# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-mendes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:06:15.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-mendes"
name: "David Mendes"
slug: "david-mendes"
description: "Manuel David Mendes is an Angolan lawyer, human rights activist and politician. He is one of the best-known persons of the Angolan civil society, and is also known as \"advocate of the poor\" because of his opposition to government corruption. Among other things, Mendes directs the Angolan human rights NGO Mãos Livres and due to this is sued by the Angolan government in various corruption cases."
tagline: "Angolan lawyer, human rights activist and politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.72
  momentum:             12
  historical:           8.136285333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈیوڈ مینڈس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "ديفيد مينديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "ديفيد مينديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mendes"
    title: "David Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mendes_(Anwalt)"
    title: "David Mendes (Anwalt)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mendes"
    title: "David Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mendes"
    title: "David Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mendes"
    title: "David Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mendes"
    title: "David Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mendes"
    title: "David Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20730292"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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