# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christine-branstad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:50:07.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christine-branstad"
name: "Christine Branstad"
slug: "christine-branstad"
description: "Christine Ann Branstad is an American public figure, health activist, and retired medical assistant who served as the First Lady of Iowa for six nonconsecutive terms during the tenure of her husband, Governor Terry Branstad, from 1983 to 1999 and again from 2011 until 2017. She holds the record as Iowa's longest serving first lady, having spent over 22 years in the position. In addition to her record as Iowa's first lady, Christine Branstad is the longest serving first lady of any U.S. state in the country's history."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Branstad_-_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           38.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.547301333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  34
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Branstad"
    title: "Christine Branstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46996625"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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