# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-martinez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:48:03.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-martinez"
name: "Mel Martínez"
slug: "mel-martinez"
description: "Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez is a Cuban-American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007. Previously, Martínez served as the 12th secretary of housing and urban development from 2001 to 2004 under President George W. Bush."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Martinez.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.9989410518884574
  historical:           19.77884266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MelMartinez"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump