# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ien-dales
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:41:15.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ien-dales"
name: "Ien Dales"
slug: "ien-dales"
description: "Catharina Isabella \"Ien\" Dales was a Dutch politician and social worker. Born in Arnhem, she received a degree in education from the University of Amsterdam and worked in social services before her career in politics. She became a member of the Labour Party (PvdA) in 1968 and was appointed State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Van Agt II cabinet, a position that she held between 1981 and 1982. Dales was a member of the House of Representatives between 1981 and 1987 and mayor of Nijmegen between 1987 and 1989. She was the Minister of the Interior in the Lubbers III cabinet from 1989 and 1994."
tagline: "Dutch politician (1931-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Staatssecretaris_Dales_(PvdA)_tijdens_het_overleg_-_NL-HaNA_Anefo_931-6885_WM422.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-10-18"
deathDate: "1994-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.46
  momentum:             20.39039039039039
  historical:           8.570233333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "إيين ديلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "ايين ديلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ইন ড্যালেস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ien_Dales"
    title: "Ien Dales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ien_Dales"
    title: "Ien Dales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ien_Dales"
    title: "Ien Dales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ien_Dales"
    title: "Ien Dales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ien_Dales"
    title: "Ien Dales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ien_Dales"
    title: "Ien Dales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2373290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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