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Information for the press

Below you can find the contact details of the press secretaries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. Press secretaries can only be contacted by members of the press. 

If you are not a journalist, please use the contact form.

Director of Communications

Judith Sluiter 
+31 6 20 25 26 06
J.Sluiter@minlnv.nl

Chief Press Secretary, head of public appearances, online and speeches (Deputy Director of Communications)

Rudi Buis
+31 6 11 20 16 24
A.G.Buis@minlnv.nl

Press secretaries

There is always a press secretary on call from Friday evening to Sunday evening. Please use the standby number +31 6 29 17 79 38.

Press secretaries to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, Jaimi van Essen

Elise van den Bosch (team leader)

+31 6 52 82 09 37
E.vandenBosch@minlnv.nl

  • Agricultural transition
  • Goal-centred management
  • Earning capacity
  • Manure
  • Organic agriculture
  • Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Thalina van Aerts

+31 6 11 65 77 79
t.c.vanaerts@minlnv.nl

  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Nature restoration law
  • Integrated environmental permits concerning nature
  • Agri-environmental stewardship

Lisanne de Roos (away on Fridays) and Sebastiaan Heuschen

+31 6 31 98 71 47
l.c.a.deroos@minlnv.nl  

+31 6 50 02 57 73
s.j.e.j.heuschen@minlnv.nl

  • Nitrogen
  • Holdings operating under the integrated nitrogen strategy (‘PAS-notifications’)
  • Critical deposition value
  • Regional packages / zoning

Press secretaries to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, Silvio Erkens

Judith van Kessel (absent on Wednesdays)

+31 6 15 68 57 55
j.e.p.vankessel@minlnv.nl

  • Animal welfare (livestock)
  • Humane livestock production
  • Animal health and animal diseases

Frank Verhoef 

+31 6 15 55 49 86
f.j.verhoef@minlnv.nl

  • Animal health (avian flu and other animal diseases)

Jet Otten, press officer

+31 6 50 01 78 68
j.otten1@minlnv.nl

  • Animal welfare (pets)
  • Animal health and animal diseases
  • Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and other inspection services

Vincent Triest 

+31 6 46 12 64 57  
v.g.triest@minlnv.nl

  • Fisheries
  • Crop protection
  • Horticulture and greenhouse horticulture and plant breeding
  • Wolf management
  • Leaseholds

Daan van Ommen, press officer

+31 6 296 778 76
d.m.l.m.vanommen@minlnv.nl

  • Food security and food quality
  • National land bank
  • Corporate affairs
  • General interview requests for Silvio Erkens