# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-mestre
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:31:54.957Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-mestre"
name: "Philippe Mestre"
slug: "philippe-mestre"
description: "Philippe Mestre was a French high-ranking civil servant, media executive and politician. He was the prefect of Gers, Lower Normandy, Calvados, Pays de la Loire and Loire-Atlantique. He was the chief executive of Presse-Océan from 1981 to 1993. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1993, representing Vendée. He was the Minister of Veteran Affairs and War Victims from 1993 to 1995. He was a commander of the Legion of Honour and an officer of the National Order of Merit."
tagline: "French politician and writer (1927–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe.Mestre.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1927-08-23"
deathDate: "2017-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.22
  momentum:             6.32258064516129
  historical:           7.875774666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "فيليب ميستري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mestre"
    title: "Philippe Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3380364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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