# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janez-potocnik
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:20:08.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janez-potocnik"
name: "Janez Potočnik"
slug: "janez-potocnik"
description: "Janez Potočnik is a Slovenian politician who served as the European Commissioner for the Environment from 2009 until 2014. He was formerly Slovenia's Minister for European Affairs. \nIn November 2014, he became co-chair of the International Resource Panel (IRP), a forum of scientists and experts working on natural resources management."
tagline: "Slovenian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Potocnik%2C_Janez-9558.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1958-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4600484261501211
  historical:           17.54888533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump