# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sassoon-eskell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:01:57.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sassoon-eskell"
name: "Sassoon Eskell"
slug: "sassoon-eskell"
description: "Sir Sassoon Eskell, KBE, also known as Sassoon Effendi was an Iraqi statesman, politician and financier. He is regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament. Eskell was the first Minister of Finance in the Kingdom and a permanent Member of Parliament until his death. Along with Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence, he was instrumental in creating and establishing the Kingdom of Iraq post-Ottoman rule, and he founded the nascent Iraqi government's laws and financial structure."
tagline: "Iraqi politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Sassoon_Eskell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1860-03-17"
deathDate: "1932-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.389853333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ששון יחזקאל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساسون حسقيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساسون حسقيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassoon_Eskell"
    title: "Sassoon Eskell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassoon_Heskel"
    title: "Sassoon Heskel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%97%D7%96%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%9C"
    title: "ששון חזקאל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiyel_Sason"
    title: "Ezekiyel Sason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2905728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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