# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafi-eitan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:46.010Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafi-eitan"
name: "Rafi Eitan"
slug: "rafi-eitan"
description: "Rafael Eitan was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer. He also led Gil and served as Minister of Senior Citizens. He was in charge of the Mossad operation that led to the arrest of Adolf Eichmann. He served as an advisor on terrorism to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and in 1981 he was appointed to head the Bureau of Scientific Relations, then an intelligence entity on par with Mossad, Aman and Shabak. Eitan assumed responsibility for and resigned over the Jonathan Pollard affair, and the Bureau was disbanded. He was subject to an arrest warrant issued by the United States FBI. From 1985 until 1993, he was head of the government's Chemicals company, which was expanded under his leadership. After 1993, he became a businessman, noted for several large scale agricultural and construction ventures in Cuba. He was the chairman of the Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Senior Citizens Movement."
tagline: "Israeli politician (1926-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafi_eitan_big.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-11-23"
deathDate: "2019-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.14
  momentum:             0.08223684210526316
  historical:           15.57561866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "رافي إيتان"
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    title: "Rafi Eitan"
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    title: "Rafi Eitan"
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    title: "Rafi Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رافی ایتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafi_Eitan"
    title: "Rafi Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Eitan (homme politique)"
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    title: "רפי איתן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafi Eitan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafi Eitan"
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    title: "Rafi Etan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafi Eitan"
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    title: "Rafi Eitan"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump