# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jorginho-melo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:26:30.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jorginho-melo"
name: "Jorginho Melo"
slug: "jorginho-melo"
description: "Jorginho dos Santos Mello is a Brazilian politician, member of the Liberal Party (PL). He is the incumbent Governor of Santa Catarina and had served as Senator from 2019 to 2022. He resigned to run for the state governorship, being replaced by his substitute Ivete da Silveira (MDB). Mello is the Liberal Party state president."
tagline: "Brazilian politician, Governor of the State of Santa Catarina in Brazil since 2023"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plen%C3%A1rio_do_Senado_(22335628008).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.773874666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jorginhomello"
    handle:    "jorginhomello"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorginho_Mello"
    title: "Jorginho Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorginho_Mello"
    title: "Jorginho Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorginho_Mello"
    title: "Jorginho Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%83%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BE"
    title: "Меллу, Жоржиньо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorginho_Mello"
    title: "Jorginho Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorginho_Mello"
    title: "Jorginho Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10308318"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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