# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-maskey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:34.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-maskey"
name: "Alex Maskey"
slug: "alex-maskey"
description: "Alex Maskey is an Irish former politician who served as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2020 to 2024 and was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2002 to 2003. He was Sinn Féin's longest sitting councillor, representing the Laganbank electoral area of Belfast.\nHe was also an MLA for Belfast West for two periods, and also for Belfast South. He reportedly retired \"from frontline politics\" in early 2024."
tagline: "Irish politician (born 1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Maskey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             3.157894736842104
  historical:           5.490498666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AlexMaskeyMLA"
    handle:    "AlexMaskeyMLA"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/14957/"
sources:
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Maskey"
    title: "Alex Maskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Maskey"
    title: "Alex Maskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Maskey"
    title: "Alex Maskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%92"
    title: "ایلکس ماسکے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "الکس ماسکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Мэски, Алекс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1116655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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