Piet Adema the new Minister of Agriculture

Piet Adema is the new Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) as of today (Monday 3 October). He will take the place of Henk Staghouwer on behalf of the ChristenUnie. His party announced this around noon.

Adema (1964) was previously deputy of the province of Friesland, acting mayor in Achtkarspelen, Tynaarlo and Borger-Odoorn and party chairman of the ChristenUnie. He is currently a director and supervisor in the entrepreneurial sector, including construction. Adema may be less known to the general public, but he was chairman of the Christian Union for eight years, from 2013 to 2021. Adema started his political career at the GPV, the Reformed Political Association, which merged into the ChristenUnie in 2001.

Agriculture is the future
In addition to politics, Adema has also been administratively active in business in recent years, but mainly in construction and not in agriculture. In a statement from the ChristenUnie, Adema says that agriculture has a future and must change, but also that peace is needed. "Agriculture has a future in our country. Yes, things have to change and most livestock farmers, arable farmers, horticulturists and fishermen know and want that too. But they do need clarity, peace and certainty about the future. Only then can confidence grow again in government. I want to work together with the sector on future-proof agriculture, with which we can move forward in the coming decades. With an eye for nature, climate and water quality. That is not an easy task, but I am sure that if we If we work well together, we can really handle it."

CU party chairman Gert Jan Segers reports in a tweet: 'It is now important that we do not stand against each other, but put our shoulders together for the agriculture of the future. With all his experience, Piet Adema is the right person for me to take on this important challenge together with the farmers.'

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