Information for the press

Below you can find the contact details of the press secretaries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. Press secretaries can only be contacted by members of the press. 

If you are not a journalist, please use the contact form.

Director of Communications

Judith Sluiter 
+31 6 20 25 26 06
J.Sluiter@minlnv.nl

Chief Press Secretary, head of public appearances and speeches

Rudi Buis
+31 6 11 20 16 24
A.G.Buis@minlnv.nl

Press secretaries

There is always a press secretary on call from Friday evening to Sunday evening. Please use the standby number +31 6 29 17 79 38.

Press secretaries to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature

Elise van den Bosch 

+31 6 52 82 09 37
E.vandenBosch@minlnv.nl

  • Future of farming
  • Earning capacity
  • Manure
  • Innovation

Thalina van Aerts 

+31 6 11 65 77 79
t.c.vanaerts@minlnv.nl

  • Europe/CAP
  • Plant protection
  • Animal welfare (livestock)
  • Animal health

Lisanne de Roos 

+31 6 31 98 71 47
l.c.a.deroos@minlnv.nl  

  • Nitrogen
  • Holdings operating under the integrated nitrogen strategy (‘PAS-notifications’)
  • Critical deposition value
  • Regional packages

Daan van Ommen, press officer

+31 6 296 778 76
d.m.l.m.vanommen@minlnv.nl

  • Climate
  • Food security
  • Corporate affairs and general requests for interviews with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature

Press secretaries to the Minister for Fishery, Food Security, Horticulture and Nature Conservation

Judith van Kessel 

absent on wednesdays

+31 6 15 68 57 55
j.e.p.vankessel@minlnv.nl

  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Animal welfare (pets) 

Carlotte Teunissen 

+31 6 29 69 08 19
c.t.teunissen@minlnv.nl

  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Staatsbosbeheer (Dutch forestry commission)
  • Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
  • Food security
  • General requests for interviews with the Minister for Fishery, Food Security, Horticulture and Nature Conservation

Cindy Heijdra (interim) 

Absent on Tuesday and Thursday

+31 6 31 01 81 37
d.degruijl@minlnv.nl 

  • Integrated environmental permits concerning nature
  • Fisheries
  • Horticulture and greenhouse horticulture
  • Biotechnology