# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-gierek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:38.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-gierek"
name: "Edward Gierek"
slug: "edward-gierek"
description: "Edward Gierek was a Polish communist politician who served as the de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic between 1970 and 1980. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as the First Secretary of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)."
tagline: "Polish politician (1913-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1913-01-06"
deathDate: "2001-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.196228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump