# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vivian-balakrishnan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:42:46.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vivian-balakrishnan"
name: "Vivian Balakrishnan"
slug: "vivian-balakrishnan"
description: "Vivian Balakrishnan is a Singaporean politician, diplomat and former ophthalmologist who has been serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2015. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cashew division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC since 2006, and previously the Ulu Pandan division of Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC between 2001 and 2006."
tagline: "Singaporean politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vivian_Balakrishnan_March_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-01-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.019888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/VivianBala"
    handle:    "VivianBala"
sources:
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    title: "維文 (新加坡)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vivian Balakrishnan"
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    title: "Vivian Balakrishnan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویوین بالاکرشنن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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