Cor Pierik

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.

Career
Pierik 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. He participated in a joint interview with BBB leader Caroline van der Plas and later registered with the party. Pierik ran for the House of Representatives in the November 2023 general election as the BBB's sixth candidate and was elected. 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. He is the BBB's spokesperson for housing, agriculture, food quality, nature, and environment.

Personal life
Pierik was born to a farmer and continued to run the family business in Genemuiden next to his job at CBS. Pierik and his wife have three daughters and one son. Two of their daughters took over the 27 ha farm with 15 cows and 60 sheep. Pierik remained a resident of Genemuiden as of 2024, and he is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in May 2022, but the prognosis of it being terminal turned out to be incorrect. Two years later, he had seemingly fully recovered.