# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthias-diependaele
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:56:50.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthias-diependaele"
name: "Matthias Diependaele"
slug: "matthias-diependaele"
description: "Matthias Diependaele is a Belgian politician affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) who is the current Minister-President of Flanders, having taken office in 2024. He additionally serves as the Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation en Industry, External Affairs, Digitalisation, and Facility Management."
tagline: "Flemish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Visit_of_Matthias_Diependaele%2C_Minister-President_of_the_Government_of_Flanders%2C_to_the_EC_04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1979-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.87
  momentum:             0.8624031007751939
  historical:           6.414045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 8
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MDiependaele"
    handle:    "MDiependaele"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/matthiasdiependaele/"
    handle:    "matthiasdiependaele"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MatthiasDiependaeleVL"
    handle:    "MatthiasDiependaeleVL"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.matthiasdiependaele.be"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMFOYdi8SxD3FNHYHGCUn0Q"
    handle:    "@matthiasdiependaele4286"
    followers: 8
sources:
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Diependaele"
    title: "Matthias Diependaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Diependaele"
    title: "Matthias Diependaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Diependaele"
    title: "Matthias Diependaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Diependaele"
    title: "Matthias Diependaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Diependaele"
    title: "Matthias Diependaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Diependaele"
    title: "Matthias Diependaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Diependaele"
    title: "Matthias Diependaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2433026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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