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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 and speeches

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

Elise van den Bosch (away from 29 July to 23 August)

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

  • Future of farming
  • Earning capacity
  • Manure
  • Innovation

Thalina van Aerts   

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

  • Europe/CAP
  • Plant protection
  • Animal welfare (livestock)
  • Animal health

Lisanne de Roos (away until 19 July inclusive)

+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

Daan van Ommen, press officer (away from 12 to 16 August)

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

  • Animal welfare (pets)
  • Climate
  • Food security
  • Corporate affairs and general requests for interviews with the Minister

Press secretaries to the State Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature

Cindy Heijdra (away from 22 July to 16 August) 

+31 6 31 10 27 41
c.m.heijdra@minlnv.nl

  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Staatsbosbeheer (Dutch forestry commission)
  • Integrated environmental permits concerning nature

Dylan de Gruijl (away from 15 July to 13 August)

+31 6 31 01 81 37
d.degruijl@minlnv.nl 

  • Fisheries
  • Horticulture and greenhouse horticulture

Carlotte Teunissen (away from 19 to 23 August)

+31 6 29 69 08 19
c.t.teunissen@minlnv.nl

  • Food security
  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
  • General requests for interviews with the State Secretary

Judith van Kessel (away until 8 September inclusive)

  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Staatsbosbeheer (Dutch forestry commission)
  • Integrated environmental permits concerning nature