# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-lemarchand
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:37:11.957Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-lemarchand"
name: "René Lemarchand"
slug: "rene-lemarchand"
description: "René Lemarchand is a French-American political scientist who is known for his research on ethnic conflict and genocide in Rwanda, Burundi and Darfur. Publishing in both English and French, he is particularly known for his work on the concept of clientelism. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, and continues to write, teach internationally and consult. Since retiring he has worked for USAID out of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire as a Regional Consultant for West Africa in Governance and Democracy, and as Democracy and Governance advisor to USAID / Ghana."
tagline: "French political scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9_Lemarchand_Malagar_Ao%C3%BBt_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1932-04-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.55
  momentum:             1.053811659192825
  historical:           4.617748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "رنه لامبرچند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lemarchand"
    title: "René Lemarchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lemarchand"
    title: "René Lemarchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lemarchand"
    title: "René Lemarchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Лемаршан, Рене"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426526"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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