# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ace-magashule
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:10:16.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ace-magashule"
name: "Ace Magashule"
slug: "ace-magashule"
description: "Elias Sekgobelo \"Ace\" Magashule is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served as the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's governing party, between December 2017 and his suspension on 3 May 2021. He served as the Premier of the Free State, one of South Africa's nine provinces, from 2009 until 2018, and was known to be influential in the ANC of his home province."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ace_Magashule%2C_Free_State_Premier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.626496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  200
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Magashule_Ace"
    handle:    "Magashule_Ace"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/magashule_ace/"
    handle:    "magashule_ace"
sources:
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magashule"
    title: "Ace Magashule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magashule"
    title: "Ace Magashule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magashule"
    title: "Ace Magashule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magashule"
    title: "Ace Magashule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magashule"
    title: "Ace Magashule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%90%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87"
    title: "ऐस मगाशुले"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magashule"
    title: "Ace Magashule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magashule"
    title: "Ace Magashule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16193229"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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