# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karim-wade
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:23:24.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karim-wade"
name: "Karim Wade"
slug: "karim-wade"
description: "Karim Meïssa Wade is a Senegalese politician who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of State for International Cooperation, Regional Development, Air Transport, and Infrastructure from May 2009 to April 2012. He is the son of Abdoulaye Wade, who was President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. Before joining the government, Karim Wade was President of the National Agency for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and served as an advisor to his father. He was widely seen as a possible successor to his father as president, and his father was widely believed to be grooming him for the position."
tagline: "Senegalese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karim_wade_diakhl%C3%A9.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1968-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.34
  momentum:             14.56022944550669
  historical:           6.884981333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Wade"
    title: "Karim Wade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "كريم ويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "كريم ويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Wade"
    title: "Karim Wade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Wade"
    title: "Karim Wade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Wade"
    title: "Karim Wade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Wade"
    title: "Karim Wade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519068"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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