# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/seamus-pattison
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:21:38.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/seamus-pattison"
name: "Séamus Pattison"
slug: "seamus-pattison"
description: "Séamus Pattison was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2002 to 2007, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1997 to 2002, Minister of State for Social Welfare from 1983 to 1987 and Father of the Dáil from 1995 to 2007. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1961 to 2007. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Leinster constituency from 1981 to 1983."
tagline: "Irish politician (1936-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison%2C_1982_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-04-19"
deathDate: "2018-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.337689333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شيموس باتيسون"
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    title: "شيموس باتيسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison"
    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison"
    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison"
    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison"
    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison"
    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison"
    title: "Séamus Pattison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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