# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-basil
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:07.441Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-basil"
name: "Samuel Basil"
slug: "samuel-basil"
description: "Samuel H. Basil was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2007, representing the electorate of Bulolo Open, until his death in 2022. From 8 June 2019, to August 2019 Basil served as the Treasurer of Papua New Guinea."
tagline: "Politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Basil_2020_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-11-16"
deathDate: "2022-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.608028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Basil"
    title: "Sam Basil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Basil"
    title: "Sam Basil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Basil"
    title: "Sam Basil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Basil"
    title: "Sam Basil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "سام باسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28966596"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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