Jules Maaten (born 17 April 1961 in Nieuwer-Amstel) is a Dutch politician and since August 2020 Head of International Regions at the Headquarters in Potsdam of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF). Prior to that he was FNF Regional Director for sub-Sahara Africa, based in Johannesburg (2016-2020) and FNF country director in the Philippines (2010-2016), supporting projects for good governance, human rights, free trade and introduced the annual Africa Freedom Prize and in Manila the "It's All About Freedom"-project that includes an annual Freedom Run against corruption.