# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frene-ginwala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:30.206Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frene-ginwala"
name: "Frene Ginwala"
slug: "frene-ginwala"
description: "Frene Noshir Ginwala was a South African journalist and politician who was the first speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. She was influential in the writing of the Constitution of South Africa and an important figure in establishing democracy in South Africa."
tagline: "South African journalist and politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/Frene_Ginwala%2C_23_August_2017.jpg/330px-Frene_Ginwala%2C_23_August_2017.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-04-25"
deathDate: "2023-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump