# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-espada
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:20.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-espada"
name: "Rafael Espada"
slug: "rafael-espada"
description: "Dr. José Rafael Espada is a retired cardiothoracic surgeon and politician who served as Vice President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012 under President Alvaro Colom. Espada unsuccessfully ran for president during the 2023 general election."
tagline: "Guatemalan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael_Espada_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-01-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.22
  momentum:             1.36724960254372
  historical:           7.02574
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%88%D8%A7"
    title: "رافیل ایسپاڈا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "رافائيل اسبادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Espada"
    title: "Rafael Espada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Espada"
    title: "Rafael Espada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Espada"
    title: "Rafael Espada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Espada"
    title: "Rafael Espada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%ED%8C%8C%EC%97%98_%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%ED%8C%8C%EB%8B%A4"
    title: "라파엘 에스파다"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Espada"
    title: "Rafael Espada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521543"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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