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Eddy van Hijum

Politician

Eddy van Hijum 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	Eddy van Hijum · Эдди ван Хеюм · 埃迪·范海厄姆				[sources]
Alias	Y.J. van Hijum · Yde Johan van Hijum · Эдди ван Хиджум				[sources]
Birth date	1972-04-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Delft				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Netherlands				[sources]
Country	Netherlands				[sources]
Citizenship	Netherlands				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Eddy · Johan · Yde				[sources]
Last name	van Hijum				[sources]
Political association	Christian Democratic Appeal · New Social Contract				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3029970				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2024-2025) · Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2025-2025) · Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (2025-2025) · Minister of Social Affairs (2024-2025) · Tweede Kamer (member, 2012-2014) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Bogerman College (1984-1990) · University of Twente (1990-1995)				[sources]
Religion	Protestantism				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Dutch politician (born 1972)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-02-08

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport	2025-06-03	2025-06-18

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,576

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,917

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,489

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-netherlands-eddy-van-hijum-minister-of-social-affairs-employment · evpo-b7b4b5a0-fa21-4c32-9095-6867719ea890 · us-cia-netherlands-eddy-van-hijum-deputy-prime-minister · us-cia-netherlands-mona-keijzer-eddy-van-hijum-david-van-weel-minister-of-asylum-migration · nl-hor-3f79763ab20871506912f5e3daaf0d85858b1d7c

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