Composition
The cabinet consists of 16 ministers and ten state secretaries (junior ministers). These positions are divided among the coalition members according to their size in parliament:
- The CDA supplies eight ministers and five junior ministers
- The VVD supplies six ministers and four junior ministers
- D66 supplies two ministers and one junior minister.
Of the 26, 18 were also in the first Balkenende cabinet. This is indicated by an asterisk (*) in the list below.
Read more about this topic: Second Balkenende Cabinet
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