# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-van-baalen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:26:34.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-van-baalen"
name: "Hans van Baalen"
slug: "hans-van-baalen"
description: "Johannes Cornelis \"Hans\" van Baalen was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as a Member of the European Parliament and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. He also was President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party from 21 November 2015 until his death."
tagline: "Dutch politician and MEP (1960-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans_van_Baalen_by_Moritz_Kosinsky2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1960-06-17"
deathDate: "2021-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.409544950055494
  historical:           17.30367466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump