# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tjerk-westerterp
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:02:46.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tjerk-westerterp"
name: "Tjerk Westerterp"
slug: "tjerk-westerterp"
description: "Theodorus Engelbertus \"Tjerk\" Westerterp was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman."
tagline: "Dutch politician (1930–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tjerk_Westerterp_1974_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1930-12-02"
deathDate: "2023-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.673794666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp"
    title: "Tjerk Westerterp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%BE"
    title: "تچيرك ويستيرتيرپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp"
    title: "Tjerk Westerterp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp"
    title: "Tjerk Westerterp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp"
    title: "Tjerk Westerterp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp"
    title: "Tjerk Westerterp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp"
    title: "Tjerk Westerterp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BF%2C_%D0%A2%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Вестертерп, Тьерк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp"
    title: "Tjerk Westerterp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2233140"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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