# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salma-yaqoob
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:23:27.180Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salma-yaqoob"
name: "Salma Yaqoob"
slug: "salma-yaqoob"
description: "Salma Yaqoob is a British political activist and psychotherapist who served as the Leader of the Respect Party from 2005 until 2012, representing the party on Birmingham City Council."
tagline: "British politician (born 1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salma_Yaqoob.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1971-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.981573333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.salmayaqoob.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%B0_%DB%8C%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "سلمیٰ یعقوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Yaqoob"
    title: "Salma Yaqoob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Yaqoob"
    title: "Salma Yaqoob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AC"
    title: "सलमा याक़ूब"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "സൽമാ യാഖൂബ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Yaqoob"
    title: "Salma Yaqoob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B1%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Якуб, Сальма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4537098"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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