# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-holmes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:25:42.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-holmes"
name: "Michael Holmes"
slug: "michael-holmes"
description: "Michael John Holmes was a British politician who was leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 1997 to 2000. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 1999 to 2002."
tagline: "Former Leader of the UK Independence Party"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Holmes_1999.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-06-06"
deathDate: "2023-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.344709333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holmes_(politician)"
    title: "Michael Holmes (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ميخائيل هولمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ميخائيل هولمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holmes_(politician)"
    title: "Michael Holmes (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holmes_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Michael Holmes (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holmes_(polityk)"
    title: "Michael Holmes (polityk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holmes"
    title: "Michael Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8273282"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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