# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-yameogo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:38:23.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-yameogo"
name: "Maurice Yaméogo"
slug: "maurice-yameogo"
description: "Maurice Nawalagmba Yaméogo was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso. He proclaimed the independence of the country on 5 August 1960, and also tried to create a union between Ivory Coast and Upper Volta. On 3 January 1966, he left the presidency due to a nationwide strike."
tagline: "Burkina Faso President (1921-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice_Yam%C3%A9ogo%2C_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1921-12-31"
deathDate: "1993-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  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