# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-eitan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:22:06.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-eitan"
name: "Michael Eitan"
slug: "michael-eitan"
description: "Michael Eitan was an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset for Likud from 1984 until 2013 and a sharp critic of Benjamin Netanyahu, he also served as Minister of Science & Technology between July 1997 and July 1998 and Minister of Improvement of Government Services from 2009 until 2013."
tagline: "Israeli politician (1944–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Eitan_(2008).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-03-06"
deathDate: "2024-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.06
  momentum:             2.460456942003515
  historical:           12.89219066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MichaelEitan"
    handle:    "MichaelEitan"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%95%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Міхаель Ейтан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميخائيل إيتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميخائيل ايتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha'el_Ejtan"
    title: "Micha'el Ejtan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%9F"
    title: "מיכאל איתן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%E2%80%99el_Etan"
    title: "Micha’el Etan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Эйтан, Михаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eitan"
    title: "Michael Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1820307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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