Piet Adema | |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality |
Term Start: | 3 October 2022 |
Term End: | 2 July 2024 |
Primeminister: | Mark Rutte |
Predecessor: | Henk Staghouwer |
Successor: | Femke Wiersma |
Office1: | Chairman of the Christian Union |
Term Start1: | 13 April 2013 |
Term End1: | 17 April 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Klaas Tigelaar |
Successor1: | Ankie van Tatenhove |
Birthname: | Pieter Adema |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1964 |
Birth Place: | Opeinde, Friesland, Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Party: | Christian Union |
Occupation: | politician civil servant |
Pieter "Piet" Adema (born 6 November 1964) is a Dutch politician. From 3 October 2022 to 2 July 2024, he served as the minister of agriculture, nature and food quality on behalf of the Christian Union (CU) in the fourth Rutte cabinet.[1]
Following the collapse of the fourth Rutte cabinet in July 2023, Adema continued serving as demissionary minister. He sent a plan to the House of Representatives in April 2024 to tackle the Dutch manure crisis, a manure surplus that would likely result from the Netherlands losing its exemption in 2026 from a limit in the European Union's (EU) Nitrates Directive on the fertilization of farmland with manure. Adema's proposal included a buyout program and would lead to a decrease in the livestock population. The PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB – representing a majority in the House – called on the minister to hold off the plans due to the ongoing cabinet formation.[2] [3]
Adema is known for his push for animal welfare, an example of this can be seen in his work on a ban on owning animals with harmful external characteristics, such as a cat with folded ears or a dog with a short snout..[4] Additionally, in 2024, Adema started working on a ban on "puppy yoga".[5]
His term as minister ended on 2 July 2024, when the Schoof cabinet was sworn in.[6]
Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||||||
2010 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | style=text-align:right | 24 | style=text-align:right | 533 | style=text-align:right | 5 | [7] | |||
2012 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | style=text-align:right | 24 | style=text-align:right | 502 | style=text-align:right | 5 | [8] | |||
2023 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | style=text-align:right | 45 | style=text-align:right | 224 | style=text-align:right | 3 | [9] |