# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bahjat-suleiman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:29.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bahjat-suleiman"
name: "Bahjat Suleiman"
slug: "bahjat-suleiman"
description: "Bahjat Suleiman was a Syrian diplomat and former military officer. He served as the head of the internal branch of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), also known as Branch 251, in Syria, and was Syria's Ambassador to Jordan from 2009 to 2014. He was instrumental in the accession of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the presidency and was considered to be his confidant and mentor, and in his \"inner circle.\""
tagline: "Former Syrian Ambassador to Jordan and Head of Internal Branch of General Intelligence Directorate (Syria)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AF-_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87_2013-10-25_23-05.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1949-01-01"
deathDate: "2021-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.45
  momentum:             25
  historical:           3.156306666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  48
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12199735"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahjat_Suleiman"
    title: "Bahjat Suleiman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بهجت سليمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahjat_Suleiman"
    title: "Bahjat Suleiman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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