# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raymond-knops
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:25:09.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raymond-knops"
name: "Raymond Knops"
slug: "raymond-knops"
description: "Raymond Willem Knops is a Dutch politician and retired RNLAF officer who served as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations under the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2019 and again from 2020 until 2022. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he was Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 2019 to 2020 in an acting capacity. Knops has held a seat in the House of Representatives between 2005 and 2023 with three interruptions due to cabinet formation processes and service in government."
tagline: "Dutch former politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uitreiking_Stuiveling_Open_Data_Award_(SODA)_(45117150741)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1971-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.678546666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RaymondKnops"
    handle:    "RaymondKnops"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Knops"
    title: "Raymond Knops"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B3"
    title: "رايموند كنوپس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Knops"
    title: "Raymond Knops"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Knops"
    title: "Raymond Knops"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Knops"
    title: "Raymond Knops"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Knops"
    title: "Raymond Knops"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2125339"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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