# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-weyts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:26:15.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-weyts"
name: "Ben Weyts"
slug: "ben-weyts"
description: "Ben Weyts is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). He has been a Vice Minister-President of Flanders in the Flemish Government since 2019, and serves as the Flemish Minister for Budget and Finance, Brussels Periphery, Real Estate Heritage, and Animal Welfare in the current Diependaele Government, which took office in 2024."
tagline: "Flemish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Informal_Meeting_of_EU_Tourism_Ministers_Handshake_(40238420081)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1970-11-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.857492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BenWeyts"
    handle:    "BenWeyts"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/weytsben"
    handle:    "weytsben"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.benweyts.be/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weyts"
    title: "Ben Weyts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weyts"
    title: "Ben Weyts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weyts"
    title: "Ben Weyts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weyts"
    title: "Ben Weyts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weyts"
    title: "Ben Weyts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271035"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump