# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederik-van-zyl-slabbert
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:58:12.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederik-van-zyl-slabbert"
name: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
slug: "frederik-van-zyl-slabbert"
description: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert GCOB was a South African political analyst, businessman and politician. He is best known for having been the leader of the official opposition – the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) – in the House of Assembly from 1979 to 1986."
tagline: "South African political analyst, businessman and politician (1940-2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-03-02"
deathDate: "2010-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.426532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Фредерик ван Зейл Слаберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Слабберт, Фредерик ван Зил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Zyl_Slabbert"
    title: "Frederik van Zyl Slabbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391013"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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