# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carmen-melendez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:17:10.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carmen-melendez"
name: "Carmen Meléndez"
slug: "carmen-melendez"
description: "Carmen Teresa Meléndez Rivas is a Venezuelan politician and Navy admiral. She was Minister of Interior and Justice from 25 October 2014 to 9 March 2015, and chief of staff in President Nicolás Maduro's cabinet for nearly six months from March to September 2015. After a governorship in Lara (2017–2020), she headed the Interior Ministry for the second time, from October 2020 to August 2021."
tagline: "Venezuelan military"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carmen_Melendez_Teresa_Rivas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-11-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.246116000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gestionperfecta"
    handle:    "gestionperfecta"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/carmentmelendezr/"
    handle:    "carmentmelendezr"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/GestionPerfecta"
    handle:    "GestionPerfecta"
sources:
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    title: "Carmen Meléndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارمين ميلينديز تيريسا ريڤاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Mel%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Carmen Meléndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Mel%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Carmen Meléndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Mel%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Carmen Meléndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Mel%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Carmen Meléndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Мелендес, Кармен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Кармен Мелендес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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