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René Claassen

PEP · Politician

René Claassen is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	René Claassen				[sources]
Alias	R.A.B. Claassen				[sources]
Birth date	1971-07-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Heerlen · Heerlen en woont in Landgraaf. Hij is in totaal 839 dagen actief in de Tweede Kamer				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Netherlands				[sources]
Citizenship	Netherlands				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	René				[sources]
Last name	Claassen				[sources]
Political association	Party for Freedom				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q123176033				[sources]
Position	member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2023-2026) · member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2026-) · member of the States-Provincial of Limburg (2019-2023) · municipal councillor of Landgraaf (2022-2023)				[sources]
Source link	www.tweedekamer.nl				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-27	Last processed	2026-03-27	First seen	2023-12-07

Descriptions

Dutch politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-12-31

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands	2026-01-20	-

Data sources

Netherlands House of Representatives151

Members of the Dutch house of representatives, the lower house of the parliament of the Netherlands.

Netherlands · Tweede Kamer

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,369

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,289

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata328,021

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,248

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: nl-hor-af45334c28e820711128eb7eae9f0ed3f2891c05 · nl-hor-aeac95b0610d5a66d091defbcdfeeb676ea4798f

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