# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-mclay
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:06.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-mclay"
name: "Jim McLay"
slug: "jim-mclay"
description: "Sir James Kenneth McLay is a New Zealand diplomat and former politician. He served as the ninth deputy prime minister of New Zealand from 15 March to 26 July 1984. McLay was also Leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition from 29 November 1984 to 26 March 1986. Following his ousting as party leader, he retired from parliamentary politics in 1987. In June 2009, he became New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In May 2015, McLay became New Zealand's Representative to the Palestinian Authority. From May 2016 to January 2017, he was New Zealand's Consul General in Honolulu."
tagline: "New Zealand politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_McLay_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.39
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.477862666666667
  currentAttention:     13.88888888888889
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McLay"
    title: "Jim McLay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "چيم مكلاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kenneth_McLay"
    title: "James Kenneth McLay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McLay"
    title: "Jim McLay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ジム・マックレイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McLay"
    title: "Jim McLay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6135999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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