# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-tanis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:33:27.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-tanis"
name: "James Tanis"
slug: "james-tanis"
description: "James Tanis is a politician in Papua New Guinea who was elected President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in 2008 following the death of Joseph Kabui while in office, serving the remainder of the term from 2009 to 2010. He was previously the Vice President of the Bougainville People's Congress."
tagline: "Politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Tanis_interview.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.87
  momentum:             3.783783783783784
  historical:           7.211016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%A1%94%E5%B0%BC%E6%96%AF"
    title: "詹姆斯·塔尼斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tanis"
    title: "James Tanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Τζέιμς Τάνις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tanis"
    title: "James Tanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tanis"
    title: "James Tanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tanis"
    title: "James Tanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Танис, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "جیمز ٹینیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438696"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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