# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-marie-balestre
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:03:20.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-marie-balestre"
name: "Jean-Marie Balestre"
slug: "jean-marie-balestre"
description: "Jean-Marie Balestre was a French motorsport administrator and journalist. From 1978 to 1991, Balestre served as president of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA); from 1985 to 1993, he also served as president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)."
tagline: "French auto racing executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Marie_Balestre_in_1981.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-04-09"
deathDate: "2008-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.67640266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump