List of ministers of agriculture of the Netherlands
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{{Infobox official post
|post = Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries, Food Security
and Nature
|body = the Netherlands
|native_name = Minister van Landbouw,
Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
|flag = Flag of the Netherlands.svg
|flagsize = 250x250px
|flagcaption = Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
|insignia = Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit Logo.png
|insigniasize = 250x250px
|insigniacaption = Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature
|image = Femke WIERSMA July 2024 (cropped).jpg
|imagesize = 250x250px
|alt = Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature Femke Wiersma
|incumbent = Femke Wiersma
|incumbentsince = {{Start date and years ago|2024|07|02|df=y}}
|type =
|status =
|department = Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature
|style = His/Her Excellency
|member_of = Council of Ministers
|reports_to =
|residence =
|seat =
|nominator =
|appointer = The Monarch
|appointer_qualified = on advice of the Prime Minister
|termlength =
|termlength_qualified =
|constituting_instrument =
|precursor =
|first = Alexander Gogel
as Minister of the Interior
{{Start date and years ago|1801|06|19|df=y}}
Jacob Veegens
as Minister of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industry
{{Start date and years ago|1906|07|01|df=y}}
|last =
|abolished =
|succession =
|abbreviation =
|unofficial_names =
|deputy = Jean Rummenie
as State Secretary for Fisheries, Food Security and Nature
|salary = €157,287 ({{As of|2017}})
(including €4,193 of expenses)
|website = [https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-agriculture-fisheries-food-security-and-nature Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature]
}}
{{Politics of the Netherlands}}
The minister of agriculture, fisheries, food security and nature ({{langx|nl|Minister van Landbouw, Visserij, Voedselzekerheid en Natuur}}) is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Femke Wiersma of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) who has been in office since 2 July 2024. The current state secretary of Fisheries, Food Security and Nature is the minister's fellow party member Jean Rummenie.
List of ministers
=Agriculture (1906–1940)=
=Agriculture and fisheries (since 1940)=
:{{note_label|Resigned|Resigned}}
:{{note_label|Ad Interim|Ad Interim}}
:{{note_label|Deputy Prime Minister|Deputy Prime Minister}}
:{{note_label|Minister1|Minister of Social Affairs}}
:{{note_label|Minister2|Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping}}
:{{note_label|Minister3|Minister of Finance}}
:{{note_label|Minister4|Minister of Defence}}
:{{note_label|Minister5|Minister for Kingdom Relations}}
:{{note_label|Minister6|Minister of Social Affairs and Employment}}
:{{note_label|Minister7|Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions}}
:{{note_label|Appointed1|Appointed as President of the Court of Audit}}
:{{note_label|Appointed2|Appointed as European Commissioner}}
:{{note_label|Appointed3|Appointed as Minister of Finance}}
List of ministers without portfolio
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan=3 | Minister without Portfolio
! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! Party ! Prime Minister |
|---|
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|
| File:Christianne van der Wal, 2023 (cropped).png | Christianne | • Nature Conservation | 10 January 2022 – | People's Party | Mark Rutte |
List of state secretaries for agriculture
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | State Secretary for ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! Party ! Prime Minister |
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|
| File:Ad Ploeg van de VVD aan het woord, Bestanddeelnr 930-5739.jpg | Ad Ploeg | • Food Policy | 8 November 1982 – |
| colspan=3 | State Secretary for Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! Party ! Prime Minister |
|---|
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"|
| 120px | Dzsingisz Gabor | • Food Policy | 28 September 1990 – |
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"|
| Geke Faber | • Food Policy | 3 August 1998 – |
| style="background:{{party color|Pim Fortuyn List}};"|
| 120px | Jan Odink | • Fisheries | 22 July 2002 – |
| colspan=3 | State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! Party ! Prime Minister |
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"|
| File:Henk-bleker-portret.jpg | Dr. | • Trade and Export | 14 October 2010 – | Mark Rutte |
| colspan=3 | State Secretary for Economic Affairs ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! Party ! Prime Minister |
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"|
| File:Co Verdaas 2012 (highres).jpg | Dr. | rowspan=3 | • Agriculture | 5 November 2012 – | rowspan=3 | Mark Rutte |
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"|
| File:Sharon Dijksma 2015 (1).jpg | Sharon Dijksma | 18 December 2012 – |
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"|
| File:Martijn van Dam 2015 (1).jpg | Martijn van Dam | 3 November 2015 – |
| colspan=3 | State Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! Party ! Prime Minister |
| style="background:{{party color|Farmer–Citizen Movement}};"|
| File:Jean Rummenie, November 2024.jpg | Jean Rummenie | • Fisheries | 2 July 2024 – | Dick Schoof |
:{{note_label|Resigned|Resigned}}
:{{note_label|Title|Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister}}
:{{note_label|Appointed4|Appointed as State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment}}
See also
References
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{{Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands}}
{{Government of the Netherlands}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands}}