List of ministers of agriculture of the Netherlands
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit | |
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality | |
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Incumbent Piet Adema since 3 October 2022; 18 months ago (2022-10-03) | |
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
First holder | Alexander Gogel as Minister of the Interior 19 June 1801; 222 years ago (1801-06-19) Jacob Veegens as Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry 1 July 1906; 117 years ago (1906-07-01) |
Deputy | Christianne van der Wal as Minister without portfolio |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website | Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality |
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The minister of agriculture, nature and food quality (Dutch: Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit) is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Henk Staghouwer of the Christian Union (CU) party who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, but not in the current cabinet. In the current cabinet there is also a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry who is also giving specific portfolios. The current minister without portfolio is Christianne van der Wal of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who also has been in office since 10 January 2022 and has been assigned the portfolios of nature conservation and nitrogen policy.
List of ministers
Agriculture (1906–1940)
Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Jacob Veegens (1845–1910) | 1 July 1906 – 12 February 1908 | Free-thinking Democratic League | Theo de Meester (De Meester) [1] | ||
Syb Talma (1864–1916) | 12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk) [2] | ||
Willem Treub (also Minister of Finance 1914) (1858–1931) | 29 August 1913 – 19 November 1914 [Appt] | Free-thinking Democratic League | Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden) [3] | ||
Folkert Posthuma (1874–1943) | 19 November 1914 – 9 September 1918 | Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal) | |||
Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (1874–1942) | 9 September 1918 – 13 September 1922 [Res] | Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant) | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I) [4] | ||
Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936) | 13 September 1922 – 1 January 1923 [Ad interim] | Roman Catholic State Party | |||
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) [5] | |||||
Minister of the Interior and Agriculture | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 1 January 1923 – 4 August 1925 | Roman Catholic State Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II) [5] | ||
Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) | 4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926 | Christian Historical Union | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I) [6] | ||
Jan Kan (1873–1947) | 8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929 | Independent Liberal (Social Liberal) | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I) [7] | ||
Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 10 August 1929 – 1 May 1932 | Roman Catholic State Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) [8] | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) | 1 May 1932 – 8 June 1933 | Roman Catholic State Party | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III) [8] | ||
Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II) [9] | |||||
Minister of Economic Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945) | 8 June 1933 – 17 April 1934 [Res] | Roman Catholic State Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II) [9] | ||
Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 17 April 1934 – 25 June 1934 [Ad interim] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||
Max Steenberghe (1899–1972) | 25 June 1934 – 6 June 1935 [Res] | Roman Catholic State Party | |||
Dr. Henri Gelissen (1895–1982) | 6 June 1935 – 2 September 1935 | Roman Catholic State Party | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Dr. Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (1883–1978) | 2 September 1935 – 24 June 1937 | Roman Catholic State Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn III) [10] | ||
Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Economic Affairs) (1899–1972) | 24 June 1937– 25 July 1939 | Roman Catholic State Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV) [11] | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944) | 25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V) [12] | ||
Max Steenberghe (1899–1972) | 10 August 1939 – 10 May 1940 | Roman Catholic State Party | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) [13] |
Agriculture and fisheries (since 1940)
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986) | 10 May 1940 – 1 May 1941 [App] | Christian Historical Union | Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II) [13] | ||
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I) [14] | |||||
Max Steenberghe (1899–1972) | 1 May 1941 – 17 November 1941 [Res] | Roman Catholic State Party | |||
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) [14] | |||||
Dr. Jan van den Tempel (1877–1955) | 17 November 1941 – 8 January 1942 [Ad Interim] [Minister] | Social Democratic Workers' Party | |||
Piet Kerstens (1896–1958) | 8 January 1942 – 31 May 1944 [Minister] [Dis] | Roman Catholic State Party | |||
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Johannes van den Broek (1882–1946) | 31 May 1944 – 23 February 1945 [Minister] | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) [14] | ||
Hans Gispen (1905–1968) | 23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III) [15] | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Sicco Mansholt (1908–1995) | 25 June 1945 – 1 January 1958 [App] | Social Democratic Workers' Party | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) [16] | ||
Labour Party | Louis Beel (Beel I) [17] | ||||
Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • I • II) [18][19][20] | |||||
Willem Drees (Drees III) [21] | |||||
Kees Staf (1905–1973) | 1 January 1958 – 13 January 1958 [Ad Interim] [Minister] | Christian Historical Union | |||
Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979) | 13 January 1958 – 22 December 1958 | Labour Party | |||
Kees Staf (1905–1973) | 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 [Minister] | Christian Historical Union | Louis Beel (Beel II) [22] | ||
