Carola Schouten, the ChristenUnie Deputy Prime Minister and caretaker Minister for Poverty Policy, will leave national politics once a new Cabinet is installed, she announced on Friday. Schouten is the third prominent female politician to announce her impending departure in two days.
Former deputy Piet Adema will be the new Minister of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality, coalition party ChristenUnie announced. He succeeds Henk Staghouwer, who resigned unexpectedly early last month. He said he was not the right person to lead the Ministry.