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Cees Veerman
Veerman in 2007

Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
In office 1 July 2003 – 22 February 2007
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Himself as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries
Succeeded by	Gerda Verburg
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries
In office 22 July 2002 – 1 July 2003
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
Succeeded by	Himself as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries<
Member of the Social and Economic Council
In office 1 January 1990 – 1 January 1993
Chairman	Theo Quené

Personal details
Born	Cornelis Pieter Veerman (1949-03-08) 8 March 1949 (age 75) Nieuw-Beijerland, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (since 1980)
Other political affiliations	Christian Historical Union (until 1980)
Residence(s)	Nieuw-Beijerland, Netherlands
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam (Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics) Wageningen University (Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Economist · Researcher · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Academic administrator · Farmer · Professor

Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Veerman (born 8 March 1949) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.

Veerman applied at the Rotterdam School of Economics in May 1967 majoring in Economics obtaining a Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1969 working as a student researcher before obtaining a Master of Economics degree in July 1973. Veerman worked as an economics teacher in Delft from October 1971 until January 1976. Veerman served on the Municipal Council of Nieuw-Beijerland from May 1973 until June 1980 and on the Municipal Council of Korendijk from February 1986 until September 1991. Veerman worked as an associate professor of economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from January 1976 until September 1989. Veerman applied at the Wageningen University in April 1979 for a postgraduate education in Economics working as a researcher and got a doctorate as a Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural economics in August 1983. Veerman worked as a distinguished professor of Agricultural economics at the Tilburg University from September 1989 until July 2002 and as a distinguished professor of Agricultural economics and Public administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from May 1990 until August 1997. Veerman also became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Ernst & Young, LEI Wageningen UR and the General Bank of the Netherlands) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Social and Economic Council). Veerman also served as Chairman of the Education board of the Wageningen University from 1 May 1997 until 22 July 2002.

Biography

Early life

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.

Politics

Veerman served as the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality for the Netherlands in the third. 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.

Trivia

he 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.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	11 April 2007

References

(in Dutch) NOVA Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
(in Dutch) Deltacommissie

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Dr. C.P. (Cees) Veerman Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded byLaurens Jan Brinkhorst	Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries 2002–2003	Succeeded byHimself as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Preceded byHimself as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries	Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality 2003–2007	Succeeded byGerda Verburg
Business positions
Preceded byPieter Bouw	Chairman of the VU University Medical Center 2012–2013	Succeeded byWouter Bos
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded byHerman Wijffels	Chairman of the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten 2007–2011	Succeeded byHans Wijers
Academic offices
Preceded byUnknown	President of the Wageningen University 1997–2002	Succeeded byUnknown

v t e Ministers of agriculture of the Netherlands
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Veegens Talma Treub Posthuma Van IJsselsteyn Ruijs de Beerenbrouck De Geer Kan Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Verschuur Colijn Steenberghe Gelissen Deckers Steenberghe Colijn Van Rhijn Steenberghe Van den Tempel Kerstens Van den Broek De Booy Gispen Mansholt Staf Vondeling Staf Marijnen Biesheuvel Lardinois Boersma Brouwer Van der Stee Braks De Koning Braks B. De Vries Bukman Van Aartsen Apotheker K. De Vries Brinkhorst Veerman Verburg Verhagen Kamp Schouten Staghouwer Adema Wiersma

v t e Third Balkenende cabinet (2006–2007)
Preceded by: Second Balkenende cabinet Succeeded by: Fourth Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Gerrit Zalm (Finance)
Ministers	Johan Remkes (Interior) Ben Bot (Foreign Affairs) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) (2006) Rita Verdonk (Justice) (ad interim) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) (from 2006) Joop Wijn (Economic Affairs) Henk Kamp (Defence) Hans Hoogervorst (Health, Welfare and Sport) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Karla Peijs (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Sybilla Dekker (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (2006) Pieter Winsemius (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 2006)
Ministers without portfolio	Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) Atzo Nicolaï (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation)
State secretaries	Karien van Gennip (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Bruno Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Henk van Hoof (Social Affairs and Employment) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

v t e Second Balkenende cabinet (2003–2006)

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Thom de Graaf (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2003–2005) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Economic Affairs) (2005–2006)
Ministers	Johan Remkes (Interior) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Foreign Affairs) (2003) Ben Bot (Foreign Affairs) (from 2003) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) Gerrit Zalm (Economic Affairs) (ad interim) Henk Kamp (Defence) Hans Hoogervorst (Health, Welfare and Sport) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Karla Peijs (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Sybilla Dekker (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Ministers without portfolio	Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation) Alexander Pechtold (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2005–2006)
State secretaries	Atzo Nicolaï (Foreign Affairs) Joop Wijn (Finance) Karien van Gennip (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Annette Nijs (Education, Culture and Science) (2003–2004) Medy van der Laan (Education, Culture and Science) Mark Rutte (Education, Culture and Science) (2004–2006) Bruno Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) (from 2006) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Mark Rutte (Social Affairs and Employment) (2003–2004) Henk van Hoof (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2004) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

v t e First Balkenende cabinet (2002–2003)
Preceded by: Second Kok cabinet Succeeded by: Second Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Eduard Bomhoff (Health, Welfare and Sport) (2002) Johan Remkes (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Roelf de Boer (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (from 2002)
Ministers	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Foreign Affairs) Hans Hoogervorst (Finance) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) Herman Heinsbroek (Economic Affairs) (2002) Hans Hoogervorst (Economic Affairs) (from 2002) Benk Korthals (Defence) (2002) Henk Kamp (Defence) (from 2002) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Aart Jan de Geus (Health, Welfare and Sport) (from 2002) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Henk Kamp (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Hilbrand Nawijn (Integration and Immigration)
State secretaries	Rob Hessing (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Atzo Nicolaï (Foreign Affairs) Agnes van Ardenne (Foreign Affairs) Steven van Eijck (Finance) Joop Wijn (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Cees van Leeuwen (Education, Culture and Science) Annette Nijs (Education, Culture and Science) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Jan Odink (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Mark Rutte (Social Affairs and Employment) Philomena Bijlhout (Social Affairs and Employment) (22 July 2002) Khee Liang Phoa (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2002) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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