# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zacarias-da-costa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:23:18.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zacarias-da-costa"
name: "Zacarias da Costa"
slug: "zacarias-da-costa"
description: "Zacarias Albano da Costa is an East Timorese politician and diplomat. On 8 August 2007, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs following the 2007 parliamentary election. Before being appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Minister da Costa was a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Bench at the Parliament. In addition to his ministerial role, he is currently Chairman of the National Council of the PSD."
tagline: "East Timorese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zacariasdacosta.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.52
  momentum:             2.264150943396226
  historical:           6.341073333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_Albano_da_Costa"
    title: "Zacarias Albano da Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "زكريا دا كوستا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_da_Costa"
    title: "Zacarias da Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_da_Costa"
    title: "Zacarias da Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_da_Costa"
    title: "Zacarias da Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_Albano_da_Costa"
    title: "Zacarias Albano da Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_da_Costa"
    title: "Zacarias da Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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