# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-mcfarlane
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:34:43.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-mcfarlane"
name: "Robert McFarlane"
slug: "robert-mcfarlane"
description: "Robert Carl \"Bud\" McFarlane was an American Marine Corps officer who served as National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1985. Within the Reagan administration, McFarlane was a leading architect of the Strategic Defense Initiative, a project intended to defend the US from Soviet ballistic missile attacks. He resigned as National Security Adviser in late 1985 because of disagreements with other administration figures but remained involved in negotiations with Iran and with Hezbollah."
tagline: "American Marine Corps officer and National Security Advisor (1937–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Mcfarlane_IAGS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-07-12"
deathDate: "2022-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.375959079283887
  historical:           11.39831333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump