# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-bitan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:01:11.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-bitan"
name: "David Bitan"
slug: "david-bitan"
description: "David Hai Bitan is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset from the Likud party. During 2016 and 2017 he served as the Chairman of the Coalition and Chairman of the Likud party in the Knesset, and in the 23rd Knesset served as Chairman of the Immigration and Absorption Committee. Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit announced on 26 January 2020 that Bitan would be indicted for \"bribery, fraud and breach of trust, as well as money laundering and tax offenses\" following a hearing."
tagline: "Israeli lawyer, politician, real estate developer, and construction entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%AA_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9F.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             7.851391094886059
  historical:           9.450508000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "davidbitan"
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    title: "ديفيد بيتان"
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    title: "David Bitan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump