# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddy-van-hijum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:01:43.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddy-van-hijum"
name: "Eddy van Hijum"
slug: "eddy-van-hijum"
description: "Yde Johan \"Eddy\" van Hijum is a Dutch politician. He was member of the House of Representatives from 2003 until 2014 on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He switched to the Christian democratic New Social Contract, and he again served as a member of parliament between December 2023 and July 2024 and between September 2025 and November 2025. He was minister of social affairs and employment and deputy prime minister in the Schoof cabinet between 2024 and 2025."
tagline: "Dutch politician (born 1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddy-van-hijum-1323361141.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1972-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.095538666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vanHijum"
    handle:    "vanHijum"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/eddyvanhijum/"
    handle:    "eddyvanhijum"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddy-van-hijum-407b786/"
    handle:    "eddy-van-hijum-407b786"
sources:
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum"
    title: "Eddy van Hijum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3029970"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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