# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-heckler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:36:32.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-heckler"
name: "Margaret Heckler"
slug: "margaret-heckler"
description: "Margaret Mary Heckler was an American politician and diplomat who represented Massachusetts's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until 1983. A member of the Republican Party, she also served as the 15th United States secretary of health and human services from 1983 to 1985, as well as United States ambassador to Ireland from 1986 to 1989."
tagline: "American politician (1931-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mmheckler.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-06-21"
deathDate: "2018-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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