# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-spring
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:44:16.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-spring"
name: "Dick Spring"
slug: "dick-spring"
description: "Richard Martin Spring is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Tánaiste from 1982 to 1987, 1992 to November 1994, and December 1994 to 1997, Leader of the Labour Party from 1982 to 1997, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1993 to November 1994 and December 1994 to 1997, Minister for Energy from 1983 to 1987, and Minister for the Environment from 1982 to 1983. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Kerry North from 1981 to 2002."
tagline: "Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Spring%2C_April_1995_02_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-08-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             0.6933115823817292
  historical:           8.113862666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Річард Спрінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ديك سپرينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Spring"
    title: "Dick Spring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Spring"
    title: "Dick Spring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Spring"
    title: "Dick Spring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Spring"
    title: "Dick Spring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Spring_(politico)"
    title: "Dick Spring (politico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Spring"
    title: "Dick Spring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Spring"
    title: "Dick Spring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356460"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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