# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paulin-hountondji
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:35:05.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paulin-hountondji"
name: "Paulin Hountondji"
slug: "paulin-hountondji"
description: "Paulin Jidenu Hountondji was a Beninese philosopher, politician and academic considered one of the most important figures in the history of African philosophy. From the 1970s onwards, he taught at the Université Nationale du Bénin in Cotonou, where he was Professor of Philosophy. In the early 1990s he briefly served as Minister of Education and Minister for Culture and Communications in the Government of Benin."
tagline: "Beninese philosopher (1942–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hountondji_front.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-04-11"
deathDate: "2024-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "پولين هونتوندچى"
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    title: "Paulin J. Hountondji"
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    title: "Paulin Hountondji"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump