# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gijs-de-vries
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:31:27.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gijs-de-vries"
name: "Gijs de Vries"
slug: "gijs-de-vries"
description: "Gijsbert Marius \"Gijs\" de Vries is a retired Dutch-American politician and diplomat who served as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1998 to 2002 and European Union Counter-terrorism Coordinator from 2004 until 2007. He was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) until 2010, when he joined the Democrats 66 (D66) party."
tagline: "Dutch politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gijs_de_Vries_(2021)-c.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.66
  momentum:             13.63636363636363
  historical:           7.206012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gijs_de_Vries"
    title: "Gijs de Vries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جيس دي فريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جيس دى فريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gijs_de_Vries"
    title: "Gijs de Vries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gijs_de_Vries"
    title: "Gijs de Vries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gijs_de_Vries"
    title: "Gijs de Vries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gijs_de_Vries"
    title: "Gijs de Vries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gijs_de_Vries"
    title: "Gijs de Vries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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