# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilbert-diendere
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:54:27.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilbert-diendere"
name: "Gilbert Diendéré"
slug: "gilbert-diendere"
description: "Gilbert Diendéré is a Burkinabé military officer and the Chairman of the National Council for Democracy, the military junta that briefly seized power in Burkina Faso in the September 2015 coup d'état. He was a long-time aide to President Blaise Compaoré, serving as commander of the Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP) during Compaoré's rule. He was appointed as chairman of the junta on 17 September 2015.\nDiendéré currently serves a prison sentence for his role in the 1987 killing of Thomas Sankara and the 1990 killing of Dabo Boukary."
tagline: "Burkinabé military officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Defense.gov_photo_essay_100501-F-3745E-012_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.37103066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Jilber Dyendere"
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    title: "Gilbert Diendéré"
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    title: "Gilbert Diendéré"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump