# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bouthaina-shaaban
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:24:28.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bouthaina-shaaban"
name: "Bouthaina Shaaban"
slug: "bouthaina-shaaban"
description: "Bouthaina Shaaban is a Syrian academic and politician who served as political and media adviser to the presidency under Bashar al-Assad until his overthrow in 2024. Shaaban had previously served as the first Minister of Expatriates for the Syrian Arab Republic between 2002 and 2008, and was described as the Syrian government's face to the outside world at the time."
tagline: "Adviser to Bashar al-Assad"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bouthaina_Shaaban_in_Tehran_(2023).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.52959466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://b-shaaban.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بثينه شعبان"
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    title: "بوتەینە شەعبان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bouthaina Shaaban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bouthaina Shaaban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buthaina Shabaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bouthaina Shaaban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "부사이나 샤반"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buseyna Şaban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump