# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doudou-thiam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:39:31.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doudou-thiam"
name: "Doudou Thiam"
slug: "doudou-thiam"
description: "Doudou Thiam was a Senegalese diplomat, politician and lawyer. Thiam was the first ever foreign minister of independent Senegal from 1960–1962 and the third from1964–1968. From 1970 until his death in 1999, Thiam was a member of the International Law Commission. During his almost three decades of service on the Commission, Thiam served as Special Rapporteur on one of the major projects of the Commission, the Draft Code of Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind. He was appointed as Special Rapporteur in 1982, and served between 1983 and 1985. His contribution included preparation of 13 reports for the Commission containing detailed analysis, texts and commentaries until completion of the Code containing 20 draft articles in 1996. He also held several offices on the Commission, including the post of Chairman of the Commission."
tagline: "Senegalese diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doudou_Thiam_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-02-03"
deathDate: "1999-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.74
  momentum:             0.9195402298850575
  historical:           5.470086666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doudou_Thiam"
    title: "Doudou Thiam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "دودو ثيام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "دودو ثيام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doudou_Thiam"
    title: "Doudou Thiam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doudou_Thiam"
    title: "Doudou Thiam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doudou_Thiam"
    title: "Doudou Thiam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037893"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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