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Dutch politician and diplomat (1924 -1987)

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Pierre Lardinois
Lardinois in 1974

European Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 6 January 1973 – 6 January 1977
President	François-Xavier Ortoli
Preceded by	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza
Succeeded by	Finn Olav Gundelach
Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs
In office 28 January 1972 – 1 January 1973
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel
Preceded by	Roelof Nelissen
Succeeded by	Molly Geertsema
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 5 April 1967 – 1 January 1973
Prime Minister	Piet de Jong (1967–1971) Barend Biesheuvel (1971–1973)
Preceded by	Barend Biesheuvel
Succeeded by	Jaap Boersma (Ad interim)
Member of the Social and Economic Council
In office 1 February 1965 – 5 April 1967
Chairman	Jan de Pous
Member of the European Parliament
In office 14 October 1963 – 5 April 1967
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 11 May 1971 – 6 July 1971
In office 17 September 1963 – 5 April 1967
Parliamentary group	Catholic People's Party

Personal details
Born	Pierre Joseph Lardinois (1924-08-13)13 August 1924 Noorbeek, Netherlands
Died	16 July 1987(1987-07-16) (aged 62) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cause of death	Cancer
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Catholic People's Party (1950–1954, 1958–1980)
Spouse	Maria Peeters (m. 1950; died 1982)
Children	5
Alma mater	Wageningen Agricultural College (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Master of Science in Engineering)
Occupation	Politician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Agronomist · Agricultural engineer · Businessman · Banker · Corporate director · Trade association executive · Lobbyist

Pierre Joseph Lardinois (13 August 1924 – 16 July 1987) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and agronomist.

Lardinois applied at the Wageningen Agricultural College in June 1942 majoring in Agronomy. During the German occupation Lardinois continued his study but in March 1943 the refused to sign a loyalty oath to the German occupation authority but to escape prosecution he was forced to enlist in the Arbeitslager in the German armored production industry. Following the end of World War II Lardinois returned to the Wageningen Agricultural College and obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree in June 1947 before graduating with a Master of Science in Engineering degree in on 23 January 1951. Lardinois worked as an agronomist from October 1951 until February 1960 for the municipality of Purmerend from October 1951 until November 1952 and for the municipality of Eindhoven from November 1952 until February 1960. Lardinois worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries as an agricultural Attaché in London, England from February 1960 until September 1963.

Lardinois became a Member of the House of Representatives after Victor Marijnen was appointed as Prime Minister in the Cabinet Marijnen after the election of 1963, taking office on 17 September 1963. Lardinois was selected as a Member of the European Parliament and dual served in those positions, taking office on 14 October 1963. Lardinois also became active in the public sector, in December 1964 Lardinois was appointed as a trade association executive for the North Brabant Christian Farmers' association [nl] (NCB) serving as chairman from 1 January 1965 until 5 April 1967. After the election of 1967 Lardinois was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Cabinet De Jong, taking office on 5 April 1967. After the election of 1971 Lardinois returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 11 May 1971. Following the cabinet formation of 1971 Lardinois continued as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I, taking office on 6 July 1971. Lardinois was also appointed as Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs, taking office on 28 January 1972. The Cabinet Biesheuvel I fell just one year later on 19 July 1972 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Biesheuvel II with Lardinois continuing as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs, taking office on 9 August 1972.

In December 1972 Lardinois was nominated as the next European Commissioner from the Netherlands. Lardinois was giving the portfolios of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Ortoli Commission, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs on 1 January 1973 and was installed as European Commissioner, serving from 6 January 1973 until 6 January 1977.

Lardinois retired after spending 13 years in national politics and became active in the private sector, in December 1976 Lardinois was appointed as CEO and Chairman of the Board of directors of the Rabobank serving from 1 January 1977 until 1 September 1986.

Lardinois was known for his abilities as a manager and policy wonk. Lardinois continued to comment on political affairs until his death from cancer at the age of 62.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre	Holy See	15 April 1968
	Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	19 May 1969
	Grand Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown	Luxembourg	28 September 1970
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	8 June 1973
	Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour	France	11 November 1974
	Knight Commander of the Order of Merit	Germany	15 August 1976
	Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	1 January 1977
	Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit	France	15 February 1977
	Grand Cordon of the Honorary Order of the Palm	Suriname	25 April 1978

