# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-van-buitenen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:40:18.467Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-van-buitenen"
name: "Paul van Buitenen"
slug: "paul-van-buitenen"
description: "Paul van Buitenen is a retired Dutch politician of the Europe Transparent Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009."
tagline: "Dutch politician and civil servant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_van_Buitenen_(NL%2C_Breda%2C_28_mei_1957)_former_Dutch_MEP_and_(before_that)_famous_wistle_blower_in_the_EU..JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-05-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.23
  momentum:             2.332155477031802
  historical:           8.345897333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulvanbuitenen/"
    handle:    "paulvanbuitenen"
sources:
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "پول ڤان بويتينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen"
    title: "Paul van Buitenen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1404206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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