# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-maria-melo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:58:09.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-maria-melo"
name: "José María Melo"
slug: "jose-maria-melo"
description: "José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz was a Colombian general and political figure who fought in the South American wars of independence, and who rose to power and briefly held the presidency of Colombia in 1854. Of Pijao ancestry, he is considered the country's first and only indigenous president."
tagline: "President of Colombia (1800-1860)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jose_Maria_Melo_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1800-10-09"
deathDate: "1860-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.91
  momentum:             3.068245910885505
  historical:           11.01674533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Melo"
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    title: "José María Melo"
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    title: "José María Melo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Melo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ხოსე მარია მელო"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Melo"
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    title: "Мело, Хосе Мария"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хосе Марія Мело"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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