# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-shonekan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:28.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-shonekan"
name: "Margaret Shonekan"
slug: "margaret-shonekan"
description: "Margaret O. Shonekan is a Nigerian civil servant, she spent much of her career with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). She was appointed a Federal Civil Service Commissioner from 1 October 1986 until 31 March 1994. She also briefly served as the First Lady of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 until 17 November 1993, during the transitional presidency of her husband, Ernest Shonekan."
tagline: "Nigerian civil servant and former First Lady of Nigeria"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.62
  momentum:             6.239669421487605
  historical:           5.947481333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Shonekan"
    title: "Margaret Shonekan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مارجريت شونيكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Shonekan"
    title: "Margaret Shonekan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Shonekan"
    title: "Margaret Shonekan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Shonekan"
    title: "Margaret Shonekan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%B9_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مارگریٹ شونیکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Shonekan"
    title: "Margaret Shonekan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45062109"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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