List of Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands
List of Ministers of Agriculture
ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

List of Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands

Section Title: List of Ministers of Agriculture
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵈ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁱᵐ Served ad interim.

Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Jacob Veegens	Jacob Veegens (1845–1910)	1 July 1906 – 12 February 1908	Free-thinking Democratic League	Theo de Meester (De Meester)

Syb Talma	Syb Talma (1864–1916)	12 February 1908 – 29 August 1913	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Theo Heemskerk (T. Heemskerk)

Willem Treub	Willem Treub (also Minister of Finance 1914) (1858–1931)	29 August 1913 – 19 November 1914	Free-thinking Democratic League	Pieter Cort van der Linden (Cort van der Linden)

Folkert Posthuma	Folkert Posthuma (1874–1943)	19 November 1914 – 9 September 1918	Independent Liberal (Conservative Liberal)

Hendrik van IJsselsteyn	Hendrik van IJsselsteyn (1874–1942)	9 September 1918 – 13 September 1922	Independent Christian Democrat (Protestant)	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	Jonkheer Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Prime Minister) (1873–1936)	13 September 1922 – 1 January 1923	Roman Catholic State Party

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II)

Minister of the Interior and Agriculture	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	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)

Dirk Jan de Geer	Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960)	4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926	Christian Historical Union	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn I)

Jan Kan	Jan Kan (1873–1947)	8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929	Independent Liberal (Social Liberal)	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer I)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck	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)

Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Timotheus Verschuur	Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945)	1 May 1932 – 8 June 1933	Roman Catholic State Party	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III)

Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II)

Minister of Economic Affairs	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Timotheus Verschuur	Timotheus Verschuur (1886–1945)	8 June 1933 – 17 April 1934	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn II)

Hendrikus Colijn	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	17 April 1934 – 25 June 1934	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Max Steenberghe	Max Steenberghe (1899–1972)	25 June 1934 – 6 June 1935	Roman Catholic State Party

Henri Gelissen	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)

Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers	Dr. Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (1883–1978)	2 September 1935 – 24 June 1937	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn III)

Max Steenberghe	Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Economic Affairs) (1899–1972)	24 June 1937– 25 July 1939	Roman Catholic State Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn IV)

Minister of Economic Affairs	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Hendrikus Colijn	Dr. Hendrikus Colijn (Prime Minister) (1869–1944)	25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Hendrikus Colijn (Colijn V)

Max Steenberghe	Max Steenberghe (1899–1972)	10 August 1939 – 10 May 1940	Roman Catholic State Party	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II)

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Aat van Rhijn	Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986)	10 May 1940 – 1 May 1941	Christian Historical Union	Dirk Jan de Geer (De Geer II)

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy I)

Max Steenberghe	Max Steenberghe (also Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping and Minister of Finance (1941) (1899–1972)	1 May 1941 – 17 November 1941	Roman Catholic State Party

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II)

Jan van den Tempel	Dr. Jan van den Tempel (also Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping and Minister of Social Affairs) (1877–1955)	17 November 1941 – 8 January 1942	Social Democratic Workers' Party

Piet Kerstens	Piet Kerstens (also Minister of Commerce, Industry and Shipping) (1896–1958)	8 January 1942 – 31 May 1944	Roman Catholic State Party

Minister of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Johannes van den Broek	Johannes van den Broek (also Minister of Finance) (1882–1946)	31 May 1944 – 23 February 1945	Independent Liberal (Classical Liberal)	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II)

Hans Gispen	Hans Gispen (1905–1968)	23 February 1945 – 25 June 1945	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III)

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Sicco Mansholt	Dr. Sicco Mansholt (1908–1995)	25 June 1945 – 1 January 1958	Social Democratic Workers' Party	Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn–Drees)

Labour Party	Louis Beel (Beel I)

Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • I • II)

Willem Drees (Drees III)

Kees Staf	Kees Staf (Minister of War) (1905–1973)	1 January 1958 – 13 January 1958	Christian Historical Union

Anne Vondeling	Dr. Anne Vondeling (1916–1979)	13 January 1958 – 22 December 1958	Labour Party

Kees Staf	Kees Staf (also Minister of War) (1905–1973)	22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959	Christian Historical Union	Louis Beel (Beel II)

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Victor Marijnen	Victor Marijnen (1917–1975)	19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963	Catholic People's Party	Jan de Quay (De Quay)

Barend Biesheuvel	Barend Biesheuvel (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1920–2001)	24 July 1963 – 5 April 1967	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Jo Cals (Cals)

Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Pierre Lardinois	Pierre Lardinois (also Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs 1972–1973) (1924–1987)	5 April 1967 – 1 January 1973	Catholic People's Party	Piet de Jong (De Jong)

Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I)

Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel II)

Jaap Boersma	Jaap Boersma (Minister of Social Affairs) (1929–2012)	1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Tiemen Brouwer	Tiemen Brouwer (1916–1977)	11 May 1973 – 1 November 1973	Catholic People's Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)

Fons van der Stee	Fons van der Stee (also Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs 1977–1981) (1928–1999)	1 November 1973 – 5 March 1980	Catholic People's Party

Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)

Gerrit Braks	Gerrit Braks (1933–2017)	5 March 1980 – 11 September 1981	Catholic People's Party

Christian Democratic Appeal

Jan de Koning	Jan de Koning (also Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1926–1994)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III)

Gerrit Braks	Gerrit Braks (1933–2017)	4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II)

Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Gerrit Braks	Gerrit Braks (1933–2017)	7 November 1989 – 18 September 1990	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)

Bert de Vries	Dr. Bert de Vries (Minister of Social Affairs and Employment) (born 1938)	18 September 1990 – 28 September 1990	Christian Democratic Appeal

Piet Bukman	Piet Bukman (born 1934)	28 September 1990 – 22 August 1994	Christian Democratic Appeal

Jozias van Aartsen	Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947)	22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I)

Haijo Apotheker	Haijo Apotheker (born 1950)	3 August 1998 – 7 June 1999	Democrats 66	Wim Kok (Kok II)

Klaas de Vries	Klaas de Vries (Minister of Social Affairs and Employment) (born 1943)	7 June 1999 – 9 June 1999	Labour Party

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937)	9 June 1999 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66

Cees Veerman	Dr. Cees Veerman (born 1949)	22 July 2002 – 1 July 2003	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II)

Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Cees Veerman	Dr. Cees Veerman (born 1949)	1 July 2003 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III)

Gerda Verburg	Gerda Verburg (born 1957)	22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)

Office merged with the Minister of Economic Affairs as Minister of Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation

Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Maxime Verhagen (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1956)	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)

Name changed back to the Minister of Economic Affairs

Minister of Economic Affairs	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Henk Kamp	Henk Kamp (born 1952)	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

Office separated from the Minister of Economic Affairs back to Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Carola Schouten	Carola Schouten (Deputy Prime Minister) (born 1977)	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	Christian Union	Mark Rutte (Rutte III)

Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek

Sentence(s)

On 18 September 1990, the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Gerrit Braks(CDA), resigned.
On 18 September 1990, the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Gerrit Braks resigned.
On September 18, 1990 Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries, Gerrit Braks resigned.

final_sentence: On 18 September 1990, the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Gerrit Braks(CDA), resigned.
final_sentence: On 18 September 1990, the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Gerrit Braks resigned.
final_sentence: On September 18, 1990 Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries, Gerrit Braks resigned.