# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaap-smit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:11:51.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaap-smit"
name: "Jaap Smit"
slug: "jaap-smit"
description: "Jaap Smit is a Dutch preacher, manager, trade unionist and government official serving as the King's Commissioner of South Holland since 2014. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he previously led the Christian National Trade Union Federation (CNV) from 2010 to 2014."
tagline: "Dutch politician of the CDA and King's Commissioner in the Province of Zuid-Holland since January 1, 2014"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaap_Smit_2_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.805904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ياب سميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_Smit"
    title: "Jaap Smit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_Smit"
    title: "Jaap Smit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_Smit_(bestuurder)"
    title: "Jaap Smit (bestuurder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_Smit"
    title: "Jaap Smit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2549611"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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