Cees Veerman
| Cees Veerman | |
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| Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality | |
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In office 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst |
| Succeeded by | Gerda Verburg |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Cornelis Pieter Veerman 8 March 1949 Nieuw-Beijerland, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
CHU (1973-1980) CDA (from 1980) |
| Alma mater |
Erasmus University Rotterdam (BEc) Wageningen University and Research Centre (PhD) |
| Occupation |
Politician Economist Farmer Professor Teacher |
| Religion | Protestant Church in the Netherlands |
Cornelis Pieter (Cees) Veerman (born 8 March 1949) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality from 22 July 2002 until 22 February 2007.
Veerman attended Erasmus University in Rotterdam, then went on to attain a doctorate degree of economic science at Wageningen University in 1983.
After attaining his degree, Veerman taught economics at a secondary school. In 1989 he taught agricultural business economics and sociology at Tilburg University. A year later, Veerman became a professor of agribusiness at his alma-mater, Erasmus University, then in 1997, became chairman of the board of management at Wageningen University.
Veerman served as the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality for the Netherlands in the third and fourth cabinet Balkenende. He was also President of the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers. Some of the key issues he was focused on include the relationship between agriculture and society (especially combating poverty), the relationship between farming and nature, and reforms for the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which includes the feud over European farm aid. He is very influential in international environmental affairs. He was succeeded by Gerda Verburg on 22 February 2007.
Veerman has sat as a member on various supervisory boards throughout his career. Some of these boards include the National Cooperative Council for Agricultural and Horticulture, the board of the Horticultural Auction Association, the DLO Agricultural Economics Research Institute, the Moret, Ernst & Young advisory board, the Nieuw-Beijerland municipal council for the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA), and the Social and Economic Council.
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