# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merlyn-rees
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:57:20.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merlyn-rees"
name: "Merlyn Rees"
slug: "merlyn-rees"
description: "Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992. He served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–1976) and Home Secretary (1976–1979)."
tagline: "British politician (1920-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_%22After_Dark%22%2C_16_July_1988.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1920-12-18"
deathDate: "2006-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.25301204819277
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Рис, Мерлин"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Merlyn Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Merlyn Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlyn_Rees"
    title: "Merlyn Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlyn_Rees"
    title: "Merlyn Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlyn_Rees"
    title: "Merlyn Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "מרלין ריס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Merlyn Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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