# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amara-essy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:42:48.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amara-essy"
name: "Amara Essy"
slug: "amara-essy"
description: "Amara Essy was an Ivorian diplomat and politician. Close to Félix Houphouët-Boigny, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire between 1990 and 2000, and in this capacity he served as President of the 49th Session of the United Nations General Assembly between September 1994 and September 1995. Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 2001, he became Interim Chairman of the African Union Commission when it was created in July 2002."
tagline: "Ivorian diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Essy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-12-20"
deathDate: "2025-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.020052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Амара Ессі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A"
    title: "أمارا إيسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "امارا ايسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "آمارا اسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essy_Amara"
    title: "Essy Amara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Эсси, Амара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_Essy"
    title: "Amara Essy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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