# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mekertich-portukalian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:40:45.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mekertich-portukalian"
name: "Mekertich Portukalian"
slug: "mekertich-portukalian"
description: "Mekertich Portukalian was an Armenian teacher and journalist who founded the first Armenian political party, the Armenakan Party, in Van in 1885."
tagline: "Armenian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mekertich_Portugalian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1848-10-21"
deathDate: "1921-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.873902666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мкртич Портуґалян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميكيرتيتش پورتوكاليان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mekertiç Portağalyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD"
    title: "Μεγκερντίτς Πορτουκαλιάν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekertich_Portukalian"
    title: "Mekertich Portukalian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%86_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مکرتیچ پرتوگالیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meguerditch_Portoukalian"
    title: "Meguerditch Portoukalian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B9_%D5%93%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Մկրտիչ Փորթուգալյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B9_%D5%93%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Մկրտիչ Փորթուգալեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%9A%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%85_%E1%9E%96%E1%9F%90%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%80%E1%9E%93"
    title: "មេកែរ្ទិច ព័រទុកាលៀន"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Португалян, Мкртич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%B1g%C4%B1rdi%C3%A7_Portakalyan"
    title: "Mıgırdiç Portakalyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2087809"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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