# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-mer
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:03:49.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-mer"
name: "Francis Mer"
slug: "francis-mer"
description: "Francis Mer was a French businessman, industrialist and politician. An alumnus of the École polytechnique, and of the École des Mines de Paris, he was a member of the Corps des mines. Mer was hired in 1970 by the Saint-Gobain group. In 1982, he became chairman of the board of Pont-à-Mousson SA. In the 1980s, he joined the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank."
tagline: "French politician (1939–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Mer_IMF_2003%2C_IMF_69MS030412163l.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1939-05-25"
deathDate: "2023-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.621456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فرنسيس مير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانسيس مير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mer"
    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mer"
    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mer"
    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانسیس میر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mer"
    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mer"
    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mer"
    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Mer"
    title: "Francis Mer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64662"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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