# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maris-purgailis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:59:49.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maris-purgailis"
name: "Māris Purgailis"
slug: "maris-purgailis"
description: "Māris Purgailis was a Latvian politician. He was the mayor of Riga from 1994 to 1997."
tagline: "Latvian politician (1947-2022)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-12-08"
deathDate: "2022-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.03
  momentum:             4.054054054054054
  historical:           5.468538666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ris_Purgailis"
    title: "Māris Purgailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ماريس بورجيليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ris_Purgailis"
    title: "Māris Purgailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Пургайлис, Марис Германович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ris_Purgailis"
    title: "Māris Purgailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ris_Purgailis"
    title: "Māris Purgailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461831"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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