# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matan-vilnai
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:59:41.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matan-vilnai"
name: "Matan Vilnai"
slug: "matan-vilnai"
description: "Matan Vilnai is an Israeli politician and a former major general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). A former Knesset member and government minister, he was appointed ambassador to China in 2012. Since 2017 Vilnai serves as the president of the Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matan_Vilnai_(matanvilnai).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.16
  momentum:             5.78263130525221
  historical:           11.24259333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/VilnaiMatan"
    handle:    "VilnaiMatan"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://matanvilnai.co.il/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "متان فلنائي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "متان فلنائى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87"
    title: "মাতান ভিলনাই"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matan_Vilna'i"
    title: "Matan Vilna'i"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matan_Vilnai"
    title: "Matan Vilnai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matan_Vilnai"
    title: "Matan Vilnai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "متان ویلنائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99"
    title: "מתן וילנאי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matan_Vilnai"
    title: "Matan Vilnai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4"
    title: "マタン・ヴィルナイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattan_Wilnaj"
    title: "Mattan Wilnaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Вильнаи, Матан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1380540"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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