# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-matthey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:37:59.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-matthey"
name: "Francis Matthey"
slug: "francis-matthey"
description: "Francis Matthey was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS/PSS), best known for declining his election to the Swiss Federal Council on 3 March 1993. Matthey was elected instead of the official candidate of his party, Christiane Brunner. To follow the resolution of the party to enable the election of a woman to the Federal Council, he declined the office. Ruth Dreifuss was finally elected to succeed René Felber."
tagline: "Swiss politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Matthey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-06-17"
deathDate: "2025-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.19
  momentum:             3.043478260869566
  historical:           7.00756
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthey"
    title: "Francis Matthey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthey"
    title: "Francis Matthey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%89"
    title: "فرانسيس ماتثى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthey"
    title: "Francis Matthey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthey"
    title: "Francis Matthey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthey"
    title: "Francis Matthey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthey"
    title: "Francis Matthey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthey"
    title: "Francis Matthey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116847"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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