# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meir-sheetrit
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:20:41.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meir-sheetrit"
name: "Meir Sheetrit"
slug: "meir-sheetrit"
description: "Meir Sheetrit is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset in two spells for Likud between 1981 and 1988, and again from 1992 until 2005, when he joined Kadima. He remained a Knesset member for Kadima until joining Hatnuah in 2012, for whom he served until 2015. He also held several ministerial posts, including being Minister of the Interior, Minister of Housing & Construction, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Education, Culture & Sport. He was also a candidate for President of Israel in 2014."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meir_Sheetrit_D938-003_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1948-10-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.15
  momentum:             8.672268907563026
  historical:           11.42707733333333
  currentAttention:     48.17927170868349
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sheetrit.meir"
    handle:    "sheetrit.meir"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%97%D1%80_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Меїр Шитріт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_%C5%9Eitrit"
    title: "Meir Şitrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me'ir_%C5%A0itrit"
    title: "Me'ir Šitrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Schitrit"
    title: "Meir Schitrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Sheetrit"
    title: "Meir Sheetrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Sheetrit"
    title: "Meir Sheetrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Sheetrit"
    title: "Meir Sheetrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ir_Ch%C3%A9trit"
    title: "Méir Chétrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA"
    title: "מאיר שטרית"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Sheetrit"
    title: "Meir Sheetrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Sheetrit"
    title: "Meir Sheetrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%E2%80%99ir_Szitrit"
    title: "Me’ir Szitrit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Шитрит, Меир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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