# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kate-forbes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:50:16.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kate-forbes"
name: "Kate Forbes"
slug: "kate-forbes"
description: "Kate Elizabeth Forbes is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic from 2024 to 2026. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy from 2020 to 2023. Forbes was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch from 2016 to 2026."
tagline: "Scottish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deputy_First_Minister_-_designate_and_Cabinet_Secretary_for_Economy_and_Gaelic_-_designate%2C_Kate_Forbes_(53707856301)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1990-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.55
  momentum:             3.012875536480686
  historical:           16.058444
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/_kateforbes"
    handle:    "_kateforbes"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "كيت فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کیت فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceit_Fhoirbeis"
    title: "Ceit Fhoirbeis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceit_Fhoirbeis"
    title: "Ceit Fhoirbeis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A9_%D5%96%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%BD"
    title: "Քեյթ Ֆորբս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Kate Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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