# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafiatou-karimou
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:06:39.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafiatou-karimou"
name: "Rafiatou Karimou"
slug: "rafiatou-karimou"
description: "Rafiatou Karimou was a Beninese politician and teacher by profession. Karimou was the first woman to be appointed to the position of a minister in her country."
tagline: "Beninese politician and teacher (1946-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RafiatouKarimou.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-05-02"
deathDate: "2018-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.13502533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fon.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Rafiatou Karimou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rafiatou_Karimou"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22084800"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump