# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luuk-van-middelaar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:01.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luuk-van-middelaar"
name: "Luuk van Middelaar"
slug: "luuk-van-middelaar"
description: "Luuk Johannes van Middelaar is a Dutch historian and political philosopher. From 2010 to 2014 he was a member of the cabinet of Herman Van Rompuy, the first full-time President of the European Council, as an advisor and chief speechwriter. Van Middelaar is best known for his 2009 book The Passage to Europe."
tagline: "Dutch historian and political philosopher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LuukvanMiddelaar2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1973-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.48
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.766890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_van_Middelaar"
    title: "Luuk van Middelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "لوك فان ميديلار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_van_Middelaar"
    title: "Luuk van Middelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_van_Middelaar"
    title: "Luuk van Middelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_van_Middelaar"
    title: "Luuk van Middelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_Van_Middelaar"
    title: "Luuk Van Middelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4761828"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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