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Karin Straus

Politician

Karin Straus 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	Karin Straus				[sources]
Alias	K.C.J. Straus · Karin Cornelia Josepha Straus · drs. K.C.J. van Asten-Straus				[sources]
Birth date	1971-04-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Roermond				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Netherlands				[sources]
Country	Netherlands				[sources]
Citizenship	Netherlands				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Karin				[sources]
Last name	Straus				[sources]
Political association	VVD				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2052110				[sources]
Position	Tweede Kamer (member, 2012-2017) · member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010-2017) · member of the Senate of the Netherlands (2025-) · municipal councillor of Midden-Delfland · municipal councillor of Roermond				[sources]
Education	Nyenrode Business University · Radboud University · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam				[sources]
Source link	www.eerstekamer.nl				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-31	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Dutch former politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-03-02

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Tweede Kamer	2012-09-20	2017-03-23
Member of the Senate

Data sources

Netherlands Senate75

Members of the Dutch Senate, the upper house of the parliament of the Netherlands.

Netherlands · Eerste Kamer

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,009

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,741

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,890

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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