# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-ioraer-ortom
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:14:39.905Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-ioraer-ortom"
name: "Samuel Ioraer Ortom"
slug: "samuel-ioraer-ortom"
description: "Samuel Ioraer Ortom is a Nigerian politician, businessman, administrator and philanthropist. He was a Minister of State Trade and Investments and the Supervising Minister for Aviation in Nigeria during the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan in 2011. Ortom was elected governor of Benue State as a member of the All Progressives Congress in 2015, though he later defected to the People's Democratic Party. He was re-elected as governor on 29 May 2019. Ortom's tenure ended on 29 May 2023, succeeded by a Catholic priest of the opposition party, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia."
tagline: "Nigerian businessman and politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-04-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.880922666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Samuel Ortom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ortom"
    title: "Samuel Ortom"
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  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ortom"
    title: "Samuel Ortom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samuel Ortom"
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    title: "Samuel Ortom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ortom"
    title: "Samuel Ortom"
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  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ortom"
    title: "Samuel Ortom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ortom"
    title: "Samuel Ortom"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "سیموئل اورٹوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18354225"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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