Guus Kouwenhoven: key obituary facts
Is Guus Kouwenhoven dead? Yes. Guus Kouwenhoven died on September 6, 2026, at age 84.
Cause of death: Guus Kouwenhoven's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Guus Kouwenhoven known for?
He was a Dutch former businessman.
More about Guus Kouwenhoven
Born: 15 February 1942.
Place of birth: Netherlands.
Gender: male.
Occupation: businessperson.
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Guus Kouwenhoven, the Dutch arms dealer convicted of arms trafficking in Liberia during the presidency of Charles Taylor, died on September 6, 2026, aged 84.
Often misspelled as Gus Kouwenhoven or Guus van Kouwenhoven, he was born on February 15, 1942, in the Netherlands. He first came to wider attention in the 1970s, when he was sentenced in the United States after an FBI sting operation linked him and a business partner to an attempted sale of stolen artworks, including a Rembrandt.
In later years, he worked in Liberia as manager of Hotel Africa and then headed the Oriental Timber Corporation, which became a major timber company during the Liberian Civil War.