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Jan Peter Balkenende

1956 - Today

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Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑn ˈpeːtər ˈbɑlkənˌɛndə] , [-ˈbɑlkəˌʔɛndə]; born 7 May 1956) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Peter Balkenende has received more than 491,594 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 63 in 2019). Jan Peter Balkenende is the 6,939th most popular politician (up from 7,213th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 6,939 out of 15,577Before him are Princess Caroline of Denmark, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Michael II Asen, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, and Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria. After him are Margaret of Bourbon, Koča Popović, Gaius Marius the Younger, Quintus Servilius Caepio, Zénaïde Bonaparte, and José Antonio Páez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 70Before him are Ali Asadov, Patricia Cornwell, Stevie Young, Sela Ward, Sebastian Coe, and Mansour Bahrami. After him are Bidzina Ivanishvili, Milan Babić, Frances Arnold, Adnan Oktar, Maggie Reilly, and Henri Toivonen.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 275 out of 1,427Before him are Jozef Israëls (1824), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Willem van Hanegem (1944), Geert Wilders (1963), William I, Count of Holland (1167), and Emanuel de Witte (1617). After him are Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Jacob van Campen (1596), Armin van Buuren (1976), Hercules Seghers (1589), Aert de Gelder (1645), and Henk Sneevliet (1883).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 42Before him are Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), William I, Count of Hainaut (1287), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Geert Wilders (1963), and William I, Count of Holland (1167). After him are Henk Sneevliet (1883), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Joop den Uyl (1919), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Dries van Agt (1931), and William, Prince of Orange (1840).

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