# Dirk Coetzee

> Dirk Coetzee was co-founder and commander of the covert South African Security Police unit based at Vlakplaas. He and his colleagues were involved in a number of extrajudicial killings including that of Griffiths Mxenge. Coetzee publicly revealed the existence of the Vlakplaas death squads in 1989, making himself a target of a failed assassination attempt.

*South African police officer (1945–2013)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/dirk-coetzee

## Identity
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1945-04-15
- **Died:** 2013-03-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 14.8 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 35.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Dirk Coetzee](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Coetzee)
- [Dirk Coetzee](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Coetzee)
- [Dirk Coetzee](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Coetzee)
- [ڈرک کوٹزی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%B1%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%B2%DB%8C)
- [Dirk Coetzee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Coetzee)
- [Dirk Coetzee](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Coetzee)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1227804)

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