# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ghazala-hashmi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:05:51.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ghazala-hashmi"
name: "Ghazala Hashmi"
slug: "ghazala-hashmi"
description: "Ghazala Firdous Hashmi is an American politician serving as the 43rd lieutenant governor of Virginia since 2026. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a Virginia state senator for the 15th district from 2020 to 2026. She is the first Asian-American (Indian-American) and Muslim elected to statewide office in Virginia, along with being the first Muslim woman to win statewide office anywhere in the United States."
tagline: "American politician, academic administrator and educator (born 1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ghazala_Hashmi_2025_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1964-07-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.269928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 61
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/SenatorHashmi"
    handle:    "SenatorHashmi"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/senatorghazalahashmi/"
    handle:    "senatorghazalahashmi"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SenatorGhazalaHashmi"
    handle:    "SenatorGhazalaHashmi"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://ghazalaforvirginia.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXj_D-jrgTepSiRYuElmg5Q"
    handle:    "@ltgovhashmi"
    followers: 61
sources:
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    title: "గజాలా హష్మీ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "غزالة هاشمى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazala_Hashmi"
    title: "Ghazala Hashmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazala_Hashmi"
    title: "Ghazala Hashmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazala_Hashmi"
    title: "Ghazala Hashmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "غزاله هاشمی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%96%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99"
    title: "גזלה האשמי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80"
    title: "गज़ाला हाशमी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazala_Hashmi"
    title: "Ghazala Hashmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EC%9E%98%EB%9D%BC_%ED%95%98%EC%8B%9C%EB%AF%B8"
    title: "가잘라 하시미"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazala_Hashmi"
    title: "Ghazala Hashmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73709813"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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