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Matthijs Huizing

PEP · Politician

Matthijs Huizing 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	Matthijs Huizing				[sources]
Alias	M.E. Huizing				[sources]
Birth date	1960-10-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Leiden				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Netherlands				[sources]
Citizenship	Netherlands				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Matthijs				[sources]
Last name	Huizing				[sources]
Political association	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2154693				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Tweede Kamer (member, 2012-2013) · member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010-2013) · municipal executive of Oegstgeest (2018-)				[sources]
Education	Erasmus University Rotterdam · Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Dutch politician and (sports) manager

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-03-19

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,783

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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