# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cristina-garmendia
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:14:15.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cristina-garmendia"
name: "Cristina Garmendia"
slug: "cristina-garmendia"
description: "Cristina Garmendia y Mendizábal is a Spanish biologist and businesswoman. With no previous political career, she was appointed as Minister of Science and Innovation in April 2008 by the President of the Government of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero."
tagline: "Minister of Science and Innovation, Spain"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Cristina_Garmendia)_Campus_Party_2010_Dia2_(4523460120)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1962-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.58928571428572
  historical:           11.641652
  currentAttention:     69.9404761904762
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump