# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerhard-conrad-q88901
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:26:18.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerhard-conrad-q88901"
name: "Gerhard Conrad"
slug: "gerhard-conrad-q88901"
description: "Gerhard Conrad is an officer of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), the foreign intelligence agency of Germany, and one of its foremost experts on the Arab world. A fluent Arabic speaker, he was bureau chief of the BND's Damascus office from 1998 to 2002. He holds a doctorate of Islamic studies. His wife also works as a BND agent."
tagline: "German diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GerhardConrad2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.488194666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13183690/"
    handle:    "nm13183690"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Conrad_(Agent)"
    title: "Gerhard Conrad (Agent)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF_(%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيرهارد كونراد (دبلوماسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "جيرهارد كونراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Conrad_(intelligence_officer)"
    title: "Gerhard Conrad (intelligence officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%93"
    title: "גרהרד קונרד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6033462"
    title: "Gerhard Conradie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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