# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-bruton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:17.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-bruton"
name: "John Bruton"
slug: "john-bruton"
description: "John Gerard Bruton was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 and Leader of Fine Gael from 1990 to 2001. He held cabinet positions between 1981‍ and 1987, including twice as minister for finance. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1990 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Meath from 1969 to 2004."
tagline: "Irish politician and prime minister (1947–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Bruton_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
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birthDate: "1947-05-18"
deathDate: "2024-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump