# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lemma-megersa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:18:17.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lemma-megersa"
name: "Lemma Megersa"
slug: "lemma-megersa"
description: "Lemma Megersa is an Ethiopian politician who served as the Minister of Defense from 2019 to 2020. He was also the president of the Oromia Region and deputy chairman of the ruling party in the region, the Oromo Democratic Party. Since the formation of the Prosperity Party, Lemma has been independent."
tagline: "Ethiopian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lemma_Mergesa%2C_Minister_of_Defense%2C_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia_at_the_Pentagon%2C_Arlington%2C_Virginia_on_December_3%2C_2019_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1970-07-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.164185333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemma_Megersa"
    title: "Lemma Megersa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "لما مغرسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0"
    title: "Лема Мегерса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemma_Megersa"
    title: "Lemma Megersa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemma_Megersa"
    title: "Lemma Megersa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammaa_Magarsaa"
    title: "Lammaa Magarsaa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0"
    title: "Лемма Мегерса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3229326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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