# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-housakos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:29:24.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-housakos"
name: "Leo Housakos"
slug: "leo-housakos"
description: "Leonidas Housakos is a Canadian politician who has served as the senator for Wellington, Quebec since January 8, 2009. A member of the Conservative Party, Housakos was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Housakos served as the speaker of the Senate for part of 2015. In May 2025, he was appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Senate."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_Housakos_-_2023_(59168)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1968-01-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.15
  momentum:             3.811475409836067
  historical:           5.703962666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/SenatorHousakos"
    handle:    "SenatorHousakos"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Housakos"
    title: "Leo Housakos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ليو هوساكوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Housakos"
    title: "Leo Housakos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%A9%E5%A5%A7%C2%B7%E8%B1%AA%E8%96%A9%E7%A7%91%E6%96%AF"
    title: "利奧·豪薩科斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Housakos"
    title: "Leo Housakos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE"
    title: "Хусакос, Лео"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3229562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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