# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abdelhamid-abou-zeid
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:26:31.945Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abdelhamid-abou-zeid"
name: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid"
slug: "abdelhamid-abou-zeid"
description: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was an Algerian national and Islamist jihadi militant and smuggler who, in about 2010, became one of the top three military commanders of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a Mali-based militant organization. He competed as the chief rival of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian national who had become the major commander in AQIM and later head of his own group. Both gained wealth and power by kidnapping and ransoming European nationals. After taking control of Timbuktu in 2012, Abou Zeid established sharia law and destroyed Sufi shrines."
tagline: "Al Qaeda commander (1965-2013)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Abdelhamid_Abou_Zeid.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1965-09-04"
deathDate: "2013-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.6
  momentum:             6.705882352941177
  historical:           10.49816666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "عبد الحميد أبو زيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid"
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    title: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abou_Ze%C3%AFd"
    title: "Abou Zeïd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid_Abou_zeid"
    title: "Abdelhamid Abou zeid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid_Abou_Zeid"
    title: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid_Abou_Zeid"
    title: "Abdelhamid Abou Zeid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Абу Зейд, Абдельхамид"
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    title: "Абдельхамід Абу Зейд"
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    title: "عبد الحمید ابو زید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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