# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/seyni-kountche
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:14:15.415Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/seyni-kountche"
name: "Seyni Kountché"
slug: "seyni-kountche"
description: "Seyni Kountché was a Nigerien military officer who led a 1974 coup d'état that deposed the government of Niger's first president, Hamani Diori. He ruled the country as military head of state from 15 April 1974 until his death on 10 November 1987. Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niger's national stadium in Niamey, is named after him."
tagline: "Nigerien President (1931-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seyni_Kountche_in_1983_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-07-01"
deathDate: "1987-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.83
  momentum:             5.685131195335278
  historical:           20.99176133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سيني كونتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seyni Kountché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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