# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derk-jan-eppink
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:33:29.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derk-jan-eppink"
name: "Derk Jan Eppink"
slug: "derk-jan-eppink"
description: "Derk Jan Eppink is a Dutch journalist, politician in the Netherlands, and former cabinet secretary for European Commissioners Bolkestein (1999–2004) and Kallas (2004–2007). In 2009, he was elected to the European Parliament for List Dedecker, and in 2019 for Forum for Democracy. In 2021, he became an MP in the Dutch House of Representatives for the JA21 party, but in 2023 he switched to the Farmer-Citizen Movement."
tagline: "Dutch politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derk_Jan_Eppink_(2019)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1958-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.71
  momentum:             12.64462809917355
  historical:           7.889382666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/djeppink"
    handle:    "djeppink"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.djeppink.eu"
sources:
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    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "ديرك چان اپينك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derk_Jan_Eppink"
    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derk_Jan_Eppink"
    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derk_Jan_Eppink"
    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derk_Jan_Eppink"
    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derk_Jan_Eppink"
    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derk_Jan_Eppink"
    title: "Derk Jan Eppink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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