# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-watt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:41:50.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-watt"
name: "Mel Watt"
slug: "mel-watt"
description: "Melvin Luther Watt is an American politician who served as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from 2014 to 2019. He was appointed by President Barack Obama. He is a former United States representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district, from 1993 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melvinwatt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-08-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.25
  momentum:             0.2521008403361344
  historical:           7.023976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Watt"
    title: "Mel Watt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "ميل وات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "مل وات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Watt"
    title: "Mel Watt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Watt"
    title: "Mel Watt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "مل وات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Watt"
    title: "Mel Watt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Watt"
    title: "Mel Watt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983446"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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