# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-morkel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:02:57.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerald-morkel"
name: "Gerald Morkel"
slug: "gerald-morkel"
description: "Gerald Norman Morkel was the Mayor of Cape Town and Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. He later served as a member of the Cape Town City Council for the Democratic Alliance until his retirement from politics in 2011."
tagline: "South African politician (1941–2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-02-02"
deathDate: "2018-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.08
  momentum:             1.851851851851852
  historical:           5.478042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Morkel"
    title: "Gerald Morkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Morkel"
    title: "Gerald Morkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جيرالد موركيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Моркель, Джеральд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Morkel"
    title: "Gerald Morkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Morkel"
    title: "Gerald Morkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3103908"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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