List of Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands

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 Carola Schouten of the Christian Union (CU) who has been in office since 26 October 2017 and who serves as Third Deputy Prime Minister. Occasionally a State Secretary is assigned to the Ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the position of State Secretary not in use.[1]

Minister of Agriculture,
Nature and Food Quality
of the Netherlands
Minister van Landbouw,
Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Carola Schouten
since 26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)
Ministry of Agriculture,
Nature and Food Quality
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
AppointerMark Rutte
as Prime Minister
First holderAlexander Gogel
as Minister of the Interior
19 June 1801 (1801-06-19)

Jacob Veegens
as Minister of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industry
1 July 1906 (1906-07-01)
Salary€157,287 (As of 2017)
(including €4,193 of expenses)
WebsiteMinister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
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Several prominent people who served as Minister of Agriculture are: Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (Catholic Leader and co-founder of the Catholic People's Party), Sicco Mansholt (European Commissioner and a Founding Father of the European Union), Anne Vondeling (Labour Leader), Pierre Lardinois (European Commissioner), Gerrit Braks (longest serving Minister of Agriculture), Piet Bukman (2nd President of the European People's Party), Jan de Koning (prominent politician), Jozias van Aartsen (Liberal Leader), Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Progressive-Liberal Leader), Maxime Verhagen (Christian Democratic Leader), Henk Kamp (prominent politician) and multiple (future) Prime Ministers: Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dirk Jan de Geer, Hendrikus Colijn, Victor Marijnen and Barend Biesheuvel.

List of Ministers of Agriculture (1906–1940)
Minister of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industry		 Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Jacob Veegens
(1845–1910)		 1 July 1906 –
12 February 1908		 Free-thinking
Democratic League		 Theo de Meester
(De Meester)
[2]
Syb Talma
(1864–1916)		 12 February 1908 –
29 August 1913		 Anti-Revolutionary Party Theo Heemskerk
(T. Heemskerk)
[3]
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)
[4]
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)
[5]
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)
[6]
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)
[6]
Jonkheer
Dirk Jan de Geer
(1870–1960)		 4 August 1925 –
8 March 1926		 Christian Historical Union Hendrikus Colijn
(Colijn I)
[7]
Jan Kan
(1873–1947)		 8 March 1926 –
10 August 1929		 Independent
Liberal
(Social Liberal)		 Dirk Jan de Geer
(De Geer I)
[8]
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)
[9]
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)
[9]
Hendrikus Colijn
(Colijn II)
[10]
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)
[10]
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)
[11]
Max Steenberghe
(also Minister of Economic
Affairs)
(1899–1972)		 24 June 1937–
25 July 1939		 Roman Catholic
State Party		 Hendrikus Colijn
(Colijn IV)
[12]
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)
[13]
Max Steenberghe
(1899–1972)		 10 August 1939 –
10 May 1940		 Roman Catholic
State Party		 Dirk Jan de Geer
(De Geer II)
[14]

