# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddy-hoost
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:35:44.363Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddy-hoost"
name: "Eddy Hoost"
slug: "eddy-hoost"
description: "Edmund Alexander Hoost was a Surinamese politician and lawyer. He was Minister of Justice and Police between 1973 and 1977. After the independence of Suriname, he became the first Minister of Defence and served until 1977. He was one of the victims of the December murders."
tagline: "Surinamese politician and lawyer (1934-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddy_Hoost_(1975).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-10-21"
deathDate: "1982-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.471022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Hoost"
    title: "Eddy Hoost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ادى هوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Hoost"
    title: "Eddy Hoost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Хост, Эдди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Еди Хуст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Hoost"
    title: "Eddy Hoost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2656870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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