# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/padinjarethalakal-cherian-alexander
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:18:23.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/padinjarethalakal-cherian-alexander"
name: "Padinjarethalakal Cherian Alexander"
slug: "padinjarethalakal-cherian-alexander"
description: "Padinjarethalakal Cherian Alexander was an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1948 batch who served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1988 to 1990 and as the Governor of Maharashtra from 1993 to 2002. He was considered as a candidate for the post of the President of India in 2002. During his time in Maharashtra, he had additional charge of Goa from 1996 to 1998. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra as an independent candidate from 29 July 2002 to 2 April 2008."
tagline: "Indian politician (1921–2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/P._C._Alexander_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1921-03-20"
deathDate: "2011-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             7.75768535262206
  historical:           6.4828
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump