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Fourth Balkenende cabinet
The
fourth Balkenende cabinet
or
Balkenende IV
was a
Dutch
coalition
cabinet
formed by the
political parties
Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA),
Labour Party
(PvdA), and
ChristianUnion
(CU). The cabinet succeeded the
third Balkenende cabinet
following the
2006 election
, and was installed by
Queen
Beatrix
on 22 February 2007. It was named Balkenende IV after
Prime Minister
Jan Peter Balkenende
. The cabinet, which was scheduled to be in office until 2011, collapsed on 20 February 2010 when the Labour Party ministers resigned over differences on whether to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan. Balkenende lost the
general election
in June 2010, when he resigned as PM and from his parliamentary seat. On 14 October 2010, the cabinet was succeeded by the
first Rutte cabinet
of Prime Minister
Mark Rutte
.
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