# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-p-hodel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:25:38.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-p-hodel"
name: "Donald P. Hodel"
slug: "donald-p-hodel"
description: "Donald Paul Hodel is an American former politician who served as the fourth United States secretary of energy from 1982 to 1985 and as the 45th United States secretary of the interior from 1985 to 1989. He was known during his tenure as Secretary of the Interior for his controversial \"Hodel Policy,\" which stated that disused dirt roads and footpaths could be considered right-of-ways under RS 2477."
tagline: "American government official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald_hodel.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1935-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.02
  momentum:             3.380281690140846
  historical:           7.022716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Donald P. Hodel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دونالد بول هودل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دونالد پی. هودل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_P._Hodel"
    title: "Donald P. Hodel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_P._Hodel"
    title: "Donald P. Hodel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_P._Hodel"
    title: "Donald P. Hodel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%9C"
    title: "דונלד הודל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Ходел, Дональд Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1240215"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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