# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/khaled-mashal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:55:08.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/khaled-mashal"
name: "Khaled Mashal"
slug: "khaled-mashal"
description: "Khaled Mashal is a Palestinian politician who served as the second chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from 1996 until May 2017, when he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh. He has been the acting leader of Hamas twice, from July 2024 until August 2024 and since October 2024, after both leaders were assassinated by Israel. He is regarded as one of the most prominent leaders of Hamas since the death of Ahmed Yassin, alongside Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar."
tagline: "Palestinian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Khaled_Meshaal_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-05-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.23
  momentum:             12.92873428331936
  historical:           24.636656
  currentAttention:     13.24
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "خالد مشعل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Халед Машаал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "খালেদ মাশাল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ハーリド・マシャアル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xaled Mecɛel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ხალედ მაშალი"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump