# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wim-van-eekelen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:19:14.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wim-van-eekelen"
name: "Wim van Eekelen"
slug: "wim-van-eekelen"
description: "Willem Frederik van Eekelen was a Dutch politician, diplomat and political scientist."
tagline: "Netherlands' defence minister and secretary general of the EU (1931–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wim_van_Eekelen_1978_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-02-05"
deathDate: "2025-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.94
  momentum:             8.297872340425533
  historical:           7.475198666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويم ڤان ايكيلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_van_Eekelen"
    title: "Wim van Eekelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3501388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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