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I am committed to retaining a strong sector that also contributes to enhancing our unique cultivated landscape and our areas of natural beauty. Our fishers are part and parcel of the Netherlands’ identity and play a key role in our food supply.</p> </blockquote><div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__body"> <div class="accordion__item"> <h3 class="accordion__item-heading"> <button class="accordion__item-button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect0-areas-of-responsibility" data-toggle="#accordion-1440154601110600545-sect0-areas-of-responsibility" id="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect0-areas-of-responsibility-button" > <span class="accordion__item-title">Areas of responsibility</span> </button> </h3> <div id="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect0-areas-of-responsibility" role="region" aria-labelledby="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect0-areas-of-responsibility-button" class="accordion__item-panel" aria-hidden="true" > <div class="accordion__item-content"> <ul> <li>Fisheries (inclusive large bodies of water)</li> <li>Horticulture (inclusive plant breeders’ rights)</li> <li>Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)</li> <li>Inspectorates (Skal organic certification, BKD (flower bulb quality and health), NAK (arable seeds and tubers), <span lang="nl" dir="ltr">Naktuinbouw</span> (inspection service for horticulture), COKZ (safety and quality of dairy products, eggs and egg products), Quality Control Bureau (KCB))</li> <li>Nature and biodiversity</li> <li><span lang="nl" dir="ltr">Staatsbosbeheer</span> (Dutch forestry commission)</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__item"> <h3 class="accordion__item-heading"> <button class="accordion__item-button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect1-career" data-toggle="#accordion-1440154601110600545-sect1-career" id="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect1-career-button" > <span class="accordion__item-title">Career</span> </button> </h3> <div id="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect1-career" role="region" aria-labelledby="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect1-career-button" class="accordion__item-panel" aria-hidden="true" > <div class="accordion__item-content"> <ul> <li><strong>2 July 2024 </strong><br /> Appointed Minister for Fishery, Food Security, Horticulture and Nature Conservation in the Schoof government</li> <li><strong>September 2023 – July 2024</strong><br /> Candidate for the House of Representatives for BBB</li> <li><strong>August 2014 – September 2019</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Mexico City (Mexico, Cuba and Colombia)</li> <li><strong>August 2010 – July 2014</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Jakarta (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)</li> <li><strong>August 2009 – August 2010</strong><br /> Foreign service policy coordinator, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality</li> <li><strong>January 2008 – April 2009</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Seoul (South Korea and Taiwan)</li> <li><strong>September 2003 – December 2007</strong><br /> Trade policy coordinator, Department of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality </li> <li><strong>September 1998 – August 2003</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Buenos Aires (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay)</li> <li><strong>April 1997 – August 1998</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Budapest (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and other countries)</li> <li><strong>January 1995 – March 1997</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Madrid (Spain and Morocco)</li> <li><strong>September 1992 – December 1994</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Washington DC (United States, Puerto Rico and Canada)</li> <li><strong>August 1989 – August 1992</strong><br /> Agricultural counsellor, Dutch embassy, Vienna (Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Hungary)</li> <li><strong>June 1983 – August 1989</strong><br /> Policy officer, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__item"> <h3 class="accordion__item-heading"> <button class="accordion__item-button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect2-education" data-toggle="#accordion-1440154601110600545-sect2-education" id="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect2-education-button" > <span class="accordion__item-title">Education</span> </button> </h3> <div id="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect2-education" role="region" aria-labelledby="accordion-1440154601110600545-sect2-education-button" class="accordion__item-panel" aria-hidden="true" > <div class="accordion__item-content"> <ul> <li><strong>1972 – 1982</strong><br /> Horticultural plant cultivation and General agricultural economics, Wageningen Agricultural University</li> <li><strong>1965 – 1972</strong><br /> Secondary education, Casimir Lyceum, Amstelveen</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fullWidthSection"> </div><aside> <div class="brick linkBlock"> <h2>See also</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="/government/members-of-cabinet/jean-rummenie/documents/publications/2024/07/02/curriculum-vitae-of-jean-rummenie-german" class="publication"> Curriculum Vitae of Jean Rummenie (German)</a> <span class="meta"> Publication | 02-07-2024</span> </li> <li> <a href="/government/members-of-cabinet/jean-rummenie/documents/publications/2024/07/02/curriculum-vitae-of-jean-rummenie-french" class="publication"> Curriculum Vitae of Jean Rummenie (French)</a> <span class="meta"> Publication | 02-07-2024</span> </li> </ul></div> <div class="brick belongsTo"> <h2>Ministry responsible</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/ministries/ministry-of-agriculture-fisheries-food-security-and-nature">Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature</a></li> </ul> </div> </aside><div id="follow-up"> <div class="block"> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> 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