# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hamzah-abu-samah
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:22.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hamzah-abu-samah"
name: "Hamzah Abu Samah"
slug: "hamzah-abu-samah"
description: "Hamzah bin Abu Samah was a Malaysian politician, lawyer and sports administrator who served as the president of Asian Football Confederation from 9 December 1978 to 1 August 1994. In 2006, he was conferred the FIFA Order of Merit for his contribution towards Asian football. He also one of the fourth Malaysian to join the exclusive club of AFC Diamond of Asia Award with Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak, Sultan Ahmad Shah and Sultan Abdullah."
tagline: "Politician, athlete (1924-2012)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-01-05"
deathDate: "2012-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.03
  momentum:             10.85753803596127
  historical:           5.278978666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://dtp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzah_Abu_Samah"
    title: "Hamzah Abu Samah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87"
    title: "هامزاه ابو ساماه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Samah"
    title: "Abu Samah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzah_Abu_Samah"
    title: "Hamzah Abu Samah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzah_Abu_Samah"
    title: "Hamzah Abu Samah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzah_Abu_Samah"
    title: "Hamzah Abu Samah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335366"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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