# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iris-varela
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:19:49.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iris-varela"
name: "Iris Varela"
slug: "iris-varela"
description: "María Iris Varela Rangel is a Venezuelan leftist politician, activist, criminologist, member of the board of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and Minister of Popular Power for the Prison Service."
tagline: "Venezuelan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iris_Varela_-_Ministra_del_Poder_Popular_para_el_Servicio_Penitenciario.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.08
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.454761333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/irisvarela"
    handle:    "irisvarela"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mariairisvare/"
    handle:    "mariairisvare"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Varela"
    title: "Iris Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ايريس ڤاريلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Varela"
    title: "Iris Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Varela"
    title: "Iris Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Varela"
    title: "Iris Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Varela"
    title: "Iris Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Varela"
    title: "Iris Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1672761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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