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Said Seyam

1959 - 2009

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Said Seyam (Arabic: سعيد صيام‎; 22 July 1959 – 15 January 2009), first name also spelled Saeed and Sayed and last name also spelled Siam, was the interior minister of the Palestinian government of March 2006. He joined Hamas and became one of its top commanders. During the 2008–2009 Gaza War, Seyam was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia. Seyam was the most senior Hamas member killed in the war, and the most senior Hamas figure killed by Israel since the death of Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi in April 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Said Seyam is the 17,049th most popular politician (down from 15,785th in 2024). (down from 4,316th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Said Seyam ranks 17,049 out of 19,576. Before him are Ghatotkacha, Ken Salazar, Richard A. Falk, Rosy Bindi, Eric Schmitt, and Azim Isabekov. After him are Joseph Jouthe, Igor Korobov, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Tomomi Inada, Elke Kahr, and Aleksandar Vulin.

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Among people born in 1959, Said Seyam ranks 477. Before him are Karl Shuker, Marco Antonio Solís, Ashlyn Gere, Zabou Breitman, Laila Robins, and David Beauchard. After him are Tomomi Inada, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Chris Hadfield, Angelo Scuri, Sergey Gotsmanov, and Gerard Plessers. Among people deceased in 2009, Said Seyam ranks 361. Before him are Raúl Magaña, Attila Dargay, Umaga, Shunkichi Hamada, Mady Rahl, and Elizaveta Mukasei. After him are Mirja Lehtonen, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Bud Shank, Kathleen Byron, and Péter Bacsó.

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