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Political parties earlier this month agreed on the details of
their governing pact, after the longest such negotiations in
Dutch history.
The coalition will consist of the four parties that have been in
power since 2017, but it took almost 300 days to bring them back
together after the March 17 elections produced an inconclusive
result.
Rutte is expected to lead his fourth consecutive administration
as prime minister, making him the longest serving government
leader in the European Union together with Hungary's Viktor
Orban.
Rutte, who took office in 2010, is also on course to become the
longest serving prime minister in Dutch history, as he is set to
surpass Ruud Lubbers by August next year.
Documents showed Wopke Hoekstra will not return as finance
minister in the new government, as that position shifts from his
Christian-Democratic CDA to the pro-EU D66 party, the
second-largest of the four prospective governing parties after
Rutte's conservative VVD.
Former foreign minister Sigrid Kaag is expected to be nominated
as new finance minister, Dutch broadcaster RTL said on Thursday.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Gareth Jones and Alison
Williams)
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