Johan Tjitze van Minnen (31 October 1932 – 18 April 2016) was a Dutch journalist and politician.

Van Minnen served as a member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party between 1979 and 1984.

Van Minnen then moved to Luxembourg, where he was a foreign correspondent for the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant until 1964.

Van Minnen worked there as foreign correspondent for the Dutch public broadcaster.

[2] Van Minnen wrote several book on the position of Germany in Europe.