# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-hanekom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:58:56.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-hanekom"
name: "Derek Hanekom"
slug: "derek-hanekom"
description: "Derek Andre Hanekom is a South African retired politician, activist and former cabinet minister currently serving as the interim Chairman of South African Airways."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Hanekom.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.49
  momentum:             0.02207505518763797
  historical:           6.149677333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "ڈیرک ہانیکوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hanekom"
    title: "Derek Hanekom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hanekom"
    title: "Derek Hanekom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hanekom"
    title: "Derek Hanekom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hanekom"
    title: "Derek Hanekom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hanekom"
    title: "Derek Hanekom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hanekom"
    title: "Derek Hanekom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3023722"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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