# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-catala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:16:39.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-catala"
name: "Rafael Catalá"
slug: "rafael-catala"
description: "Rafael Catalá Polo is a Spanish politician and member of the People's Party. He was Minister of Justice and First Notary of the Kingdom from September 2014 to June 2018, and was additionally interim Minister of Public Works between 19 July 2016 and 4 November 2016. Before this, he served as the 4th Secretary of State for Justice between 2002 and 2004 and as the 8th Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing from 2011 to 2014."
tagline: "Spanish statesman and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Rafael_Catal%C3%A1)_Premios_de_Periodismo_ABC_04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.232976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7484859/"
    handle:    "nm7484859"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E6%96%90%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E5%A1%94%E6%8B%89"
    title: "拉斐尔·卡塔拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "رافايل كاتالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1_Polo"
    title: "Rafael Catalá Polo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1_Polo"
    title: "Rafael Catalá Polo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1"
    title: "Rafael Catalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1_Polo"
    title: "Rafael Catalá Polo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1"
    title: "Rafael Catalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1"
    title: "Rafael Catalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1_Polo"
    title: "Rafael Catalá Polo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Catal%C3%A1_Polo"
    title: "Rafael Catalá Polo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Катала Поло, Рафаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6097148"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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