# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-macpherson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:20:55.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-macpherson"
name: "Ben Macpherson"
slug: "ben-macpherson"
description: "Ben Macpherson is a Scottish politician who is currently serving as the Minister for Higher and Further Education in the Scottish Government. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency since 2016."
tagline: "Politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BenMacphersonMSP-May2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1985"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.623364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BenMacpherson"
    handle:    "BenMacpherson"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "بين ماكفيرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Macpherson"
    title: "Ben Macpherson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Macpherson_(politician)"
    title: "Ben Macpherson (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Macpherson"
    title: "Ben Macpherson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "بین میکفرسن (سیاستدان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24052665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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