References

"Lardinois, Petrus Josephus (1924-1987)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
"Pierre Lardinois Dies at 62; A Dutch and Europe Official". Associated Press. 19 July 1987. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Ir. P.J. (Pierre) Lardinois Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded byBarend Biesheuvel	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 1967–1973	Succeeded byJaap Boersma Ad interim
Preceded byRoelof Nelissen	Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs 1972–1973	Succeeded byMolly Geertsema
Preceded bySicco Mansholt	European Commissioner from the Netherlands 1973–1977	Succeeded byHenk Vredeling
Preceded byCarlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	European Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries 1973–1977	Succeeded byFinn Olav Gundelach
Business positions
Preceded byUnknown	Chairman of the North Brabant Christian Farmers' association [nl] 1965–1967	Succeeded byUnknown
Preceded byBram Verhage	CEO and Chairman of the Board of directors of the Rabobank 1977–1986	Succeeded byHerman Wijffels

v t e European Commissioners from the Netherlands
Sicco Mansholt (1958–1973) Maan Sassen (1967–1970) Pierre Lardinois (1973–1977) Henk Vredeling (1977–1981) Frans Andriessen (1981–1993) Hans van den Broek (1993–1999) Frits Bolkestein (1999–2004) Neelie Kroes (2004–2014) Frans Timmermans (2014–2023) Wopke Hoekstra (since 2023)

v t e Ministers of kingdom relations of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Korthals Biesheuvel Bakker Nelissen Lardinois Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Van der Stee Den Uyl De Koning Lubbers Hirsch Ballin Lubbers Voorhoeve Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes De Graaf Pechtold Nicolaï Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk Ollongren Knops Ollongren Bruins Slot De Jonge Uitermark

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 « 1952–1958 « Dutch members of the European Parliament, 1958–1979 » 1979–1984 »
Labour Party	Wim Albers Nel Barendregt Jan Broeksz Jaap Burger Marinus van der Goes van Naters Arie van der Hek Reint Laan Cees Laban Jan Lamberts Gerard Nederhorst Ad Oele Schelto Patijn Siep Posthumus Jan Pronk Max van der Stoel Henk Vredeling Ep Wieldraaijer
Catholic People's Party	Marius van Amelsvoort Pieter Blaisse Tiemen Brouwer Flip van Campen M.M.A.A. Janssen Pierre Lardinois Joep Mommersteeg Harrij Notenboom Kees van der Ploeg Kees Raedts Piet van der Sanden Maan Sassen Wim Schuijt Wim Vergeer Tjerk Westerterp
Anti-Revolutionary Party	Barend Biesheuvel Jaap Boersma Kees Boertien Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Cees Hazenbosch Jan de Koning Willem Rip Jacqueline Rutgers
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Baas Cees Berkhouwer Frederik Gerard van Dijk Henk Korthals Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen Bob de Wilde
Christian Historical Union	Corstiaan Bos Johan van Hulst Franz Lichtenauer Durk van der Mei Willem Scholten Teun Tolman
Democrats 66	Doeke Eisma Maarten Engwirda
Political Party of Radicals	Henk Waltmans
Communist Party of the Netherlands	Wessel Hartog

v t e Second Biesheuvel cabinet (1972–1973)
Preceded: First Biesheuvel cabinet Succeed: Den Uyl cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harrie Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management and Housing and Spatial Planning) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1972–1973) Jaap Boersma (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Pierre Lardinois (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1972–1973) Molly Geertsema (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1973) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy)
State Secretaries	Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Jan Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) (1972) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e First Biesheuvel cabinet (1971–1972)
Preceded: De Jong cabinet Succeed: Second Biesheuvel cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harrie Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and the Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Willem Drees Jr. (Transport and Water Management) (1971–1972) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management) (from 1972) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) Bé Udink (Housing and Spatial Planning) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Roelof Nelissen (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1971–1972) Pierre Lardinois (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1972) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Mauk de Brauw (Higher Education and Science Policy) (1971–1972) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy) (from 1972)
State Secretaries	Jan van Stuijvenberg (Interior) (1971–1972) Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Jan Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) (1971–1972) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e De Jong cabinet (1967–1971)
Preceded: Zijlstra cabinet Succeed: First Biesheuvel cabinet
Prime Minister	Piet de Jong (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Johan Witteveen (Finance) Joop Bakker (Transport and Water Management and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Henk Beernink (Interior) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Carel Polak (Justice) Leo de Block (Economic Affairs) (1967–1970) Johan Witteveen (Economic Affairs) (Ad interim) Roelof Nelissen (Economic Affairs) (from 1970) Willem den Toom (Defence) Bauke Roolvink (Social Affairs and Health) Gerard Veringa (Education and Sciences) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) Wim Schut (Housing and Spatial Planning) Marga Klompé (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Bé Udink (Aid to Developing Countries)
State Secretaries	Chris van Veen (Interior) Hans de Koster (Foreign Affairs) Ferd Grapperhaus (Finance) Klaas Wiersma (Justice) Louis van Son (Economic Affairs) Joop Haex (Defence) Adri van Es (Defence) Bob Duynstee (Defence) Roelof Kruisinga (Social Affairs and Health) Hans Grosheide (Education and Sciences) Mike Keyzer (Transport and Water Management) Hein van de Poel (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

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