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Griet Smaers

PEP · Politician

Griet Smaers 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	Griet Smaers				[sources]
Alias	Smaers Griet				[sources]
Birth date	1977-06-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Geel				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Belgium				[sources]
Citizenship	Belgium				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	griet.smaers@dekamer.be				[sources]
First name	Griet				[sources]
Last name	Smaers				[sources]
Political association	Christian Democratic and Flemish				[sources]
Website	www.grietsmaers.be				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2252488				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-) · member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium · member of the Flemish Parliament				[sources]
Education	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	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	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,635

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,373

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: be-kam-30f8a987bec79327804f446d63428a15a32cb5a4 · evpo-f4de7f9b-0e77-491e-8080-3fc14e1c8c12

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