List of ministers of agriculture of the Netherlands
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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 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; 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 |