# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yahya-sinwar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:57:33.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yahya-sinwar"
name: "Yahya Sinwar"
slug: "yahya-sinwar"
description: "Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar was a Palestinian militant and politician who served as fourth chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from August 2024, and as the second leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip from February 2017 until he was killed in a clash with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in October 2024. He succeeded Ismail Haniyeh in both roles."
tagline: "Palestinian politician and Hamas leader (1962–2024)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1962-10-29"
deathDate: "2024-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump