# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/godefroid-niyombare
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:25.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/godefroid-niyombare"
name: "Godefroid Niyombare"
slug: "godefroid-niyombare"
description: "Godefroid Niyombare is a Burundian military officer who led a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on 13 May 2015. At the time of the coup attempt, Niyombare was a Major General. He previously served as military chief of staff and as Burundi's Ambassador to Kenya, and was head of the National Intelligence Service from December 2014, when he replaced Adolphe Nshimirimana, until February 2015, when he was dismissed by Nkurunziza and replaced by Major-General Moïse Pasteur Bucumi."
tagline: "Burundian military officer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-10-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.45
  momentum:             0.2752293577981652
  historical:           5.678762666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godefroid_Niyombare"
    title: "Godefroid Niyombare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "غودفروا نيومبار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godefroid_Niyombare"
    title: "Godefroid Niyombare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godefroid_Niyombare"
    title: "Godefroid Niyombare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godefroid_Niyombare"
    title: "Godefroid Niyombare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87"
    title: "गोडफाइड नियाम्बरे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19904588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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