# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/real-menard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:55:04.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/real-menard"
name: "Réal Ménard"
slug: "real-menard"
description: "Réal Ménard is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian member of Parliament to come out as gay."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.671958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "رايل مينارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9al_M%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Réal Ménard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ريال مينارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9al_M%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Réal Ménard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9al_M%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Réal Ménard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9al_M%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Réal Ménard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2178668"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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