# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abraham-burg
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:55:37.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abraham-burg"
name: "Abraham Burg"
slug: "abraham-burg"
description: "Avraham \"Avrum\" Burg is an Israeli author, politician, and businessman. He was a member of the Knesset, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Speaker of the Knesset, and interim President of Israel. He was the first Speaker of the Knesset to have been born in Israel after its declaration of independence in 1948. A member of the Labor Party when he was a member of the Knesset, Burg announced in January 2015 that he had joined Hadash."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abraham_Burg_(IH000303072033).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.3
  momentum:             11.78676470588235
  historical:           16.333828
  currentAttention:     9.926470588235293
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraham_Burg"
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    title: "আব্রাহাম বার্গ"
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    title: "Avraham Burg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Avraham Burg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Avraham Burg"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ავრაამ ბურგი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бург, Авраам"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump