# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricardo-merlo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:38:01.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricardo-merlo"
name: "Ricardo Merlo"
slug: "ricardo-merlo"
description: "Ricardo Antonio Merlo is an Italian politician, leader of the Associative Movement Italians Abroad. Born and resident in Argentina, he acquired Italian citizenship through Jus sanguinis."
tagline: "Italian politician and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricardo_Antonio_Merlo_datisenato_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-05-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.808028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RicardoMerlo5"
    handle:    "RicardoMerlo5"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/rmerlo.maie"
    handle:    "rmerlo.maie"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ريكاردو ميرلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Merlo"
    title: "Ricardo Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Merlo"
    title: "Ricardo Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Merlo"
    title: "Ricardo Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Merlo"
    title: "Ricardo Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3934279"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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