Henk Staghouwer was not Groningen’s prime minister of agriculture. He has followed in the legendary footsteps of, between other folks, Ulrumer Sicco Mansholt, who held the post of Minister of Agriculture on behalf of the SDAP for thirteen yrs from Globe War II from 1945 to 1958 in no fewer than 6 distinctive cupboards. At the age of 37, the Mansholt resistance fighter was the youngest minister, whose main task was to restart the food supply right after the war.
Van Rhijn, pharmacist, De VrieS.
Other ministers of agriculture from Groningen are Aat van Rhijn, Hayo Apotheker and Bert de Vries. CHU member Van Rhijn was minister of agriculture through the first a long time of the war. Pharmacist D66 (1998-1999) lasted significantly less than a 12 months in the next Kok cupboard. Board member Bert de Vries was also minister of agriculture, but his mandate in 1990 only lasted a several days. Board member Henk Bleker was secretary of condition at the section from 2010 to 2012.
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