# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rika-de-backer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:47:51.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rika-de-backer"
name: "Rika De Backer"
slug: "rika-de-backer"
description: "Rika De Backer, also known as Rika De Backer-Van Ocken, was a Belgian conservative politician. Being a member of the Christian People's Party she was the minister of culture from 1974 to 1981. She also served at the European Parliament between 1984 and 1989."
tagline: "Belgian politician (1923–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rika_De_Backer%2C_1981%2C_Bestanddeelnr_931-2614_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-02-01"
deathDate: "2002-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.471814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rika_De_Backer-Van_Ocken"
    title: "Rika De Backer-Van Ocken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "ريكا د بيكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rika_De_Backer"
    title: "Rika De Backer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a9c8cba6-9e6a-424f-a7af-e0c3ce3df835"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rika_De_Backer"
    title: "Rika De Backer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rika_De_Backer-Van_Ocken"
    title: "Rika De Backer-Van Ocken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2091517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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