# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-bruton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:36:06.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-bruton"
name: "Richard Bruton"
slug: "richard-bruton"
description: "Richard Bruton is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North from 2016 to 2024, and previously from 1982 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He was the Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from July 2020 to September 2023. He previously served as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment from 2018 to 2020, Minister for Education and Skills from 2016 to 2018, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation from 2011 to 2016, Deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2010, Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State for Energy Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1981 to 1982."
tagline: "Irish Fine Gael politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Bruton_2013.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.486934666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 8
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RichardbrutonTD"
    handle:    "RichardbrutonTD"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richardbruton.ie"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRVtEQr_trg2jxAB97Sfbw"
    handle:    "@richardbrutontd"
    followers: 8
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%88_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%88%D9%86"
    title: "رچرڈ بروڈن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"
    title: "Richard Bruton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981847"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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