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Geert Bourgeois

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Geert Bourgeois 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	Geert Bourgeois · Герт Буржоа · Гирт Буржуа · חירט בורז'ואה · جيرت بورجيويس · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Geert Albert Bourgeois				[sources]
Weak alias	ヘルト・ブルジョワ				[sources]
Birth date	1951-07-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Roeselare				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Belgium				[sources]
Classification	International organization (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Geert				[sources]
Last name	Bourgeois				[sources]
Political association	New Flemish Alliance · People's Union				[sources]
Website	www.geertbourgeois.be				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2355582				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Flemish Minister of Media (2004-2009) · Flemish Minister of Tourism (2004-2008) · Flemish Minister of Tourism (2009-2014) · Member of the European Parliament (2019-) · Minister-President of Flanders (2014-2019) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Ghent University				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-07	Last processed	2026-04-07	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Flemish minister-president

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Cieltje Van Achter PEP	child-in-law · father-in-law · relative	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2019-07-02	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,626

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories341,348

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Wikidata330,012

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: be-kam-10111358932f3df92af074a3facfdbf2299c9797 · be-kam-43b891be1afb838ca4b88dbcd26745d837349364

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