# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glynnis-breytenbach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:05:00.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glynnis-breytenbach"
name: "Glynnis Breytenbach"
slug: "glynnis-breytenbach"
description: "Glynnis Breytenbach is a former prosecutor for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa and is a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA). She was Shadow Minister of Justice when the DA was the official opposition to the ANC. In this capacity, she has called for an end to ongoing political interference that has compromised the integrity of the NPA. Her protracted dispute with the NPA over her suspension in 2012 from its Specialised Commercial Crime Unit was covered extensively in the media. In 2017, she published a memoir, Rule of Law, and in 2018 was shortlisted for the National Director of Public Prosecutions post at the NPA, but later withdrew her candidacy."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Glynnis_Breytenbach.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.5
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.081102666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynnis_Breytenbach"
    title: "Glynnis Breytenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynnis_Breytenbach"
    title: "Glynnis Breytenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "جلينيس بريتينباتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynnis_Breytenbach"
    title: "Glynnis Breytenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynnis_Breytenbach"
    title: "Glynnis Breytenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynnis_Breytenbach"
    title: "Glynnis Breytenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17385681"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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