# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/riek-machar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:44:10.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/riek-machar"
name: "Riek Machar"
slug: "riek-machar"
description: "Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the vice president of South Sudan on several occasions, most recently as the first vice president, since 2020."
tagline: "First vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Riek_Machar_VOA_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.067323481116585
  historical:           21.02057733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Drriekmachar"
    handle:    "Drriekmachar"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/riekmachar.vice"
    handle:    "riekmachar.vice"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "リエック・マチャル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мачар, Риек"
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    title: "Рик Мачар"
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    title: "Riek Machar"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444994"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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