# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mathieu-kerekou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:00:09.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mathieu-kerekou"
name: "Mathieu Kérékou"
slug: "mathieu-kerekou"
description: "Mathieu Kérékou was a Beninese politician who served as president of the People's Republic of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and the Republic of Benin from 1996 to 2006."
tagline: "Politician (1933-2015)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1933-09-02"
deathDate: "2015-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.472431707725827
  historical:           23.42273733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump