Remkes became a Member of the House of Representatives after the resignation of Nell Ginjaar-Maas , taking office on 26 October 1993 . After the election of 1998 Remkes was appointed as State Secretary for Housing , Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Cabinet Kok II , taking office on 3 August 1998 . The Cabinet Kok II resigned on 16 April 2002 following the conclusions of the NIOD report into the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War with the cabinet continuing to serve in a demissionary capacity . After the election of 2002 Remkes returned as a Member of the House of Representatives , taking office on 23 May 2002 . Following the election the new Leader of the People 's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Parliamentary leader of the People 's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives Gerrit Zalm opted to remain in the House of Representatives instead of accepting a ministerial post in the new cabinet and endorsed Remkes as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende I , taking office on 22 July 2002 . The Cabinet Balkenende I fell just four months later on 16 October 2002 with the cabinet continuing to serve in a demissionary capacity . After the election of 2003 Remkes again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives , taking office on 30 January 2003 . Following the election Leader and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Gerrit Zalm choose to accept a ministerial post in the new cabinet and took over as Deputy Prime Minister with Remkes continuing as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende II , taking office on 27 May 2003 . The Cabinet Balkenende II fell on 30 June 2006 and was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Balkenende III with Remkes continuing as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations , taking office on 7 July 2006 . Following the election of 2006 Remkes once again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives , taking office on 30 November 2006 . The Cabinet Balkenende III was replaced by the Cabinet Balkenende IV on 22 February 2007 . In March 2010 Remkes announced that he would not stand for the election of 2010 . He left the House of Representatives following the end of the Legislative session on 17 June 2010
Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica massacre
Johan Remkes