# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melanie-maas-geesteranus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:14:04.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melanie-maas-geesteranus"
name: "Melanie Maas Geesteranus"
slug: "melanie-maas-geesteranus"
description: "Melanie Henriëtte Maas Geesteranus, until 2021 known by her married name Melanie Schultz van Haegen, is a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she served as Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment from 2010 to 2017."
tagline: "Dutch former politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melanie_Schultz_van_Haegen_2013_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1970-06-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.44
  momentum:             1.909448818897638
  historical:           5.888446666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Schultz_van_Haegen"
    title: "Melanie Schultz van Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Schultz_van_Haegen"
    title: "Melanie Schultz van Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Maas_Geesteranus"
    title: "Melanie Maas Geesteranus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Schultz_van_Haegen"
    title: "Melanie Schultz van Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "מלאני מאס גיסטרנוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Maas_Geesteranus"
    title: "Melanie Maas Geesteranus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435886"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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