# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakubu-gowon
# Generated: 2026-09-06T21:30:20.055Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/yakubu-gowon"
name: "Yakubu Gowon"
slug: "yakubu-gowon"
description: "Yakubu Dan'juma \"Jack\" Gowon is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975."
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1934-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump