# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrus-oovel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:01:18.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrus-oovel"
name: "Andrus Öövel"
slug: "andrus-oovel"
description: "Andrus Öövel is an Estonian rower and politician. From 1995 until 1999, he was Minister of Defence. He was a member of VIII Riigikogu. He was a 24-time champion of rowing in the Estonian SSR between 1974 and 1984."
tagline: "Estonian politician, canoeist and sportsperson (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrus_%C3%96%C3%B6vel%2C_Nepaal%2C_Everesti_baaslaagris_98.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.71
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.801152
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrus_%C3%96%C3%B6vel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "اندروس اوڤيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_%C3%96%C3%B6vel"
    title: "Andrus Öövel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_%C3%96%C3%B6vel"
    title: "Andrus Öövel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_%C3%96%C3%B6vel"
    title: "Andrus Öövel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "آندرس اول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_%C3%96%C3%B6vel"
    title: "Andrus Öövel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_%C3%96%C3%B6vel"
    title: "Andrus Öövel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514511"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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