Pieter Bukman (7 February 1934 – 15 March 2022) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.

Biography

Bukman attended a Gymnasium in

Delft Delft () is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is part of both the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolita ...

from April 1946 until June 1952 and applied at the

Free University Amsterdam The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded resea ...

in July 1952 majoring in Economics obtaining a Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1954 before obtaining a Master of Economics 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 In many parliaments and other similar assemblies, seating is typically arranged in banks or rows, with each political party or caucus grouped together. The spokespeople for each group will often sit at the front of their group, and are then kn ...

and spokesperson for

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

. 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 from 6 September 1988 until 24 September 1988 following the resignation of Wim van Eekelen. 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 Ag ...

, 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, Development aid and Kingdom Relations. After the Speaker of the House of Representatives Wim Deetman announced his resignation following his nomination as Mayor of The Hague, 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 The private sector is the part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government. Employment The ...

and

public sector The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, inf ...

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, LEI is the leading institute for social-economic research in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and fisheries, th ...

, European Cultural Foundation and the World Food Programme). 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 grou ...

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

;Official *
Drs. P. (Piet) Bukman
Parlement & Politiek *
Drs. P. Bukman (CDA)
Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal {{DEFAULTSORT:Bukman, Piet 1934 births 2022 deaths Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians Agriculturalists Agricultural economists Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Chairmen of the Christian Democratic Appeal Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau Dutch corporate directors Dutch expatriates in Belgium Dutch expatriates in the United States Dutch lobbyists Dutch nonprofit directors Dutch nonprofit executives Dutch officials of the European Union Dutch trade union leaders Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Grand Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Members of the Social and Economic Council Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands Ministers for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands Speakers of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) State Secretaries for Economic Affairs of the Netherlands Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Reformed Churches Christians from the Netherlands Presidents of the European People's Party Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands People from Delft People from Voorschoten 20th-century Dutch businesspeople 20th-century Dutch diplomats 20th-century Dutch economists 20th-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch businesspeople 21st-century Dutch diplomats 21st-century Dutch economists