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Jan Peter Balkenende

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Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr. (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑm ˈpeːtər ˈbɑlkənˌɛndə] or [- ˈbɑlkəˌʔɛndə]; born 7 May 1956), 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. Balkenende studied History and Law at the Free University Amsterdam obtaining Master of Arts and law degrees and worked as a legal counsel for the academic council of his alma mater before finishing his thesis and graduated as a PhD in governmental studies and worked as a professor of Christian theology at his alma mater from April 1993 until May 2002. After the election of 1998, Balkenende was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives on 19 May 1998 and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Finances and as deputy parliamentary leader. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Peter Balkenende is the 6,072nd most popular politician (down from 5,914th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 252nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 6,072 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Sophie of Sweden, Adolf Schmal, Ranavalona II, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, and Iullus Antonius. After him are William Wyatt Bibb, John Kufuor, Abdullah Khan II, Takeda Katsuyori, María de Padilla, and Shote Galica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 66. Before him are Imelda Staunton, Almazbek Atambayev, La Toya Jackson, Hal Finney, Joan Allen, and Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. After him are Milan Babić, Iveta Radičová, El Risitas, Georg Gänswein, Catherine Ashton, and Guido van Rossum.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 243 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Janszoon (1570), Princess Christina of the Netherlands (1947), Hans Kramers (1894), Anton Geesink (1934), Pieter Boddaert (1730), and Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824). After him are Gemma Frisius (1508), George Blake (1922), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Wim Suurbier (1945), and Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 36. Before him are Abraham Kuyper (1837), William I, Count of Hainaut (1287), Dries van Agt (1931), William I, Count of Holland (1167), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), and Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824). After him are William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Sicco Mansholt (1908), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), and Hendrik Verwoerd (1901).

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