# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-peumans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:32:47.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-peumans"
name: "Jan Peumans"
slug: "jan-peumans"
description: "Jan Peter Peumans is a Belgian politician from the Flemish province of Limburg. Being part of the Flemish Movement, he was at a young age already member of the Volksunie. He seated for that party in the Limburgish provincial council and is since 2004, a Flemish Parliament member for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). In July 2004, he opposed, as Mayor of Riemst, the lengthening of the runway at Liège Airport. From 2007 until 2009, he was N-VA fraction leader in the Flemish Parliament. After the elections of 7 June 2009, he became President of the Flemish Parliament, succeeding Marleen Vanderpoorten."
tagline: "Flemish N-VA politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Jan_Peumans)_Latvij%C4%81_viesojas_Be%C4%BC%C4%A3ijas_Karalistes_Flandrijas_re%C4%A3iona_parlamenta_priek%C5%A1s%C4%93d%C4%93t%C4%81js.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.6
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.374913333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/peumansjan"
    handle:    "peumansjan"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.janpeumans.be/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f19d9337-a0b6-4f4e-a86a-ec53face8f71"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جان بومانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Ян Пьоманс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peumans"
    title: "Jan Peumans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peumans"
    title: "Jan Peumans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peumans"
    title: "Jan Peumans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peumans"
    title: "Jan Peumans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peumans"
    title: "Jan Peumans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peumans"
    title: "Jan Peumans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peumans"
    title: "Jan Peumans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951432"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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