# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/siraj-fergessa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:41:14.435Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/siraj-fergessa"
name: "Siraj Fergessa"
slug: "siraj-fergessa"
description: "Siraj Fegessa is an Ethiopian politician who served as Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2018 and Minister of Transportation from April to October 2018. He is a Muslim, a member of the Silte people, as well as a member of the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front, which is part of the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. From 2006 until his appointment as Defense Minister on 30 October 2008, Siraj was Minister of Federal Affairs."
tagline: "Ethiopian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amanda_Dory%2C_Deputy_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense_for_African_Affairs_and_Siraj_Fergessa_the_Ethiopian_Minister_of_Defense_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1971"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.09
  momentum:             2.035398230088496
  historical:           4.804896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "سراج فيجيسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "سراج فيجيسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Fegessa"
    title: "Siraj Fegessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Fergessa"
    title: "Siraj Fergessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Fegessa"
    title: "Siraj Fegessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3485231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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