# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-swaelen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:22:58.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-swaelen"
name: "Frank Swaelen"
slug: "frank-swaelen"
description: "Frank Swaelen was a Belgian Christian Democratic politician and member of the Christian People's Party (CVP). He was born in Antwerp. In 1968, he became a member of the Chamber of Representatives. He became Minister of Defence in 1980 but one year later he became the national chairman of the CVP, which he remained until 1988, when he became the President of the Senate."
tagline: "Belgian politician (1930-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/0_Visite_du_Roi_Baudouin_au_Shape_-_1981_(1).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-03-23"
deathDate: "2007-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             1.533742331288344
  historical:           8.740101333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فرانك سوايلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Swaelen"
    title: "Frank Swaelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA"
    title: "Свелен, Франк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682420"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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