# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/belinda-bidwell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:01:47.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/belinda-bidwell"
name: "Belinda Bidwell"
slug: "belinda-bidwell"
description: "Belinda Bidwell was the first female speaker of the National Assembly of The Gambia. In 2002, Bidwell, who was previously a teacher, was nominated to serve in the National Assembly, and she became deputy speaker. In April 2006, following an attempted coup d'etat in March, Speaker Sheriff Mustapha Dibba was arrested and removed from his position for alleged involvement, and Bidwell became speaker."
tagline: "Gambian politician (1936-2007)"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-04-22"
deathDate: "2007-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.38
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.469006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Bidwell"
    title: "Belinda Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Bidwell"
    title: "Belinda Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Bidwell"
    title: "Belinda Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Bidwell"
    title: "Belinda Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Bidwell"
    title: "Belinda Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Bidwell"
    title: "Belinda Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump