# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/murphy-j-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:21:42.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/murphy-j-foster"
name: "Murphy J. Foster"
slug: "murphy-j-foster"
description: "Murphy James \"Mike\" Foster Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004."
tagline: "American politician (1930-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GovFoster1.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-07-11"
deathDate: "2020-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.6
  momentum:             1.15916955017301
  historical:           10.53632666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Foster"
    title: "Mike Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Foster_(American_politician)"
    title: "Mike Foster (American politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A)"
    title: "مايك فوستر (سياسي أمريكي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "مایک فوزتر (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Foster"
    title: "Mike Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Foster"
    title: "Mike Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Foster_(homme_politique%2C_1930-2020)"
    title: "Mike Foster (homme politique, 1930-2020)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8"
    title: "מייק פוסטר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Foster"
    title: "Mike Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_Iacobus_Foster_minor"
    title: "Murphy Iacobus Foster minor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster%2C_Jr."
    title: "Murphy J. Foster, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster_Jr."
    title: "Murphy J. Foster Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880111"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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