# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kuobza-saammal-matti
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:44:26.298Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kuobza-saammal-matti"
name: "Kuobžâ-Saammâl Matti"
slug: "kuobza-saammal-matti"
description: "Matti Heikki Ilmari Morottaja or Kuobž-Saammâl Matti, is an Inari Sámi author, teacher and member of the Sami Parliament of Finland, serving as president for six years. He has served as president of the Inari Sámi Language Association since its foundation. His sons, Petter and Mikkâl, have also promoted the use of Inari Sámi in their own way: Petter as the editor-in-chief of Kierâš, a digital weekly in Inari Sámi and Mikkâl as the first rapper to rap in Inari Sámi in the world. Morottaja received the Mikael Agricola Prize from the Finnish Cultural Foundation on 1 April 2007."
tagline: "Inari Sámi politician, teacher, and author"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.09
  momentum:             2.063492063492063
  historical:           6.402736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Morottaja"
    title: "Matti Morottaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "كوبز ساميل ماتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Morottaja"
    title: "Matti Morottaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Morottaja"
    title: "Matti Morottaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Morottaja"
    title: "Matti Morottaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Morottaja"
    title: "Matti Morottaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Morottaja"
    title: "Matti Morottaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Morottaja"
    title: "Matti Morottaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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