POLITICIAN

Fatma Samoura

1962 - Today

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Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura (born 9 September 1962) is a Senegalese former diplomat and senior executive. She was appointed as the first female secretary general of FIFA by president Gianni Infantino and assumed her post on 20 June 2016. Previously she worked in various positions at the United Nations, mostly of a humanitarian nature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fatma Samoura has received more than 339,949 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fatma Samoura is the 16,324th most popular politician (down from 15,309th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Senegal and the 10th most popular Senegalese Politician.

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  • 340k

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  • 44.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fatma Samoura ranks 16,324 out of 19,576Before her are Lorenzo Snow, Richard Mulcahy, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Stella Kyriakides, José Luis Tamayo, and Muhammad Fareed Didi. After her are Sahle Dengel, Pier Ferdinando Casini, Hatı Çırpan, Edward Seaga, Pandeli Majko, and Nora Astorga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Fatma Samoura ranks 399Before her are Piyapong Pue-on, Ivan Yaremchuk, Amy Yasbeck, Roberto Fernández Bonillo, Julie Strain, and Rakhat Aliyev. After her are Andrew Hampsten, Kevin Chapman, Jeff Stryker, Cássia Eller, Peter Chan, and Roger Kingdom.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Fatma Samoura ranks 37 out of 138Before her are Jacques Diouf (1938), Baaba Maal (1953), Khalilou Fadiga (1974), Ali Dia (1965), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), and Habib Koité (1958). After her are Idrissa Gueye (1989), Mamadou Niang (1979), Mahammed Dionne (1959), Amadou Dia Ba (1958), MC Solaar (1969), and Aminata Touré (1962).

Among POLITICIANS In Senegal

Among politicians born in Senegal, Fatma Samoura ranks 10Before her are Abdou Diouf (1935), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), and Habib Thiam (1933). After her are Mahammed Dionne (1959), Aminata Touré (1962), Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951), Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958), and Rama Yade (1976).