# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-s-sampath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:08:54.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-s-sampath"
name: "V. S. Sampath"
slug: "v-s-sampath"
description: "Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath served as 18th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Election Commission of India from 2012 to 2015. He succeeded S. Y. Quraishi as the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 June 2012. Born on 16 January 1950, Sampath retired on 15 January 2015 when he attained 65 years of age."
tagline: "18th Chief Election Commissioner of India"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shri_V._S._Sampath_assuming_the_charge_of_the_Election_Commissioner%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April%2C_21%2C_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1950-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.883298666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ভি. এছ. সম্পথ"
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    title: "వి.ఎస్.సంపత్"
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    title: "വി.എസ്. സമ്പത്ത്"
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    title: "வீ. சு. சம்பத்"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump