# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-perry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:48:08.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-perry"
name: "Jacob Perry"
slug: "jacob-perry"
description: "Ya'akov Peri is a former head of the Israeli security agency Shin Bet and formerly a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He headed Shin Bet between 1988 and 1994. He was the first Shin Bet head born in Israel. After his service with Shin Bet he entered the business world. He became an MK in 2013 and was appointed Minister of Science, Technology and Space, a post he held until resigning on 2 December 2014. He resigned from the Knesset in February 2018."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
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%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 108
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Yaakov Peri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yaakov Peri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yaakov Peri"
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    title: "Yaakov Peri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump