# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leighton-w-smith-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:12.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leighton-w-smith-jr"
name: "Leighton W. Smith, Jr."
slug: "leighton-w-smith-jr"
description: "Leighton Warren Smith Jr. was a former United States Navy admiral. In 1994, he became the Commander in Chief of United States Naval Forces Europe and Allied Forces Southern Europe, holding the commands during the height of the Yugoslav wars. He commanded the NATO enacted no-fly zone over Bosnia and the later bombing campaign against Republika Srpska in 1995. The same year he additionally took on command of the NATO-led Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia with the objective of overseeing the peace agreement. He held all three positions until his retirement in 1996."
tagline: "United States Navy admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Admiral_Leighton_Smith%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1939-08-20"
deathDate: "2023-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.150793650793651
  historical:           8.097014666666666
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  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump