# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blas-ople
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:20:36.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blas-ople"
name: "Blas Ople"
slug: "blas-ople"
description: "Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service, Ople was, in his final years, a vocal supporter for allowing a limited United States military presence in the Philippines, and for American initiatives in the war on terror including the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq."
tagline: "President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1999 to 2000"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blas_Ople.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-02-03"
deathDate: "2003-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             20.67270375161708
  historical:           7.145656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Blas Ople"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%84"
    title: "بلاس اوپل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%87"
    title: "بلاس اوپله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas_Ople"
    title: "Blas Ople"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas_Ople"
    title: "Blas Ople"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas_Ople"
    title: "Blas Ople"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas_Ople"
    title: "Blas Ople"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas_Ople"
    title: "Blas Ople"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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