Johan Houwers (born 4 October 1957 in Winterswijk, Netherlands) is a Dutch politician and real estate broker.
As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he was an MP from 26 October 2010 to 20 September 2012.
He focused on matters of greenhouses, fishery, hunting, animal welfare, spatial planning and water.
[2] Houwers studied social geography (BA) as well as urban planning (MA) at Radboud University Nijmegen.
After the possible return of the wolf to the Netherlands, Houwers mentioned that if the population numbers rose, wolves should be shot so they would not present a harm to society.