# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diederik-samsom
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:52:43.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diederik-samsom"
name: "Diederik Samsom"
slug: "diederik-samsom"
description: "Diederik Maarten Samsom  is a Dutch environmentalist and retired politician who was the leader of the Labour Party from 2012 to 2016. He was the first leader in the 70-year history of the PvdA to have been voted out of his position by party members. He later served as head of cabinet for First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and his successor Wopke Hoekstra."
tagline: "Dutch politician, chief executive and environmental activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/01._Diederik_Samsom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1971-07-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.59622533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/diederiksamsom"
    handle:    "diederiksamsom"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/samsomdiederik/"
    handle:    "samsomdiederik"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DiederikSamsom"
    handle:    "DiederikSamsom"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ديدريك سامسوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Самсом, Дидерик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Samsom"
    title: "Diederik Samsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%AA%E5%BE%B7%E9%87%8C%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E8%96%A9%E5%A7%86%E7%B4%A2%E5%A7%86"
    title: "迪德里克·薩姆索姆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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