# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shahrir-abdul-samad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:32.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shahrir-abdul-samad"
name: "Shahrir Abdul Samad"
slug: "shahrir-abdul-samad"
description: "Shahrir bin Abdul Samad is a Malaysian politician who was the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (2008–2009), a Member of Parliament of Malaysia and the former chairman of the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC). He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest political component party in the former ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. In Parliament – specifically the lower house of Parliament of Malaysia, the Dewan Rakyat – he represented the constituency of Johor Bahru in the state of Johor for six non-consecutive terms.."
tagline: "Member of Parliament"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             8.391211906449326
  historical:           4.62484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrir_Abdul_Samad"
    title: "Shahrir Abdul Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrir_Abdul_Samad"
    title: "Shahrir Abdul Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrir_Abdul_Samad"
    title: "Shahrir Abdul Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrir_Abdul_Samad"
    title: "Shahrir Abdul Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%99%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E9%83%BD%E6%B2%99%E6%9C%AB"
    title: "沙里尔·阿都沙末"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7462244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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