# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mitch-daniels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:30:29.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mitch-daniels"
name: "Mitch Daniels"
slug: "mitch-daniels"
description: "Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. is an American former academic administrator, businessman, author, and retired politician. A Republican, he served as the 49th governor of Indiana from January 2005 to January 2013 and as the 12th president of Purdue University from January 2013 to December 2022 and will become the interim president of Purdue in July 2026 after the departure of Mung Chiang from the position."
tagline: "Governor of Indiana"
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-04-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "purduemitch"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump