sentences:  Rtizen served as acting Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture following the resignation Hedy d'Ancona dual serving in both positions from 16 July 1994.Following the cabinet formation of 1994 formateur Wim Kok approached incumbent State Secretary for Education and Sciences Job Cohen for the post of Minister of Education and Sciences in the new cabinet but Cohen per his own request asked not to be considered for a cabinet post as his wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.Kok subsequently approached Ritzen to continued in the post as the newly renamed Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the Cabinet Kok I, taking office on 22 August 1994.