# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aminu-isa-kontagora
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:14:37.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aminu-isa-kontagora"
name: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
slug: "aminu-isa-kontagora"
description: "Aminu Isa Kontagora\n(20 April 1956 – 10 January 2021) was a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Benue State, Nigeria, from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha, then Governor of Kano State from September 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over power to the elected executive governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on 29 May 1999."
tagline: "Nigerian politician and Army officer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Photo_of_COl._Aminu_Isah_Kontagora.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956"
deathDate: "2021-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.79
  momentum:             6.999999999999998
  historical:           6.207776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminu_Isa_Kontagora"
    title: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminu_Isa_Kontagora"
    title: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminu_Isa_Kontagora"
    title: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminu_Isa_Kontagora"
    title: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminu_Isa_Kontagora"
    title: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminu_Isa_Kontagora"
    title: "Aminu Isa Kontagora"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%B0_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "امین عیسیٰ کونٹاگورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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