# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kerin
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:25:06.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kerin"
name: "John Kerin"
slug: "john-kerin"
description: "John Charles Kerin was an Australian economist and Labor Party politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1993. He held a number of senior ministerial roles in both the Hawke and Keating governments, including six months as Treasurer of Australia and eight years as Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, holding the latter role for the longest period in Australian history."
tagline: "Australian politician (1937–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Charles_Kerin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1937-11-21"
deathDate: "2023-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.16
  momentum:             2.909090909090909
  historical:           4.615336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون كيرين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerin_(Politiker)"
    title: "John Kerin (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerin"
    title: "John Kerin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerin"
    title: "John Kerin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerin"
    title: "John Kerin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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