# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rashad-al-shawa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:16:23.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rashad-al-shawa"
name: "Rashad al-Shawa"
slug: "rashad-al-shawa"
description: "Rashad al-Shawwa was the Palestinian mayor of Gaza for eleven years from 1971 to 1982. Before becoming mayor he was an outgoing local activist in the city. He was known by Israelis and Palestinians as the pro-Jordanian \"father figure\" of the Gaza Strip. He is the father of artist Laila Shawwa."
tagline: "Mayor of Gaza"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rashad_al-Shawwa_Portrait%2C_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "1988-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.343881333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "رشاد الشوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "رشاد الشوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "রাশাদ আল-শাওয়া"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_al-Shawwa"
    title: "Rashad al-Shawwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachad_Shawa"
    title: "Rachad Shawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%93_%D7%90-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94"
    title: "רשאד א-שאווה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_al-Shawwa"
    title: "Rashad al-Shawwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7294797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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