# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vito-fossella
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:18:42.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vito-fossella"
name: "Vito Fossella"
slug: "vito-fossella"
description: "Vito John Fossella Jr. is an American politician serving as the Staten Island Borough President since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Fossella previously represented the state's 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. A Staten Island native, Fossella initially took office in 1997 after winning a special election held to replace the resigning Susan Molinari."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vito_Fossella%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.49
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.131472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Vito Fossella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ڤيتو فوسيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ویتو فوزسلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Fossella"
    title: "Vito Fossella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Fossella"
    title: "Vito Fossella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "ויטו פוסלה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Fossella"
    title: "Vito Fossella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Fossella"
    title: "Vito Fossella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5738335"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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