# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-schweiker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:48:31.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-schweiker"
name: "Richard Schweiker"
slug: "richard-schweiker"
description: "Richard Schultz Schweiker was an American businessman and politician who served as the 14th U.S. secretary of health and human services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. representative from 1961 to 1969 and a U.S. senator from 1969 to 1981 from Pennsylvania. Schweiker was Reagan's running mate during his unsuccessful 1976 presidential campaign."
tagline: "American politician (1926-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RichardSchweiker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-06-01"
deathDate: "2015-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.41
  momentum:             0.1856665428889714
  historical:           12.76541466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Річард Швейкер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد شويكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ریچارد شویکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "ریچارد شویکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ריצ'רד שוויקר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Schweiker"
    title: "Richard S. Schweiker"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Швайкер, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schweiker"
    title: "Richard Schweiker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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