# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-ralston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:21:29.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-ralston"
name: "Joseph Ralston"
slug: "joseph-ralston"
description: "General Joseph Wood Ralston is a retired general and diplomat who holds senior positions in various defense related corporations. He was previously a career officer in the United States Air Force, and served as the fourth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1996–2000), Supreme Allied Commander for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Europe (2000–2003), and the United States Special Envoy for countering the Kurdistan Workers Party (2006–2007)."
tagline: "United States general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Ralston%2C_official_military_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1943-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             16.54621848739496
  historical:           9.624732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوزيف رالستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوزيف رالستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Ralston"
    title: "Joseph W. Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ralston"
    title: "Joseph Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوزف رالستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ralston"
    title: "Joseph Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ralston"
    title: "Joseph Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Ralston"
    title: "Joseph W. Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ralston"
    title: "Joseph Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Джозеф Ральстон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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