# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-derwinski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:37:26.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-derwinski"
name: "Ed Derwinski"
slug: "ed-derwinski"
description: "Edward Joseph Derwinski was an American politician who served as the first Cabinet-level United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving under President George H. W. Bush from March 15, 1989 to September 26, 1992. He previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1983, representing south and southwest suburbs of Chicago."
tagline: "American politician (1926–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_derwinski.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-09-15"
deathDate: "2012-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.7
  momentum:             0.6217616580310881
  historical:           11.82214
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ed Derwinski"
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    title: "اد دروینزکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ed Derwinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Derwinski"
    title: "Ed Derwinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Derwinski"
    title: "Edward Derwinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エド・ダーウィンスキ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardus_Derwinski"
    title: "Eduardus Derwinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Derwinski"
    title: "Edward Joseph Derwinski"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Derwinski"
    title: "Edward Joseph Derwinski"
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    title: "Ed Derwinski"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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