# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-schafer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:33:28.838Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-schafer"
name: "Ed Schafer"
slug: "ed-schafer"
description: "Edward Thomas Schafer is an American businessman and politician who served as the 30th governor of North Dakota from 1992 to 2000 and as the 29th United States secretary of agriculture from 2008 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. From January to July 2016 he served as interim president of the University of North Dakota."
tagline: "29th United States Secretary of Agriculture"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Schafer_--_February_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.938421744177138
  historical:           14.858896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ed Schafer"
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    title: "Ed Schafer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump