# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-a-linick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:07:00.154Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-a-linick"
name: "Steve A. Linick"
slug: "steve-a-linick"
description: "Steven Alan Linick is an American attorney and State Department official who served as Inspector General of the Department of State and led the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State. In 2013, he was nominated by President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the United States Senate. Linick was removed from office by Donald Trump on May 15, 2020, effective in 30 days per federal law, with Stephen Akard appointed acting inspector general in the interim."
tagline: "American attorney and career State Department official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Linick_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.12
  momentum:             2.212389380530973
  historical:           4.604968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ستيف لينيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ستيف لينيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Linick"
    title: "Steve Linick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7"
    title: "סטיב ליניק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Linick"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59781861"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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