Cor Pierik | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 Genemuiden, Netherlands |
Political party | Farmer–Citizen Movement |
Children | 4 |
Cor R. Pierik (born 1965) is a Dutch politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives on behalf of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) since 2023. [1]
Pierik started working for Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in 1990. He would work there for 33 years in positions such as agricultural spokesperson and project leader for environmental publications. [2] [3] He participated in a joint interview with BBB leader Caroline van der Plas and later registered with the party. [2] Pierik ran for the House of Representatives in the November 2023 general election as the BBB's sixth candidate and was elected. [4] In an interview, he called agriculture his passion and stressed innovations within the sector would be required to solve the nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands. [2] He is the BBB's spokesperson for housing, agriculture, food quality, nature, and environment. [5]
Pierik was born to a farmer and continued to run the family business in Genemuiden next to his job at CBS. [2] He and his wife Karin remained residents of Genemuiden as of 2024, and they have three daughters and one son. [3] [6] Two of their daughters took over the 27-hectare (67-acre) farm with 15 cows and 60 sheep. [2] He is a member of the Reformed Church of Genemuiden, part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, and he headed its church council for four years as an elder. [6] Pierik was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in May 2022, but the prognosis of it being terminal turned out to be incorrect. Two years later, he had seemingly fully recovered. [3]
Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||
2023 | House of Representatives | Farmer–Citizen Movement | 6 | 2,181 | 7 | Won | [4] |
Cor Pierik | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 Genemuiden, Netherlands |
Political party | Farmer–Citizen Movement |
Children | 4 |
Cor R. Pierik (born 1965) is a Dutch politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives on behalf of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) since 2023. [1]
Pierik started working for Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in 1990. He would work there for 33 years in positions such as agricultural spokesperson and project leader for environmental publications. [2] [3] He participated in a joint interview with BBB leader Caroline van der Plas and later registered with the party. [2] Pierik ran for the House of Representatives in the November 2023 general election as the BBB's sixth candidate and was elected. [4] In an interview, he called agriculture his passion and stressed innovations within the sector would be required to solve the nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands. [2] He is the BBB's spokesperson for housing, agriculture, food quality, nature, and environment. [5]
Pierik was born to a farmer and continued to run the family business in Genemuiden next to his job at CBS. [2] He and his wife Karin remained residents of Genemuiden as of 2024, and they have three daughters and one son. [3] [6] Two of their daughters took over the 27-hectare (67-acre) farm with 15 cows and 60 sheep. [2] He is a member of the Reformed Church of Genemuiden, part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, and he headed its church council for four years as an elder. [6] Pierik was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in May 2022, but the prognosis of it being terminal turned out to be incorrect. Two years later, he had seemingly fully recovered. [3]
Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||
2023 | House of Representatives | Farmer–Citizen Movement | 6 | 2,181 | 7 | Won | [4] |