# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-couchepin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:10:40.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-couchepin"
name: "François Couchepin"
slug: "francois-couchepin"
description: "François Couchepin was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as Chancellor of Switzerland from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the now-defunct Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP/PRD)."
tagline: "Swiss politician (1935–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesrat_der_Schweiz_1998_b_(Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1935-01-19"
deathDate: "2023-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.99
  momentum:             0.5395683453237411
  historical:           11.14388133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Франсуа Кушпен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسوا كوتشيپين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Франсуа Кушпен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Кушпен, Франсуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couchepin"
    title: "François Couchepin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677502"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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