# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-vaithilingam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:46.269Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-vaithilingam"
name: "V. Vaithilingam"
slug: "v-vaithilingam"
description: "V. Vaithilingam is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, who currently represents Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He held the position as the 11th Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 1991 to 1996 and the 16th Chief Minister of Puducherry again from 2008 to 2011. He is a senior legislator serving eight consecutive terms."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vaithilingam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.307028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "व्ही. वैतिलिंगम"
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    title: "వి. వైతిలింగం"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7906295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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