Piet Bukman

Pieter Bukman (7 February 1934 – 15 March 2022) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.

After the 1986 general election Bukman was appointed Minister for Development Cooperation in the Lubbers II cabinet, taking office on 14 July 1986.

Bukman was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries following the resignation of Gerrit Braks, taking office on 28 September 1990.

On 23 September 1997 Bukman announced his retirement from national politics and that he would not stand for the 1998 general election and continued to serve until the end of the parliamentary term on 19 May 1998.

Bukman continued to comment on political affairs until his retirement in 2018 and held the distinction as the first unified Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal and as the only Dutchman that served as President of the European People's Party as of 2025.