# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zainab-hawa-bangura
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:32:14.164Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/zainab-hawa-bangura"
name: "Zainab Hawa Bangura"
slug: "zainab-hawa-bangura"
description: "Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura is a Sierra Leonean politician and social activist who has been serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) since 2018, appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She served as the second United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the level of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2012 to 2017, in succession to the first holder of the post, Margot Wallström. In 2017 she was succeeded by Pramila Patten."
tagline: "Sierra Leonean politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zainab_Bangura_giving_a_radio_interview_in_Kinshasa_(8654821769).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump