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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 · תיאו פרנקן · تئو فرانکن · テオ・フランケン · 테오 프랑컨				[sources]
Other name	Francken Theo · 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	Local government (unknown status) · National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	theo.francken@dekamer.be				[sources]
First name	Theo				[sources]
Last name	Francken				[sources]
Website	www.theofrancken.be				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2072384				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-) · Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-2014) · Mayor of Lubbeek (2013-) · Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade · Secretary of State (Belgium) (2014-2018) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	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 of Belgium	-	-
Member of the Chamber of Representatives	2018-12-01	-
Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade	-	-
Member of the Chamber of Representatives	2014-06-19	2014-10-14
member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium	2018-12	-
Mayor of Lubbeek	2013	-
member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium	2019-06-20	2024-06-09

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,030

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States of America · CIA

Every Politician58,336

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,163

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,881

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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

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