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 | |
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 Jacob Veegens as Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry 1 July 1906 |
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.
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] | ||
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 | ||||
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