# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerry-collins
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:06:38.157Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerry-collins"
name: "Gerry Collins"
slug: "gerry-collins"
description: "James Gerard Collins is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from March 1982 to December 1982 and 1989 to 1992, Minister for Justice from 1977 to 1981 and 1987 to 1989, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1970 to 1973, and a Parliamentary Secretary from 1969 to 1970. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1994 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick West constituency from 1967 to 1997."
tagline: "Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerard_Collins_MEP_1994.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-10-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.883766666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B7"
    title: "Джеймс Джерард Коллінз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جيرارد كولينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جيرارد كولينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Collins"
    title: "Gerard Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Collins_(politician)"
    title: "Gerry Collins (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Collins"
    title: "Gerry Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Collins"
    title: "Gerry Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Collins_(polityk)"
    title: "Gerry Collins (polityk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Collins"
    title: "Gerard Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446685"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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