Pieter Bukman (7 February 1934 – 15 March 2022) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary ...
(CDA) party and economist.
Biography
Bukman attended a
Gymnasium in
Delft
Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
from April 1946 until June 1952 and applied at the
Free University Amsterdam in July 1952
majoring in Economics obtaining a
Bachelor of Economics
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or the "Bachelor of Applied Economics", is a bachelor's degree awarded by many universities and colleges for completion of an undergraduate program in economics, econometrics, or applied economics;
the ...
degree in June 1954 before obtaining a
Master of Economics
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The degree is also offered as an MS or MSc, MA or MCom in economics;
varian ...
degree in July 1958. Bukman worked as a trade association executive for the
Christian Farmers and Gardeners Association (CBTB) from August 1958 until December 1980 and served as General-Secretary from May 1968 until September 1975 and as Chairman from September 1975 until December 1980.
Bukman served as
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal from 11 October 1980 until 14 July 1986. Bukman was elected as a
Member of the Senate after the
Senate election of 1981, taking office on 10 June 1981 serving as a
frontbencher
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and spokesperson for
Agriculture
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. Bukman also served as
President of the European People's Party from 10 July 1985 until 30 July 1987. After the
election of 1986 Bukman was appointed
Minister for Development Cooperation in the
Cabinet Lubbers II, taking office on 14 July 1986. Bukman served as acting
Minister of Defence
A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ...
from 6 September 1988 until 24 September 1988 following the resignation of
Wim van Eekelen
Willem Frederik "Wim" van Eekelen (born 5 February 1931) is a retired Dutch politician, diplomat, and political scientist.
Early life and education
Van Eekelen attended a Gymnasium in Utrecht from June 1943 until June 1949 and applied at the ...
. The Cabinet Lubbers II fell on 3 May 1989 and continued to serve in a
demissionary capacity. Bukman was elected as a
Member of the House of Representatives after the
election of 1989, taking office on 14 September 1989. Following the
cabinet formation of 1989 Bukman was appointed
State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the
Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989. Bukman was appointed
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries following the resignation of
Gerrit Braks
Gerardus Johannes Maria "Gerrit" Braks (23 May 1933 – 12 July 2017) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and agronomist.
Braks applied at the Wageningen Agr ...
, taking office on 28 September 1990. After the
election of 1994 Bukman returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994. The Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by the
Cabinet Kok I following the
cabinet formation of 1994 on 22 August 1994 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher and spokesperson for
Development Cooperation
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,
Development aid
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and
Kingdom Relations. After the
Speaker of the House of Representatives Wim Deetman
Willem Joost "Wim" Deetman (born 3 April 1945) is a retired Dutch politician and teacher who served as Minister of Education and Sciences from 1982 to 1989, Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1989 to 1996 and Mayor of The Hague from 1 ...
announced his resignation following his nomination as
Mayor of The Hague
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List 1824–1956
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, Bukman announced his candidacy to succeed him. Bukman won the election defeating party member and fellow frontbencher
Ali Doelman-Pel and was elected as Speaker, taking office on 3 December 1996. On 23 September 1997 Bukman announced his retirement from national politics and that he wouldn't stand for the
election of 1998 and continued to serve until the end of the parliamentary term on 19 May 1998.
Bukman retired after spending 17 years in national politics and became active in the
private sector
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Employment
The ...
and
public sector
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and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (
International Food Policy Research Institute
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is an international agricultural research center founded in the early 1970s to improve the understanding of national agricultural and food policies to promote the adoption of innovations ...
,
LEI Wageningen UR
LEI is one of the research institutes of Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR). Within the Netherlands and Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern E ...
,
European Cultural Foundation
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and the
World Food Programme
The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен ...
).
Bukman was known for his abilities as a
team leader A team leader is a person who provides guidance, instruction, direction and leadership to a group of individuals (the team) for the purpose of achieving a key result or group of aligned results. Team leaders serves as the steering wheel for a group ...
and manager. Bukman continued to comment on political affairs until his retirement in 2018 and held the distinction as the first unified Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal and as the only Dutchman that served as President of the European People's Party as of .
Electoral history
Decorations
References
External links
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Drs. P. (Piet) BukmanParlement & Politiek
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Drs. P. Bukman (CDA)Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
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2022 deaths
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