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 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 (teamleader)

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

  • Agricultural transition
  • Goal-centred management
  • Earning capacity
  • Manure
  • Organic agriculture

 Judith van Kessel (coordinator foreign policy)

Absent on Wednesdays

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

  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Nature restoration law
  • Integrated environmental permits concerning nature
  • Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
  • Agri-environmental stewardship

Lisanne de Roos 

Absent on Fridays

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

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

Sebastiaan Heuschen 

+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

Robert Runia (press officer)

Absent on Fridays

+31 6 29 67 78 74
r.h.c.runia@minlnv.nl

  • General press officer
  • General interview requests for Jaimi van Essen

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

Thalina van Aerts (teamleader)

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

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

Vincent Triest

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

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

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
  • Leaseholds
  • Corporate affairs
  • General interview requests for Silvio Erkens

Rosa Hordijk (press officer)

+31 6 27 35 46 99
r.hordijk@minlnv.nl

  • Animal health and animal diseases