# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katherine-zappone
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:33:44.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katherine-zappone"
name: "Katherine Zappone"
slug: "katherine-zappone"
description: "Katherine Zappone is an American-Irish independent politician who served as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from May 2016 to June 2020. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 2016 to 2020. She previously served as a Senator from 2011 to 2016, after being nominated by the Taoiseach."
tagline: "American-born Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katherine_Zappone.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.49
  momentum:             0.3012048192771084
  historical:           9.224624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/senatorkzappone"
    handle:    "senatorkzappone"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://senatorkatherinezappone.ie/"
sources:
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    title: "کیتھرین زیپون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كاثرين زابون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Zappone"
    title: "Katherine Zappone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Zappone"
    title: "Katherine Zappone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Zappone"
    title: "Katherine Zappone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Zappone"
    title: "Katherine Zappone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Zappone"
    title: "Katherine Zappone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%90%EC%84%9C%EB%A6%B0_%EC%A0%80%ED%8F%B0"
    title: "캐서린 저폰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BA"
    title: "കാതറിൻ സാപോൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Zappone"
    title: "Katherine Zappone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Zappone"
    title: "Katherine Zappone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6376580"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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