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Piet Adema
Dutch politician (born 1964) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Tenure
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]
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Electoral history
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Notes
- Adema participated as a lijstduwer.
References
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