# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahmoud-al-zahar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:18.752Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mahmoud-al-zahar"
name: "Mahmoud al-Zahar"
slug: "mahmoud-al-zahar"
description: "Mahmoud al-Zahar is a Palestinian politician and physician. He is a co-founder of Hamas and a member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. Al-Zahar has served as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 18 February 2006 and served as foreign affairs minister in the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority Government of March 2006 that was sworn in on 29 March 2006 and lasted until 17 March 2007."
tagline: "Palestinian politician and physician; co-founder of Hamas"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1945-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           22.37532533333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump