# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-lujan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:15:23.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-lujan"
name: "Ben Luján"
slug: "ben-lujan"
description: "Ben Luján, Sr. was an American politician from New Mexico. A Democrat, he was the Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. He served in the State House from 1975 through 2012. He was elected as Speaker beginning in 2001, serving until his death in office. His legislative district, the 46th, was composed mostly of Santa Fe. He is the father of U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján."
tagline: "American politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1935-07-12"
deathDate: "2012-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.39
  momentum:             3.960244648318042
  historical:           2.899534666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بن لوجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Luj%C3%A1n"
    title: "Ben Luján"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بین لوجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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