# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-claes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:42:50.873Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-claes"
name: "Willy Claes"
slug: "willy-claes"
description: "Willem Werner Hubert Claes is a Belgian politician who served as the eighth secretary general of NATO, from 1994 to 1995. Claes was forced to resign from his NATO position after he was found guilty of corruption, which was uncovered during the investigation into André Cools' death. Claes was a member of the Flemish Socialist Party."
tagline: "Belgian former politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_Claes_-_Filip_Naudts_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.54712666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump