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Peter Hoekstra

Person of interest · Diplomat · Politician

Peter Hoekstra 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	Pete Hoekstra · Peter Hoekstra · Пит Хукстра · Піт Хукстра · פיט הוקסטרה · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Cornelis Piet Hoekstra · Cornelis Pieter Hoekstra · Hoekstra, Peter · Peter Hoekstra · Піт Хукстра · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1953-10-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Groningen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Peter				[sources]
Last name	Hoekstra				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q535254				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (2018-2021) · member of the United States House of Representatives (1993-1995) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Holland Christian High School · Hope College (-1975) · Ross School of Business · University of Michigan (-1977)				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-18	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Dutch-American politician and diplomat (born 1953)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-04-24

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2007	2009
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands	2018-01-10

Data sources

US Members of the Congress1,333

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Every Politician57,897

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,381

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,045

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,240

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,800

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-f5c8b9b0-2152-44cd-a717-1bad7910d2ac · us-congress-592b7bc6ecc2aab4b44adaac12a8e27a309e3504

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