# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-poindexter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:49:04.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-poindexter"
name: "John Poindexter"
slug: "john-poindexter"
description: "John Marlan Poindexter is a retired United States naval officer and Department of Defense official. He was Deputy National Security Advisor and National Security Advisor during the Reagan administration. He was convicted in April 1990 of multiple felonies as a result of his actions in the Iran–Contra affair, but his convictions were reversed on appeal in 1991. During the George W. Bush administration, he served a brief stint as the director of the DARPA Information Awareness Office. He is the father of NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain Alan G. Poindexter."
tagline: "Retired American naval officer and Department of Defense official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Admiral_John_Poindexter%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1985.JPEG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-08-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3017241379310345
  historical:           12.48387466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Poindexter"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump