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Foort van Oosten

PEP · Politician

Foort van Oosten 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	Foort van Oosten · فورت ڤان اوستين				[sources]
Birth date	1977-06-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Dordrecht				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Netherlands				[sources]
Citizenship	Netherlands				[sources]
Classification	Local government (past) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Foort				[sources]
Last name	van Oosten				[sources]
Political association	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1285219				[sources]
Position	Minister of Justice and Security (2025-2026) · Tweede Kamer (member, 2012-2017) · Tweede Kamer (member, 2017-) · mayor of Nissewaard (2019-2025) · member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2012-2019) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Leiden University				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Dutch politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Tweede Kamer	-	-
Member of the House of Representatives	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,208

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,414

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata328,063

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,331

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-netherlands-foort-van-oosten-minister-of-justice-security · evpo-c131ea40-908d-4b01-8fcc-5add567d45be

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