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Theo Francken

Politician

Theo Francken 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	Theo Francken · Тео Франкен · תיאו פרנקן · تئو فرانکن · テオ・フランケン · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Francken Theo · Франкен, Тео · テオ・フランケン · 테오 프랑컨				[sources]
Birth date	1978-02-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Lubbeek				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Belgium				[sources]
Country	Belgium				[sources]
Citizenship	Belgium				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	theo.francken@dekamer.be				[sources]
First name	Theo				[sources]
Last name	Francken				[sources]
Website	www.theofrancken.be · francken.belgium.be · www.theofrancken.be				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2072384				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-) · Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-2014) · Mayor of Lubbeek · Minister of Defence of Belgium · Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-02	Last processed	2025-12-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Flemish politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Chamber of Representatives	2018-12-01	-
Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,783

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,009

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United States · CIA

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,575

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-d303762e-65f6-4258-98bc-b3c2ad76c562 · us-cia-belgium-theo-francken-minister-of-defense-and-foreign-trade

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