Cabinet Kok I

The first Kok cabinet formed the government of the Netherlands from August 22, 1994 to August 3, 1998. In the election of Tweede Kamer on May 3, 1994, the PvdA and CDA received significantly fewer votes than in the 1989 election. It took three and a half months to form a government ; then a coalition was formed from the social democratic PvdA and the liberal parties VVD and D66 , a so-called “purple cabinet” ( paars kabinet ).

composition

The cabinet consisted of 14 ministers and 12 state secretaries.

minister

Business area / office	minister	Political party
general affairs prime minister	Wim Kok	PvdA
Interior Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Dijkstal	VVD
Exterior Deputy Prime Minister	Hans van Mierlo	D66
Judiciary	Winnie Sorgdrager	D66
Education, culture and science	Jo chinks	PvdA
Finances	Gerrit Zalm	VVD
Defense and Affairs of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba	Joris Voorhoeve	VVD
Transport and water management	Annemarie Jorritsma	VVD
economy	Hans Wijers	D66
Agriculture, nature and fishing	Jozias van Aartsen	VVD
Social and work	Ad Melkert	PvdA
Health, welfare and exercise	Els Borst	D66
Housing, spatial planning and environmental protection	Margreeth de Boer	PvdA
Development cooperation	Jan Pronk	PvdA

State Secretaries

Business area	State Secretary	Political party
Exterior	Michiel Patijn	VVD
Judiciary	Elizabeth Schmitz	PvdA
Interior	Jacob Kohnstamm	D66
	Tonny van de Vondervoort	PvdA
Education, culture and science	Tineke Netelenbos	PvdA
	Aad Nuis	D66
Finances	Willem Vermeend	PvdA
defense	Jan Gmelich Meijling	VVD
Housing, spatial planning and environmental protection	Dick Tommel	D66
economy	Anneke van Dok-van Weele	PvdA
Social and work	Robin Linschoten until June 28, 1996	VVD
	Frank de Grave from July 2, 1996	VVD
Health, welfare and exercise	Erica Terpstra	VVD

Web links

• Kabinet-Kok I on rijksoverheid.nl (nld.)

Footnotes

1. ↑ see also en: Dutch general election, 1994