# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pieter-merkus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:48:31.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pieter-merkus"
name: "Pieter Merkus"
slug: "pieter-merkus"
description: "Pieter Merkus was a Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1841 to 1844. He also served as governor of the Molucca Islands."
tagline: "Dutch officer and administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pieter_Merkus_(1851).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1787-03-18"
deathDate: "1844-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.674478666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Merkus"
    title: "Pieter Merkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Merkus"
    title: "Pieter Merkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Merkus"
    title: "Pieter Merkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Пітер Меркус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Merkus"
    title: "Pieter Merkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Merkus"
    title: "Pieter Merkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2483889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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