# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jihad-makdissi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:13:20.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jihad-makdissi"
name: "Jihad Makdissi"
slug: "jihad-makdissi"
description: "Jihad Makdissi or Jay Makdissi was the Foreign Ministry spokesman of the Syrian government from 1998 to 2012. He is a member of Syria's Catholic minority and is fluent in English and French."
tagline: "Syrian politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.37
  momentum:             25
  historical:           4.329785333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/makdissi"
    handle:    "makdissi"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335157"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad_Makdissi"
    title: "Jihad Makdissi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%8A"
    title: "جهاد مقدسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dschihad_Makdissi"
    title: "Dschihad Makdissi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad_Makdissi"
    title: "Jihad Makdissi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views