List of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries (since 1940)
Minister of Agriculture
and Fisheries		 Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Dr.
Aat van Rhijn
(1892–1986)		 10 May 1940 –
1 May 1941
[App]		 Christian
Historical Union		 Dirk Jan de Geer
(De Geer II)
[14]
Pieter Sjoerds
Gerbrandy
(Gerbrandy I)
[15]
Max Steenberghe
(1899–1972)		 1 May 1941 –
17 November 1941
[Res]		 Roman Catholic
State Party
Pieter Sjoerds
Gerbrandy
(Gerbrandy II)
[15]
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)
[15]
Hans Gispen
(1905–1968)		 23 February 1945 –
25 June 1945		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party		 Pieter Sjoerds
Gerbrandy
(Gerbrandy III)
[16]
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) [17]
Labour Party Louis Beel
(Beel I) [18]
Willem Drees
(Drees–Van Schaik
• I • II) [19][20][21]
Willem Drees
(Drees III)
[22]
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)
[23]
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)
[24]
Barend Biesheuvel
(1920–2001)
[Deputy]		 24 July 1963 –
5 April 1967
[Minister]		 Anti-Revolutionary
Party		 Victor Marijnen
(Marijnen)
[25]
Jo Cals
(Cals)
[26]
Jelle Zijlstra
(Zijlstra)
[27]
Pierre Lardinois
(1924–1987)		 5 April 1967 –
1 January 1973
[App]		 Catholic
People's Party		 Piet de Jong
(De Jong)
[28]
Barend Biesheuvel
(Biesheuvel I)
[29]
Barend Biesheuvel
(Biesheuvel II)
[29]
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)
[30]
Fons van der Stee
(1928–1999)		 1 November 1973 –
5 March 1980
[App]		 Catholic
People's Party
Dries van Agt
(Van Agt I)
[31]
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)
[32][33]
Gerrit Braks
(1933–2017)		 4 November 1982 –
7 November 1989		 Christian
Democratic Appeal		 Ruud Lubbers
(Lubbers I • II)
[34][35]
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)
[36]
Dr.
Bert de Vries
(born 1938)		 18 September 1990 –
28 September 1990
[Ad interim] [Minister]		 Christian
Democratic Appeal
Piet Bukman
(born 1934)		 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)
[37]
Haijo Apotheker
(born 1950)		 3 August 1998 –
7 June 1999
[Res]		 Democrats 66 Wim Kok
(Kok II)
[38]
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)
[39][40]
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)
[40][41]
Gerda Verburg
(born 1957)		 22 February 2007 –
14 October 2010		 Christian
Democratic Appeal		 Jan Peter
Balkenende
(Balkenende IV)
[42]
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)
[43]
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)
[44]
Minister of Agriculture,
Nature and Food Quality		 Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Carola Schouten
(born 1977)
[Deputy]		 26 October 2017 –
Incumbent		 Christian Union Mark Rutte
(Rutte III)
[45]
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
Appointed as President of the Court of Audit
Appointed as European Commissioner
Appointed as Minister of Finance

Living former Ministers of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture Term Age
Bert de Vries 1990 (1938-03-29) 29 March 1938
Piet Bukman 1990–1994 (1934-02-07) 7 February 1934
Jozias van Aartsen 1994–1998 (1947-12-25) 25 December 1947
Haijo Apotheker 1998–1999 (1950-06-05) 5 June 1950
Klaas de Vries 1999 (1943-04-28) 28 April 1943
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst 1999–2002 (1937-03-18) 18 March 1937
Cees Veerman 2002–2007 (1949-03-08) 8 March 1949
Gerda Verburg 2007–2010 (1957-08-19) 19 August 1957
Maxime Verhagen 2010–2012 (1956-09-14) 14 September 1956
Henk Kamp 2012–2017 (1952-07-23) 23 July 1952

List of State Secretaries for Agriculture
State Secretary for
Agriculture and Fisheries		 Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
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)
[34]
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)
[36]
Geke Faber
(born 1952)		 • Food Policy
• Nature
• Fisheries
• Forestry
• Animal Welfare		 3 August 1998 –
22 July 2002		 Labour Party Wim Kok
(Kok II)
[38]
Jan Odink
(1944–2018)		 • Fisheries
• Forestry
• Animal Welfare		 22 July 2002 –
27 May 2003		 Pim Fortuyn List Jan Peter
Balkenende
(Balkenende I)
[39]
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)
[43]
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)
[44]
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

Living former State Secretaries for Agriculture
State Secretary for Agriculture Term Age
Dzsingisz Gabor 1990–1994 (1940-03-14) 14 March 1940
Geke Faber 1998–2002 (1952-08-05) 5 August 1952
Henk Bleker 2010–2012 (1953-07-26) 26 July 1953
Co Verdaas 2012 (1966-08-05) 5 August 1966
Sharon Dijksma 2012–2015 (1971-04-16) 16 April 1971
Martijn van Dam 2015–2017 (1978-02-01) 1 February 1978

See also

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