# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mervyn-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:14:28.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mervyn-taylor"
name: "Mervyn Taylor"
slug: "mervyn-taylor"
description: "Mervyn Taylor was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Equality and Law Reform from 1993 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1981 to 1997. He was the first ever Jewish cabinet minister in Ireland."
tagline: "Irish politician and lawyer (1931–2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Mervyn_Taylor%2C_1996_%28cropped%29.png/330px-Mervyn_Taylor%2C_1996_%28cropped%29.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-12-01"
deathDate: "2021-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.12
  momentum:             12.14215925744993
  historical:           6.341253333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Taylor"
    title: "Mervyn Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ميرفين تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ميرفين تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Taylor"
    title: "Mervyn Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Taylor"
    title: "Mervyn Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Taylor"
    title: "Mervyn Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Taylor"
    title: "Mervyn Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1613980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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