Deputy Femke Wiersma is exchanging Friesland for The Hague to work within the new cupboard for BBB as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Meals Safety and Nature. Retired LNV official Jean Rummenie will turn into the State Secretary for Fisheries, Meals Safety and Nature. BBB introduced this on Thursday followingnoon.
Femke Wiersma (39) was born in Dokkum, has a boyfriend (Jort) and 4 kids. She lives in Holwert, Friesland. Wiersma will turn into Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Meals Safety and Nature on behalf of BBB. Since July 2023, she has been a consultant on behalf of BBB within the province of Fryslân with the portfolios of Agriculture, Coordination of Frisian, Rural Space Program, Sports activities, Well being and Social Coverage, Aviation and Heritage.
She was additionally a board member of the Interprovincial Session (IPO) and chairman of the Rural Space Committee of the IPO. Femke was senior coverage officer for Agriculture on the BBB Home of Representatives faction from 2021 to 2023 and was beforehand a part of the BBB social gathering board (2019-2021). Throughout the 2021 Home of Representatives elections, she was quantity 2 on the candidate checklist and acquired greater than 25,000 of a complete of 104,000 votes. Beforehand, she was a coverage officer on the Dutch Dairy Farmers’ Union and was an advisor to the Affiliation for the Preservation of Farmers & the Atmosphere and the Staff Agro NL Basis.
Wiersma is proud of the appointment: “It is improbable that we at the moment are collaborating on this Cupboard, as BBB we actually take duty, even relating to advanced information. We do not run away from that. I take into account it an incredible honor to be entrusted with this extraordinarily vital activity. Within the coming years I’ll do my utmost to revive prospects for farmers, gardeners, growers and fishermen.”
Jean Rummenie
Jean Rummenie (70), was born in Amsterdam, married and lives together with his husband in The Hague (ZH). Rummenie will turn into State Secretary for Fisheries, Nature and Meals Safety (additionally Greenhouse Horticulture and the Netherlands Meals and Shopper Product Security Authority, NVWA). Rummenie was in eighth place on the BBB candidate checklist for the Home of Representatives elections in November 2023. As an Agricultural Councilor, he performed many worldwide negotiations for the previous Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Meals High quality in international locations comparable to Mexico, Cuba, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hungary, Argentina and Singapore. Rummenie, who speaks 5 languages (Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish) is aware of her manner round Brussels effectively. Along with his data and huge community in and outdoors Europe, he’s the perfect candidate for BBB to advocate for the pursuits of Dutch farmers, gardeners, growers and fishermen within the Netherlands and the EU.
Rummenie: “I’ve been capable of serve the agricultural sector all my life, which is a diamond of the Netherlands. Everybody overseas speaks with admiration regarding our agricultural sector. I’m very completely satisfied that I can try this once more on this place and can battle for the pursuits of our Dutch farmers, gardeners, growers and fishermen within the Netherlands and Brussels.”
5 ministers
Mona Keijzer may even turn into Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning and Deputy Prime Minister. Eddie van Marum, presently a Member of Parliament in Groningen, will, as State Secretary, lead the restoration operation of the earthquake harm in Groningen. MP Gijs Tuinman strikes on to the cupboard and turns into State Secretary for Protection.
BBB offers a complete of two ministers and three state secretaries. Celebration chief and faction chairman of BBB, Caroline van der Plas, is proud of the brand new group of ministers and proud. “It has by no means occurred that such a younger social gathering has achieved a lot in a short while. We entered the Home of Representatives in 2021 with 1 seat, and now take part within the Cupboard as a celebration with 7 seats within the Home of Representatives. Furthermore, we’re the most important faction within the Senate (16 seats), we turned the most important in all provinces in March 2023, we’re within the Faculty of Provincial Government in 10 of the 12 provinces, we take part in all 21 boards of the Provincial Government. Water boards and we offer 2 seats within the European Parliament. There is no such thing as a social gathering in Dutch historical past that has imitated us.”
