# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/debbie-schafer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:39:16.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/debbie-schafer"
name: "Debbie Schäfer"
slug: "debbie-schafer"
description: "Deborah Anne Schäfer is a South African politician and lawyer who served as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA) from 2014 to 2022. Prior to serving in the provincial government, Schäfer served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2014."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Debbie_Schafer_MP.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1966-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.42
  momentum:             11.84959349593496
  historical:           4.20522
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DebbieSchafer"
    handle:    "DebbieSchafer"
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Sch%C3%A4fer"
    title: "Debbie Schäfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Sch%C3%A4fer"
    title: "Debbie Schäfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Sch%C3%A4fer"
    title: "Debbie Schäfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Sch%C3%A4fer"
    title: "Debbie Schäfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "ڈیبی شیفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60300641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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