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Eppo Bruins

Politician

Eppo Bruins 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	Eppo Bruins · 에포 브라윈스				[sources]
Other name	Bruins, E.E.W. · E.E.W. Bruins · Eppo Egbert Willem Bruins · 에포 에흐버르트 빌럼 브라윈스				[sources]
Birth date	1969-09-18 · 1969-09-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Apeldoorn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Netherlands				[sources]
Country	Netherlands				[sources]
Citizenship	Netherlands				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	e.bruins@tweedekamer.nl				[sources]
First name	Eppo				[sources]
Last name	Bruins				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21479701				[sources]
Position	Minister of Education, Culture and Science (2024-2025) · Minister of Education, Culture, & Science · Tweede Kamer (member, 2012-2017) · Tweede Kamer (member, 2017-) · member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2015-2021)				[sources]
Education	Utrecht University				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-27	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Dutch politician and physicist

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-08-25

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Education, Culture and Science	2024-07-02	2025-08-22
member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands	2015-12-02	2021-03-30
Minister of Education, Culture and Science	-	-
Member of the Tweede Kamer	2017-03-23	-
Member of the Tweede Kamer	2015-12-02	2017-03-23

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,030

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Every Politician58,336

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,157

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,892

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,065

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-netherlands-eppo-bruins-minister-of-education-culture-science · evpo-8684e52d-2632-4384-a4bc-350e099cc421

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