| Position |
Portfolio |
Name |
Party |
|
|
Prime Minister |
General Affairs |
Jan Peter Balkenende |
CDA |
|
|
Deputy Prime Minister |
Finance |
Wouter Bos |
PvdA |
|
|
Deputy Prime Minister |
Youth and Family within the ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport |
André Rouvoet |
CU |
|
|
Minister |
Foreign Affairs |
Maxime Verhagen |
CDA |
|
|
Minister |
Justice |
Ernst Hirsch Ballin |
CDA |
|
|
Minister |
Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations |
Guusje ter Horst |
PvdA |
|
|
Minister |
Education, Culture and Science |
Ronald Plasterk |
PvdA |
|
|
Minister |
Defence |
Eimert van Middelkoop |
CU |
|
|
Minister |
Transport and Water Management |
Camiel Eurlings |
CDA |
|
|
Minister |
Economic Affairs |
Maria van der Hoeven |
CDA |
|
|
Minister |
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality |
Gerda Verburg |
CDA |
|
|
Minister |
Social Affairs and Employment |
Piet Hein Donner |
CDA |
|
|
Minister |
Health, Welfare and Sport |
Ab Klink |
CDA |
|
|
Minister |
Spatial Planning and Environment |
Jacqueline Cramer |
PvdA |
|
|
Minister without Portfolio |
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Integration within the ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment |
Ella Vogelaar |
PvdA |
|
|
Minister without Portfolio |
Development Cooperation within the ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Bert Koenders |
PvdA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Foreign Affairs (European Affairs) |
Frans Timmermans |
PvdA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Economic Affairs (Foreign Trade) |
Frank Heemskerk |
PvdA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Finance (Fiscal Affairs) |
Jan Kees de Jager |
CDA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Justice (Immigration) |
Nebahat Albayrak |
PvdA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (kingdom relations) |
Ank Bijleveld-Schouten |
CDA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Education, Culture and Science (Secondary Education) |
Marja van Bijsterveldt |
CDA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Education, Culture and Science (Childcare and Primary Education) |
Sharon Dijksma |
PvdA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Defence (military personnel) |
Cees van der Knaap |
CDA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Transport and Water Management (Water Management) |
Tineke Huizinga |
CU |
|
|
State Secretary |
Social Affairs and Employment (Income Policy) |
Ahmed Aboutaleb |
PvdA |
|
|
State Secretary |
Health, Welfare and Sport (Care and Elderly) |
Jet Bussemaker |
PvdA |
| Note: The state secretaries for Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs are allowed to use a ministerial title only while on foreign business. Their title then is minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade respectively. |
| Source: Volkskrant profiles of all ministers and ministers and state secretaries on the official RVD site on the cabinet formation, except for Huizinga, who selected later nos.nl |
