# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dawn-bowden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:11:51.480Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dawn-bowden"
name: "Dawn Bowden"
slug: "dawn-bowden"
description: "Dawn Alison Louise Bowden is a Welsh Labour Party politician and trade unionist serving as Minister for Children and Social Care since 2024. She previously served as Chief Whip of the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2023 and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport from 2021 to 2024. Bowden was the final Member of the Senedd (MS) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney from 2016 to 2026 before it was split between the new constituencies of Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr and Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni."
tagline: "Welsh politician (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_photograph_of_Dawn_Bowden_MS_Minister_for_Children_and_Social_Care_(portrait)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-02-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           4.4099
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Dawn_Bowden"
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sources:
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    title: "Dawn Bowden"
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    title: "Dawn Bowden"
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    title: "Dawn Bowden"
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    title: "Dawn Bowden"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump