# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerrit-viljoen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:58:15.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerrit-viljoen"
name: "Gerrit Viljoen"
slug: "gerrit-viljoen"
description: "Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen was a South African government minister and member of the National Party."
tagline: "South African politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-09-11"
deathDate: "2009-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.494890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Viljoen"
    title: "Gerrit Viljoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Viljoen"
    title: "Gerrit Viljoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Viljoen"
    title: "Gerrit Viljoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Viljoen"
    title: "Gerrit Viljoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Viljoen"
    title: "Gerrit Viljoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Viljoen"
    title: "Gerrit Viljoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3092139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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