# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emile-derlin-zinsou
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:02:23.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emile-derlin-zinsou"
name: "Émile Derlin Zinsou"
slug: "emile-derlin-zinsou"
description: "Émile Derlin Zinsou was a Beninese politician and physician who was the President of Dahomey from 17 July 1968 until 10 December 1969, supported by the military regime that took power in 1967. Zinsou was present at the signing of the treaty that formed the African Union on 12 July 2000 in Togo. He was a nationalist."
tagline: "Beninese politician (1918-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emile_Zinsou_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-03-23"
deathDate: "2016-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.630168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump