# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zelia-cardoso-de-mello
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:39:54.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zelia-cardoso-de-mello"
name: "Zélia Cardoso de Mello"
slug: "zelia-cardoso-de-mello"
description: "Zélia Maria Cardoso de Mello served as Brazil's Minister of Economy from 1990 to 1991 under Fernando Collor de Mello. She was later married to Brazilian comedian Chico Anysio, with whom she has two children, Rodrigo and Victoria. The couple divorced in 1998."
tagline: "Brazilian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Z%C3%A9lia_Cardoso_de_Melo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1953-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             1.830116684178511
  historical:           7.372260000000001
  currentAttention:     2.803738317757011
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9lia_Cardoso_de_Mello"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "زيليا كاردوسو جي ميلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "زيليا كاردوسو د ميلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9lia_Cardoso_de_Mello"
    title: "Zélia Cardoso de Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9lia_Cardoso_de_Mello"
    title: "Zélia Cardoso de Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9lia_Cardoso_de_Mello"
    title: "Zélia Cardoso de Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9lia_Cardoso_de_Mello"
    title: "Zélia Cardoso de Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9lia_Cardoso_de_Mello"
    title: "Zélia Cardoso de Mello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8076047"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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