# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cristien-polak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:52:15.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cristien-polak"
name: "Cristien Polak"
slug: "cristien-polak"
description: "Christine \"Cristien\" Renate Polak was a Surinamese politician. A member of the National Democratic Party, she served as Minister of Social Affairs and Housing from 2017 to 2019."
tagline: "Surinamese diplomate and government minister"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cristien_Polak.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-04-04"
deathDate: "2022-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.84
  momentum:             10.66666666666666
  historical:           3.734485333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristien_Polak"
    title: "Cristien Polak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristien_Polak"
    title: "Cristien Polak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristien_Polak"
    title: "Cristien Polak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristien_Polak"
    title: "Cristien Polak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50398555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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