# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yosef-shagal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:38.120Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yosef-shagal"
name: "Yosef Shagal"
slug: "yosef-shagal"
description: "Yosef Shagal is an Israeli politician and former journalist, of Azerbaijani Jewish origin. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Russian-immigrant dominated Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2009. From 2012 until 2015, he was the ambassador of Israel to Belarus."
tagline: "USSR-born Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yosef_Shagal_2015_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-03-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.547121333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Шагал, Йосеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ياوسيف شاجال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0osif_%C5%9Eaqal"
    title: "İosif Şaqal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_%C5%A0agal"
    title: "Josef Šagal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Shagal"
    title: "Yosef Shagal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Shagal"
    title: "Yosef Shagal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3_%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%9C"
    title: "יוסף שגל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%A5%D6%86_%D5%87%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC"
    title: "Յոսեֆ Շագալ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Shagal"
    title: "Yosef Shagal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Szagal"
    title: "Josef Szagal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2373588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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