EntityQ560481· pop 8· linked from 328 articlesJoop AtsmaSign in to saveDutch politicianPersonBorn1956-07-06via Open Library + WikidataKey datesBorn6 July 1956via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanGendermaleCitizenshipKingdom of the NetherlandsPlace of birthSurhuisterveenOccupationcolumnistEducated atUniversity of GroningenPolitical partyChristian Democratic AppealLanguages spokenDutchNative languageDutchSportcycle sportConnectionsMinistry of Infrastructure and Water ManagementEntityManja SmitsEntityCategories1956 births20th-century Dutch journalists20th-century Dutch male writers20th-century Dutch politicians20th-century Dutch sportsmen21st-century Dutch journalists21st-century Dutch male writersChristian Democratic Appeal MPsChristian Democratic Appeal politiciansCyclists from FrieslandDutch columnistsDutch male cyclists