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    Willem "Wim" Kok (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪm ˈkɔk] ; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as...
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    substantial majority in the House of Representatives with Labour Leader Wim Kok serving as Prime Minister. Prominent Liberal politician Annemarie Jorritsma...
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    successful cabinet formation with Labour Leader Wim Kok and Liberal Leader Frits Bolkestein formed the Cabinet Kok I with Van Mierlo appointed as Deputy Prime...
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    substantial majority in the House of Representatives with Labour Leader Wim Kok serving as Prime Minister. Prominent Liberal politician Hans Dijkstal served...
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  • Party have been Willem Drees (1948–1958), Joop den Uyl (1973–1977) and Wim Kok (1994–2002). From 2012 to 2017, the PvdA formed the second-largest party...
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    leader on 13 July 1998. Shortly before an upcoming election Party Leader Wim Kok announced his retirement and Melkert announced his candidacy to succeed...
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  • liberals (blue). In the Netherlands the two cabinets of Prime Minister Wim Kok (Kok I and Kok II, 1994–2002) were composed of social democratic PvdA, conservative...
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    successful cabinet formation with Labour Leader Wim Kok and fellow Liberal Leader Hans van Mierlo formed the Cabinet Kok I with Bolkestein opting to remain as Parliamentary...
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    down as Leader on 21 July 1986 and endorsed former trade union leader Wim Kok as his successor though continued to serve in the House of Representatives...
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    Minister Mark Rutte and all living former Prime Ministers Dries van Agt, Wim Kok and Jan Peter Balkenende and other high-profile (former) politicians. This...
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    Naturalisation Service In office 1 December 1999 – 1 March 2003 Prime Minister Wim Kok Jan Peter Balkenende Minister Job Cohen Ella Kalsbeek Hilbrand Nawijn Preceded...
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  • model flourished under the purple coalition governments of Prime Minister Wim Kok, a coalition including the traditional rivals the Labour Party (a social-democratic...
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  • defender Wim Kok (1938–2018), Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002 Wim Kolijn (1944–2015), Dutch politician Wim Kortenoeven...
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    polarisation between left and right. The first president of the FNV was Wim Kok, who had been chair of NVV since 1973. He remained its leader until 1986...
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    criticised the polder model and the policies of the outgoing government of Wim Kok and repeatedly described himself and LPF's ideology as pragmatic and not...
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    Freedom and Democracy, was Minister of Finance in the first and second Wim Kok administrations. The Dutch economy being very healthy during those years...
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    Group chaired by Wim Kok, November 2004, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, ISBN 92-894-7054-2, (the Kok report). European...
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    questioned many aspects of government by the previous 'purple' cabinets of Wim Kok, which he blamed for everything from crime to waiting lists in health services...
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  • Dutch surnames, e.g. Jan de Boer compared to Albert Boer; Frits de Kok compared to Wim Kok. Tussenvoegsels originate from the time that Dutch surnames officially...
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    (1994–1998) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2002) under Prime Minister Wim Kok, as well as Mayor of The Hague from 2008 until 2017. Jozias Johannes van...
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    Five former officeholders (Wim Kok, Dries van Agt, Piet de Jong, Ruud Lubbers and Jan Peter Balkenende) with then Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in July 2011...
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    after the general elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Wim Kok. The coalition cabinet included the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) party, whose...
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    Science (NVAO accreditation) Accountancy Training Attainment Committee (CEA) Wim Kok, former Prime Minister of The Netherlands Antony Burgmans, former chairman...
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  • Robert Baba, Ruben Margarita, Sarah Koch, Suzie Collier, Vera Laporeva, Wim Kok, Yannick Hiwat – violin Alex Welch, Iris Schut, Isabella Petersen, Julia...
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  • Max van der Stoel, Dutch diplomat who criticizes Máxima Jaap Spijkers as Wim Kok, Dutch Prime Minister The series was announced in February 2022, after...
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  • on the street by Dutch celebrities. On January 7, 2000, Prime Minister Wim Kok read the daily story "Er staat een olifantje in het gras..." (There is...
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  • took place in the Netherlands in 2000. Monarch: Beatrix Prime Minister: Wim Kok January 27 - Gerrit Komrij is chosen as poet of the fatherland. January...
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  • Abela in  Malta Ernesto Zedillo in  Mexico Milo Đukanović in  Montenegro Wim Kok in  Netherlands Helen Clark in  New Zealand Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Martín...
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    anniversary of Dutch liberation. It was presented by the Dutch prime minister Wim Kok to the U.S. president Bill Clinton on February 28, 1995, and the renovated...
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    1994 and 2002 there were two Purple cabinets, both led by Prime Minister Wim Kok. In the politics of Belgium, as with the Netherlands, a purple government...
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