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) | 19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963 | Catholic People's Party | Jan de Quay (De Quay) [23] | ||
Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001) [Deputy] | 24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967 [Minister] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [24] | ||
Jo Cals (Cals) [25] | |||||
Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [26] | |||||
Pierre Lardinois (1924–1987) | 5 April 1967 – 1 January 1973 [App] | Catholic People's Party | Piet de Jong (De Jong) [27] | ||
Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I) [28] | |||||
Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel II) [28] | |||||
Jaap Boersma (1929–2012) | 1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973 [Ad Interim] [Minister] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | |||
Tiemen Brouwer (1916–1977) | 11 May 1973 – 1 November 1973 [Res] | Catholic People's Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [29] | ||
Fons van der Stee (1928–1999) | 1 November 1973 – 5 March 1980 [App] | Catholic People's Party | |||
Catholic People's Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [30] | ||||
Gerrit Braks (1933–2017) | 5 March 1980 – 11 September 1981 | Catholic People's Party | |||
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
Jan de Koning (1926–1994) | 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 [Minister] | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) [31][32] | ||
Gerrit Braks (1933–2017) | 4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) [33][34] | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Gerrit Braks (1933–2017) | 7 November 1989 – 18 September 1990 [Res] | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [35] | ||
Dr. Bert de Vries (born 1938) | 18 September 1990 – 28 September 1990 [Ad interim] [Minister] | Christian Democratic Appeal | |||
Piet Bukman (1934–2022) | 28 September 1990 – 22 August 1994 | Christian Democratic Appeal | |||
Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947) | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok I) [36] | ||
Haijo Apotheker (born 1950) | 3 August 1998 – 7 June 1999 [Res] | Democrats 66 | Wim Kok (Kok II) [37] | ||
Klaas de Vries (born 1943) | 7 June 1999 – 9 June 1999 [Ad interim] [Minister] | Labour Party | |||
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937) | 9 June 1999 – 22 July 2002 | Democrats 66 | |||
Dr. Cees Veerman (born 1949) | 22 July 2002 – 1 July 2003 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II) [38][39] | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Dr. Cees Veerman (born 1949) | 1 July 2003 – 22 February 2007 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III) [39][40] | ||
Gerda Verburg (born 1957) | 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [41] | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) [Deputy] | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [42] | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Henk Kamp (born 1952) | 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [43] | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Carola Schouten (born 1977) [Deputy] | 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 | Christian Union | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [44] | ||
Henk Staghouwer (born 1962) | 10 January 2022 – 5 September 2022 [Res] | Christian Union | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [45] | ||
Carola Schouten (born 1977) [Deputy] | 5 September 2022 – Incumbent [Ad interim] [Minister] | Christian Union |
- Resigned
- Ad Interim
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Minister of Social Affairs
- Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping
- Minister of Finance
- Minister of Defence
- Minister for Kingdom Relations
- Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
- Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions
- Appointed as President of the Court of Audit
- Appointed as European Commissioner
- Appointed as Minister of Finance
List of ministers without portfolio
Minister without Portfolio | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Christianne van der Wal (born 1973) | • Nature Conservation • Nitrogen Policy | 10 January 2022 – Incumbent | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [45] |
List of state secretaries for agriculture
State Secretary for Agriculture and Fisheries | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Ad Ploeg (1927–1994) | • Food Policy • Environmental Policy • Nature • Fisheries • Forestry • Animal Welfare | 8 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) [33] | ||
State Secretary for Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Dzsingisz Gabor (born 1940) | • Food Policy • Environmental Policy • Nature • Fisheries • Forestry • Animal Welfare • Recreation | 28 September 1990 – 22 August 1994 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [35] | ||
Geke Faber (born 1952) | • Food Policy • Nature • Fisheries • Forestry • Animal Welfare | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok II) [37] | ||
Jan Odink (1944–2018) | • Fisheries • Forestry • Animal Welfare | 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 | Pim Fortuyn List | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [38] | ||
State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Dr. Henk Bleker (born 1953) | • Trade and Export • Agriculture • Food Policy • Fisheries • Forestry • Postal Service • Tourism • Animal Welfare [Title] | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) [42] | ||
State Secretary for Economic Affairs | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Dr. Co Verdaas (born 1966) | • Agriculture • Food Policy • Nature • Fisheries • Forestry • Animal Welfare • Tourism [Title] | 5 November 2012 – 6 December 2012 [Res] | Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) [43] | ||
Sharon Dijksma (born 1971) | 18 December 2012 – 3 November 2015 [App] | Labour Party | ||||
Martijn van Dam (born 1978) | 3 November 2015 – 1 September 2017 [Res] | Labour Party |
- Resigned
- Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister
- Appointed as State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment
See also
- Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
- Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands
- 1963 Dutch farmers' revolt
- 1971 Dutch farmers' revolt
- 1989–1990 Dutch farmers' protests
- Dutch farmers' protests
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
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