# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-vrdolyak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:48:13.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-vrdolyak"
name: "Edward Vrdolyak"
slug: "edward-vrdolyak"
description: "Edward Robert Vrdolyak, also known as \"Fast Eddie\", is a former American politician and lawyer. He was a longtime Chicago alderman and the head of the Cook County Democratic Party until 1987 when he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Chicago on the Illinois Solidarity Party ticket. He subsequently ran again in 1989 on the Republican Party ticket. He was a prominent opponent of Harold Washington and the de facto leader of the so-called \"Vrdolyak 29\" that opposed and blocked many of Washington's measures."
tagline: "American politician and lawyer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Vrdolyak.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.262964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ادوارد فردوليك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "ادوارد وردولیاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Vrdolyak"
    title: "Edvard Vrdolyak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vrdolyak"
    title: "Edward Vrdolyak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vrdolyak"
    title: "Edward Vrdolyak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5345734"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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