# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-g-martinez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:29:41.240Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-g-martinez"
name: "Matthew G. Martínez"
slug: "matthew-g-martinez"
description: "Matthew Gilbert \"Marty\" Martínez was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from California's 30th congressional district from 1982 to 1993 and California's 31st congressional district from 1993 to 2001, both as a member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Martínez switched parties to become a Republican after being defeated in a 2000 primary."
tagline: "United States Marine (1929-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_G_Martinez.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-02-14"
deathDate: "2011-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.62
  momentum:             11.8003520241388
  historical:           6.349533333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_G._Mart%C3%ADnez"
    title: "Matthew G. Martínez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "ماثيو جي. مارتينيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ماتیو جی. مارتینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_G._Mart%C3%ADnez"
    title: "Matthew G. Martínez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_G._Mart%C3%ADnez"
    title: "Matthew G. Martínez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_G._Mart%C3%ADnez"
    title: "Matthew G. Martínez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_G._Mart%C3%ADnez"
    title: "Matthew G. Martínez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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