# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-samaha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:21:31.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-samaha"
name: "Michel Samaha"
slug: "michel-samaha"
description: "Michel Samaha is a former minister of information and minister of tourism in Lebanon, and a longtime politician and intelligence operative. Samaha was known for his long and close relationship with the Ba'athist Syrian government, and was one of several Lebanese officials sanctioned by the United States in 2007 for allegedly \"contributing to political and economic instability in Lebanon.\" In December 2012 Samaha was listed by the United States as a global terrorist under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224."
tagline: "Lebanese politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1948-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.490930666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "মিশেল সামাহা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9"
    title: "ميشال سماحة"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%87"
    title: "ميشال سماحه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miszal_Samaha"
    title: "Miszal Samaha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Samaha"
    title: "Michel Samaha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Samaha"
    title: "Michel Samaha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3310815"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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