Cor Pierik
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Cor Pierik | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 6 December 2023 – 11 November 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 (age 60–61) Genemuiden, Netherlands |
| 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]
House committee assignments
Pierik studied in Dordrecht, and he 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][4] 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.[5] 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 was the BBB's spokesperson for housing, agriculture, food quality, nature, and environment, but his specialties changed to infrastructure and water management following the swearing in of the Schoof cabinet.[6] He did not run for re-election in 2025, and his term ended on 11 November 2025.[7][8]
- Contact group United Kingdom
- Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management[9]
