Hermanus Johannes Lovink was a Dutch agriculturist, horticulturist, and politician. The son of a gardener, Lovink took to agriculture and horticulture from a young age, becoming the supervisor of public lands in Zutphen in 1887. Building on this experience, he gained a leadership position with the Association for Wasteland Redevelopment, in which capacity he oversaw several land reclamation projects. After being appointed Director General of Agriculture by Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens in 1901, he expanded agricultural education and promoted agricultural expansion; he continued these programs in the Dutch East Indies after being made Director of the Department of Agriculture, Industry, and Trade by Alexander Idenburg in 1909.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, mayor of a place in the Netherlands
