# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karpal-singh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:57:49.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karpal-singh"
name: "Karpal Singh"
slug: "karpal-singh"
description: "Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bukit Gelugor in the state of Penang from 2004 to 2014. During that time, he was also the National Chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP)."
tagline: "Malaysian politician and lawyer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karpal_Singh_in_Kuching%2C_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-06-28"
deathDate: "2014-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.94
  momentum:             9.244640555400839
  historical:           11.088596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.karpalsingh.net/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karpal Singh"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karpal Singh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karpal Singh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karpal Singh"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump