# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-pettit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:35:30.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-pettit"
name: "James Pettit"
slug: "james-pettit"
description: "James D. Pettit is an American diplomat, who served as United States Ambassador to Moldova in 2015–2018. He was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate. Pettit was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova on January 16, 2015. He presented his credentials to President Nicolae Timofti on January 30, 2015."
tagline: "U.S. ambassador"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_D._Pettit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.58
  momentum:             5.291375291375291
  historical:           4.601764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جيمس بيتيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جيمس بيتيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pettit"
    title: "James Pettit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Pettit"
    title: "James D. Pettit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pettit"
    title: "James Pettit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24572428"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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