# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-welsh
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:14:05.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-welsh"
name: "Mark Welsh"
slug: "mark-welsh"
description: "Mark Anthony Welsh III is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and a member of the board of directors of Northrop Grumman. He was the 27th president of Texas A&M University, and is a former dean of its Bush School of Government & Public Service. Welsh was appointed by Barack Obama to serve as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Welsh was the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, the associate director for Military Affairs of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the vice commander of Air Education and Training Command. In his early career, he served as a fighter pilot and was a commander at the squadron, group, and wing level, in addition to assignments in training, operations, intelligence, and acquisitions. He was also the commandant of cadets of the United States Air Force Academy."
tagline: "General and former President of the Texas A&M University"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1953-01-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.169837333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "马克·威尔什"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارك ويلزي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%89"
    title: "مارك ويلزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_A._Welsh"
    title: "Mark A. Welsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Welsh"
    title: "Mark Welsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "مارک ولش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Welsh"
    title: "Mark Welsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7_%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A9"
    title: "מרק ולש"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5"
    title: "マーク・ウェルシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%88"
    title: "Марк Велш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4391764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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