# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:19.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-mertens"
name: "Peter Mertens"
slug: "peter-mertens"
description: "Peter Mertens is a Belgian politician who led the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB-PVDA) from 2008 to 2021. He has served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2019, and as a municipal councilor in Antwerp since 2013. Since 2022 he is the general secretary of the PTB-PVDA."
tagline: "Belgian sociologist and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret_Peter_Mertens_2020.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.196549333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "彼得·梅尔滕斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "بيتر ميرتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens_(Politiker)"
    title: "Peter Mertens (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens"
    title: "Peter Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens"
    title: "Peter Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens"
    title: "Peter Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens"
    title: "Peter Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens"
    title: "Peter Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens"
    title: "Peter Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mertens"
    title: "Peter Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2074019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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