# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-hunt
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:02.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-hunt"
name: "Jonathan Hunt"
slug: "jonathan-hunt"
description: "Jonathan Lucas Hunt was a New Zealand politician and diplomat. He started a 38-year parliamentary career as the Baby of the House and retired as Father of the House. During that tenure, he was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Afterwards, he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2005 to March 2008. He was a member of the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civilian honour, and given the nickname \"Minister for Wine and Cheese\" for enjoying those items."
tagline: "New Zealand politician and diplomat (1938–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_Hunt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-12-02"
deathDate: "2024-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.07
  momentum:             1.091549295774648
  historical:           6.344673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hunt_(bolitan%2C_1938)"
    title: "Jonathan Hunt (bolitan, 1938)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AA_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A)"
    title: "جوناثان هنت (سياسي نيوزلندي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hunt_(Politiker%2C_1938)"
    title: "Jonathan Hunt (Politiker, 1938)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hunt_(New_Zealand_politician)"
    title: "Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hunt"
    title: "Jonathan Hunt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Хант, Джонатан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hunt_(New_Zealand_politician)"
    title: "Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6273447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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