# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koichiro-matsuura
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:59:09.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koichiro-matsuura"
name: "Kōichirō Matsuura"
slug: "koichiro-matsuura"
description: "Kōichirō Matsuura  is a Japanese diplomat. He is the former Director-General of UNESCO. He was first elected in 1999 to a six-year term and reelected on 12 October 2005 for four years, following a reform instituted by the 29th session of the General Conference. In November 2009, he was replaced by Irina Bokova."
tagline: "Japanese diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matsuura_2003.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.772990886495443
  historical:           21.851156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.unu.edu/council/members/matsuura.html"
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    title: "松浦晃一郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump