# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abraham-belay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:01:34.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abraham-belay"
name: "Abraham Belay"
slug: "abraham-belay"
description: "Abraham Belay is an Ethiopian politician serving as the Minister of Irrigation and Lowland Areas Development since 2024. Belay served as the Minister of Defense from 2021. An ethnic Tigrayan, he previously served as the Minister of Innovation and Technology, and as president of the Tigray Region Prosperity Party."
tagline: "Ethiopian politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Minister_of_Irrigation_and_Lowland_Areas_Development_Abraham_Belay.jpg/330px-Minister_of_Irrigation_and_Lowland_Areas_Development_Abraham_Belay.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           41.14
  momentum:             0.5502392344497608
  historical:           5.082542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Belay"
    title: "Abraham Belay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Абрахам Белай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Belay"
    title: "Abraham Belay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%92"
    title: "ابراہم بلے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Belay"
    title: "Abraham Belay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Belay"
    title: "Abraham Belay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109536191"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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