# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-james-pappas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:47:35.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-james-pappas"
name: "Michael James Pappas"
slug: "michael-james-pappas"
description: "Michael James Pappas is an American politician and former one term Republican congressman from New Jersey, serving from 1997 to 1999. He is currently the Township Administrator in Bridgewater, New Jersey. He was an unsuccessful candidate for State Senator in New Jersey's 16th legislative district in the 2021 and 2023 elections."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MichaelJamesPappas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.61
  momentum:             3.069620253164557
  historical:           5.481534666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "مایکل جیمز پاپاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ميخائيل جيمس باباس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "مايكل چيمس پاپاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Паппас, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Pappas"
    title: "Michael J. Pappas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pappas"
    title: "Mike Pappas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1927997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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