# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miriam-defensor-santiago
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:04:25.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miriam-defensor-santiago"
name: "Miriam Defensor Santiago"
slug: "miriam-defensor-santiago"
description: "Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was known for being a long serving senator of the Philippines and an elected judge of the International Criminal Court. She is the sole female recipient of the Philippines' highest national honor, the Quezon Service Cross."
tagline: "Filipina politician, lawyer, and author (1945–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_Miriam_Defensor_Santiago_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1945-06-15"
deathDate: "2016-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.61
  momentum:             0.5586757315991724
  historical:           18.24379333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/senmiriam"
    handle:    "senmiriam"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Miriam Defensor Santiago"
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    title: "Miriam Defensor Santiago"
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    title: "Miriam Defensor-Santiago"
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    title: "Miriam Defensor Santiago"
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    title: "Miriam Defensor Santiago"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Miriam Defensor–Santiago"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump