# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janis-balodis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:47:36.836Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janis-balodis"
name: "Jānis Balodis"
slug: "janis-balodis"
description: "Jānis Balodis was an army general, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Latvia (1919–1921), Minister of War (1931–1940), and a politician who was one of the principal figures during the Latvian War of Independence and the dictatorship of Kārlis Ulmanis, when he was officially the number two of the regime as the Minister of War, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President."
tagline: "Latvian military personnel and politician (1881-1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen._Janis_Balodis_(Minister_of_Defence_of_Latvia).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1881-02-20"
deathDate: "1965-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.225956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Яніс Балодіс (генерал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چانيس بالوديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "יאניס בלודיס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヤーニス・バルオディス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "იანის ბალოდისი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Baluodis"
    title: "Janis Baluodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis_(%C4%A3ener%C4%81lis)"
    title: "Jānis Balodis (ģenerālis)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Балодис, Янис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Balodis"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Balodis"
    title: "Jānis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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