# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-budaj
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:03:43.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-budaj"
name: "Ján Budaj"
slug: "jan-budaj"
description: "Ján Budaj is a Slovak politician and environmental activist. He is mostly known by his participation in the Velvet Revolution. He served as the Minister of Environment from 21 March 2020, in the cabinets of Igor Matovič and Eduard Heger until the dissolution of the Heger Cabinet on 15 May 2023."
tagline: "Slovak member of Slovak National Council, head of Slovak National Council and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%A1n_Budaj.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-02-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.65
  momentum:             0.9036144578313254
  historical:           5.273182666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Budaj"
    title: "Ján Budaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Budaj"
    title: "Ján Budaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Budaj"
    title: "Ján Budaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikiquote.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Budaj"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Будай, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Budaj"
    title: "Ján Budaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12027325"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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