# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-rafael-reif
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:49:58.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-rafael-reif"
name: "Leo Rafael Reif"
slug: "leo-rafael-reif"
description: "Leo Rafael Reif is a Venezuelan American electrical engineer and academic administrator. He previously served as the 17th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2012 to 2022, provost of the institute from 2005 to 2012, and head of the institute's EECS department from 2004 to 2005."
tagline: "Venezuelan-born American electrical engineer, writer and academic administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L._Rafael_Reif.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1950-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.170845333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "L. Rafael Reif"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump