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Chris Van Hollen

クリス・ヴァン・ホーレン / くりす・ゔぁん・ほーれん

Politician from Pakistan

January 10, 1959 (age 67) ・ Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

  • Sindh
  • politician
  • lawyer

My Take

The detail that hooks me about Chris Van Hollen is his birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan, the son of a foreign-service family. That early exposure to the wider world seems to inform the broad perspective he brings as Maryland's senior senator. He climbed the ladder the patient way, from Swarthmore to the law, then state senate, House, and Senate, which tells me he values mastery over spectacle. He reads to me as a policy-driven legislator rather than a camera-chasing one, the kind who accrues trust quietly over decades. I have a soft spot for that unflashy, substance-first style of politics.

Overview

Christopher Van Hollen Jr. ( van HOL-ən; born January 10, 1959) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017 and as a Maryland state senator from 1995 to 2003.

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1. Profile

Name (English)
Chris Van Hollen
Name (Japanese)
クリス・ヴァン・ホーレン
Reading
くりす・ゔぁん・ほーれん
Born
January 10, 1959 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Capricorn / Boar
Origin
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Blood type
Private
Height
Private
Agency
Private
Occupation
politician / lawyer

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
Private
University
Swarthmore College

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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7. About this entry

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  • Sindh
  • politician
  • lawyer
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.