# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-van-cauwenberghe
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:28:31.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-van-cauwenberghe"
name: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
slug: "jean-claude-van-cauwenberghe"
description: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, nicknamed \"Van Cau\", is a Belgian politician. He is member of the Parti Socialiste. He was the tenth Minister-President of Wallonia from 4 April 2000 until 30 September 2005. He resigned amid the ICDI affair and was replaced by Elio Di Rupo. He also served as mayor of Charleroi (1983–2000)."
tagline: "Belgian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van-cau-si-cravate.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-04-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.1
  momentum:             15.14388489208633
  historical:           9.220304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "چيان كلود ڤان كاوينبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe"
    title: "Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1684787"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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