Jean RummenieMinister for Fishery, Food Security, Horticulture and Nature Conservation
Born on 13 July 1953 in Amsterdam, married
Party: Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB)
Dutch agriculture, horticulture and fisheries are global leaders in sustainable and efficient production. I am committed to retaining a strong sector that also contributes to enhancing our unique cultivated landscape and our areas of natural beauty. Our fishers are part and parcel of the Netherlands’ identity and play a key role in our food supply.
Fisheries (inclusive large bodies of water)
Horticulture (inclusive plant breeders’ rights)
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
Inspectorates (Skal organic certification, BKD (flower bulb quality and health), NAK (arable seeds and tubers), Naktuinbouw (inspection service for horticulture), COKZ (safety and quality of dairy products, eggs and egg products), Quality Control Bureau (KCB))
Nature and biodiversity
Staatsbosbeheer (Dutch forestry commission)
2 July 2024
Appointed Minister for Fishery, Food Security, Horticulture and Nature Conservation in the Schoof government
September 2023 – July 2024
Candidate for the House of Representatives for BBB
August 2014 – September 2019
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Mexico City (Mexico, Cuba and Colombia)
August 2010 – July 2014
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Jakarta (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)
August 2009 – August 2010
Foreign service policy coordinator, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
January 2008 – April 2009
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Seoul (South Korea and Taiwan)
September 2003 – December 2007
Trade policy coordinator, Department of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
September 1998 – August 2003
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Buenos Aires (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay)
April 1997 – August 1998
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Budapest (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and other countries)
January 1995 – March 1997
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Madrid (Spain and Morocco)
September 1992 – December 1994
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Washington DC (United States, Puerto Rico and Canada)
August 1989 – August 1992
Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Vienna (Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Hungary)
June 1983 – August 1989
Policy officer, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
1972 – 1982
Horticultural plant cultivation and General agricultural economics, Wageningen Agricultural University
