# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-willetts
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:25:04.885Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-willetts"
name: "David Willetts"
slug: "david-willetts"
description: "David Lindsay Willetts, Baron Willetts is a British politician and life peer. From 1992 to 2015, he was the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire. He served as Minister of State for Universities and Science from 2010 until July 2014 and became a member of the House of Lords in 2015. He was appointed chair of the UK Space Agency's board in April 2022 and chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office in April 2025. He is president of the Resolution Foundation."
tagline: "British politician (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.922358666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2236283/"
    handle:    "nm2236283"
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ديڤيد ويليتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Willetts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Willetts"
    title: "David Willetts"
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    title: "David Willetts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Willetts"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Willetts"
    title: "David Willetts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Willetts"
    title: "David Willetts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sivil muhafazakârlık"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈیوڈ ولیٹس"
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    title: "韋力生"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266064"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "David Willetts"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump