# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-poots
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:18:13.377Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-poots"
name: "Edwin Poots"
slug: "edwin-poots"
description: "Edwin Poots is a British politician from Northern Ireland, serving as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly since February 2024. He served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from May to June 2021. He was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 1998."
tagline: "British politician (born 1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin_Poots_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.04
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.287316
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ایڈون پوٹس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots"
    title: "Edwin Poots"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots"
    title: "Edwin Poots"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots"
    title: "Edwin Poots"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots"
    title: "Edwin Poots"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots"
    title: "Edwin Poots"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots"
    title: "Edwin Poots"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots"
    title: "Edwin Poots"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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