Jean Rummenie
Jean Rummenie | |
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 Rummenie in 2024 | |
| State Secretary for Fisheries, Food Security and Nature | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Dick Schoof |
| Minister | Femke Wiersma |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean F. Rummenie 13 July 1953 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | Farmer–Citizen Movement |
| Occupation |
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Jean F. Rummenie (Dutch: [ˈʑɑ̃ː ryməˈni];[1] born 13 July 1953) is a Dutch agricultural engineer, civil servant and politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). He has served as State Secretary for Fisheries, Food Security and Nature in the Schoof cabinet since July 2024.[2]
Career
[edit]An agricultural engineer, Rummenie had an extensive career at the Ministry of Agriculture. Besides roles in The Hague, he served as an agricultural attaché in Hungary, Poland, the United States, Argentina, Indonesia and Mexico. He was involved in negotiations to allow Dutch products to be sold internationally.[3]
Rummenie ran for the House of Representatives in November 2023 as the eighth candidate of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). He was not elected, as his party secured seven seats.[3][4] After the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB formed the Schoof cabinet, Rummenie was sworn in as State Secretary for Fisheries, Food Security and Nature on 2 July 2024.[3][5] His portfolio includes fisheries, horticulture, NVWA, inspections, nature, biodiversity, and Staatsbosbeheer.[6]
He outlined a plan to mitigate wolf-related nuisances following their re-settlement in the Netherlands years earlier, where they are protected under the Berne Convention. Rummenie suggested killing wolves that exhibit aggressive behavior toward humans or repeatedly attack protected livestock, and he proposed forming a team to assist farmers with installing fencing.[7]
Electoral history
[edit]| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Farmer–Citizen Movement | 8 | 342 | 7 | Lost | [4] | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Beoogde BBB-bewindslieden staan voor 'enorme opgave'". YouTube. BNR. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Ir. J.F. (Jean) Rummenie". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Staatssecretaris Jean Rummenie ging wereld over voor Nederlandse landbouw" [State Secretary Jean Rummenie traveled the world for Dutch agriculture]. NOS (in Dutch). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Model P 22-1: Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal" [Model P 22–1: Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives] (PDF). Staatscourant (in Dutch). Vol. 2024, no. 119. 24 January 2024. pp. 103–141, 190. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via Overheid.nl.
- ^ "Ministers en staatssecretarissen kabinet-Schoof beëdigd" [Ministers and state secretaries of Schoof cabinet sworn in]. NOS (in Dutch). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Jean Rummenie". Government of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Van der Plicht, Job (17 December 2024). "Staatssecretaris wil wolven doden die meerdere keren beschermd vee aanvallen" [State secretary wants to kill wolves that attack protected livestock multiple times]. NU.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
