# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meles-zenawi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:00:29.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meles-zenawi"
name: "Meles Zenawi"
slug: "meles-zenawi"
description: "Meles Zenawi Asres, born Legesse Zenawi Asres was an Ethiopian politician and former rebel militant commander who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime minister from 1995 until his death in 2012."
tagline: "Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1955-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meles_Zenawi_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-05-08"
deathDate: "2012-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump