# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-l-lengyel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:01:21.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-l-lengyel"
name: "Joseph L. Lengyel"
slug: "joseph-l-lengyel"
description: "Joseph Lauren Lengyel is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who last served as the 28th chief of the National Guard Bureau from August 2016 to August 2020. As chief, he was responsible for ensuring that nearly 460,000 Army National Guard and Air National Guard personnel are accessible, capable and ready to protect the homeland and to provide combat capabilities to the United States Army and the United States Air Force. Lengyel is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours primarily in the F-16."
tagline: "US Air Force general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen_Lengyel_(2016_4-Star_Photo).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1959-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.36
  momentum:             12.55111524163569
  historical:           4.810944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "چوزيف ل.لينجيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Lengyel"
    title: "Joseph L. Lengyel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Lengyel"
    title: "Joseph L. Lengyel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "جوزف لنجیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "ג'וזף לנגייל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23762859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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