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Wouter Koolmees

Politician

Wouter Koolmees 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	Wouter Koolmees · وتير كولميس · ウーター・クールミーズ · 바우터르 콜메이스				[sources]
Birth date	1977-03-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Capelle aan den IJssel				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Netherlands				[sources]
Country	Netherlands				[sources]
Citizenship	Netherlands				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Wouter				[sources]
Last name	Koolmees				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2595414				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2019-2020) · Minister of Social Affairs (2017-2022) · Tweede Kamer (member, 2012-2017) · Tweede Kamer (member, 2017-2017) · member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010-2017) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Utrecht University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Dutch politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-04-27

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Tweede Kamer	2012-09-20	2017-03-23
Member of the House of Representatives

Data sources

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,709

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,591

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,072

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-4fuCDpMZCssosRnuLB6AmK · evpo-0ff55677-4642-439a-a963-aae47714dd62 · us-cia-netherlands-wouter-koolmees-min-of-social-affairs-employment

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