, and the Canadian singer Celine Dion, is thought by some to resemble the schoolboy wizard.
		Mr Balkenende, the son of a grain trader from the southwest province of Zeeland, is indeed a newcomer to leadership.
		Mr Balkenende is not expected to move to repeal legislation which allowed euthanasia and gay marriage, but is reported to be considering a clampdown on the sale of soft drugs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1990620.stm (498 words)

	CNN.com - Dutch prime minister to step down - Jun 29, 2006
		Together, they will assess whether there is support for Balkenende to continue with a minority conservative government for a short time or whether to schedule new elections as soon as possible.
		The libertarian VVD, the second party in Balkenende's coalition, focused on putting the blame for the breakup on the third and smallest D-66 party, which had said it could no longer work with VVD's Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk after her role in the Hirsi Ali affair.
		Balkenende's Christian Democrats and the VVD had hoped to keep the coalition together at least until next year's budget is announced in September.
	www.cnn.com /rssclick/2006/WORLD/europe/06/29/netherlands/index.html?section=cnn_latest (707 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: The Party's Over -- Oct. 28, 2002/Vol. 160 No. 18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende informed the Queen that the government he put together 87 days ago had reached a dead end.
		When Balkenende, a Christian Democrat, failed to reconcile them, it was obvious that this cabinet was not going to survive.
		Balkenende will lead a minority government with the liberal VVD until new elections are held, most likely in January, but the work agenda over the next couple of weeks alone would challenge even the most solid government.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/printout/0,13155,366274,00.html (765 words)

	Jan Peter Balkenende - Wikiquote
		Jan Peter Balkenende (Biezelinge, 7 mei 1956) is een Nederlands politicus en Minister-President:
		Dit zei premier Balkenende in een debat in de Tweede Kamer.
		Volgens Balkenende kijkt de PvdA teveel naar problemen in het eigen land en te weinig met een internationaal perspectief.
	nl.wikiquote.org /wiki/Jan_Peter_Balkenende (129 words)

	First Balkenende cabinet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende was in office in the Netherlands from July 22, 2002 until October 16 of the same year.
		By July 4 a detailed coalition agreement had been drawn up and the Queen appointed Jan Peter Balkenende, the lijsttrekker for the CDA, to form a new cabinet.
		On October 15 Balkenende asked both to resign from the cabinet, with the LPF faction in parliament making a similar request.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Balkenende_cabinet (1003 words)

	CNN.com - Dutch PM, cabinet resign - Jun 30, 2006
		Balkenende leaves the queen's palace after handing in his resignation.
		The queen will meet with a special adviser and the leaders of each of the parties in parliament to assess whether there is support for Balkenende to continue with a minority conservative government for a short time or whether to schedule new elections as soon as possible.
		The libertarian VVD, the second party in Balkenende's coalition, put the blame for the breakup on the third and smallest D-66 party, which had said it could no longer work with VVD's Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk after her role in the Hirsi Ali affair.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/06/30/netherlands/index.html?section=edition_europe (631 words)

	jp-balkenende - CU2
		Jan Peter Balkenende is geboren op 7 mei 1956 in Kappele, Zijn volledige voornaam is Jan Pieter (Jan Peter) balkende, hij werd protestants opgevoed.
		Jan Peter zat op de Protestantse Christelijke lagere school in zijn woonplaats Kapelle,
		Na zijn lager onderwijs ging Jan Peter naar het Atheneum het Christelijk Lyceum voor zeeland in Goes van 1968 tot 1974, na het Atheneum leerde hij het vak ‘’Geschiedenis’’ op de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, hij stuurde ook ‘’Rechten’’ op de Vrij Universiteit in Amsterdam
	www.cu2.nl /jp-balkenende (661 words)

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		Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende lashed out against anti-Semitism at a memorial service of the Jewish Community of Amsterdam on Monday evening.
		Balkenende made the remarks at a special commemoration service in the main Ashkenazi synagogue of Amsterdam, the Rav Aron Schuster Synagogue, to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Holocaust.
		The Christian-Democrat Balkenende also praised the synagogue's chief cantor, Hans Bloemendal, who led the prayers and singing.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3163671,00.html (458 words)

	JAN PETER BALKENENDE - zijn horoscoop en astrologische achtergronden
		Vervolgens zie je de radikale Pluto erbij staan en snap je opeens hoe hij in deze turbulente tijd aan de macht gekomen is.
		Bij Pluto gaat het altijd om 'er op of er onder' - Jan Peter is een overlever.
		Balkenendes formuleringen zijn niet altijd 'helder', hoe graag hij die term zelf ook hanteert.
	www.inspiratiesite.nl /actueeelbalk10.html (710 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Country profiles \| Country profile: The Netherlands
		Prime Minister Balkenende has formed a temporary, minority government which is expected to stay in place until early general elections in November 2006.
		Mr Balkenende's previous coalition government collapsed in October 2002 after only three months in office, brought down by in-fighting in the party of slain anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn.
		Mr Balkenende was 46 when he first became prime minister in 2002.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1043423.stm (764 words)

	Netherlands Sharply Condemns Iranian Remarks On Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		THE HAGUE, 28/10/05 - The appeal made by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the destruction of Israel is "completely repugnant and unacceptable", in the view of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.
		Balkenende said in the Lower House that criticising other countries is fine, but "these words are totally unacceptable.
		Bot had his Director-General of Political Affairs inform Ambassador B. Ziaran yesterday that the Netherlands regarded the statements as extremely unacceptable and completely improper.
	www.nisnews.nl /public/281005_2.htm (310 words)

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