# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-fernandes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:38:35.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-fernandes"
name: "Oscar Fernandes"
slug: "oscar-fernandes"
description: "Oscar Fernandes was an Indian politician, a senior Indian National Congress leader and was the Union Cabinet Minister for Transport, Road and Highways and Labour and Employment, Government of India in UPA government. He was one of the closest confidants of the former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and one of the major leaders involved in the decision making process related to Congress Party.\nHe was closely associated with the late Mogaveera community leader Mr.Ananda Mendon and both together worked for the social upliftment of rural areas of coastal Karnataka."
tagline: "Indian politician (1941–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shri_Oscar_Fernandes_assumes_the_charge_of_the_Minister_of_State_(Independent_Charge)_for_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation_in_New_Delhi_on_May_24%2C_2004_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-03-27"
deathDate: "2021-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.265234546251645
  historical:           6.925352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Oscar-Fernandes-827452364057646"
    handle:    "Oscar-Fernandes-827452364057646"
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    title: "Oscar Fernandes"
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    title: "ಆಸ್ಕರ್ ಫೆರ್ನಾಂಡಿಸ್"
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    title: "ఆస్కార్ ఫెర్నాండేజ్"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump