# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-matheson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:25:24.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-matheson"
name: "Michael Matheson"
slug: "michael-matheson"
description: "Michael Stephen Matheson is a Scottish politician who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2026, first representing the Central Scotland region and, from 2007, the Falkirk West constituency. Matheson previously served in the Scottish government as Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care from 2023 to 2024, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport from 2018 to 2023, and Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2014 to 2018."
tagline: "Scottish politician (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_health_secretary_Michael_Matheson_(cropped_1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1970-09-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             0.41372351160444
  historical:           5.303818666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MathesonMichael"
    handle:    "MathesonMichael"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelmathesonmsp.org"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Matheson"
    title: "Michael Matheson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميخائيل ماثيسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل ماثيسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Matheson"
    title: "Michael Matheson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Matheson_(politician)"
    title: "Michael Matheson (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ACcheil_MacMhathain"
    title: "Mìcheil MacMhathain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121780"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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