# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-lenihan-snr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:59:38.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-lenihan-snr"
name: "Brian Lenihan Snr"
slug: "brian-lenihan-snr"
description: "Brian Patrick Lenihan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served in a number of ministerial positions spanning four decades from the 1960s to 1990s, and was Tánaiste from 1987 to 1990. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1961 to 1973 and from 1977 to 1995, and was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1957 to 1961 and 1973 to 1977. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Oireachtas from 1973 to 1977. In the 1990 presidential election, he unsuccessfully stood as Fianna Fáil's presidential candidate."
tagline: "Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1930–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Lenihan%2C_1981_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-11-17"
deathDate: "1995-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.902162666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lenihan"
    title: "Brian Lenihan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "بريان لينيهان سنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_senior"
    title: "Brian Lenihan senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_Snr"
    title: "Brian Lenihan Snr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lenihan%2C_Snr"
    title: "Brian Lenihan, Snr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Luineach%C3%A1in"
    title: "Brian Pádraig Ó Luineacháin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_(1930%E2%80%931995)"
    title: "Brian Lenihan (1930–1995)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lenihan"
    title: "Brian Lenihan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Ленихан, Брайен (старший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912542"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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