# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/govan-mbeki
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:51:56.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/govan-mbeki"
name: "Govan Mbeki"
slug: "govan-mbeki"
description: "Govan Archibald Mvunyelwa Mbeki was a South African politician, military commander, Communist leader who served as the Secretary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, at its inception in 1961. He was also the younger son of Chief Skelewu Mbeki and Johanna Mabula and also the father of the former South African president Thabo Mbeki and political economist Moeletsi Mbeki."
tagline: "South African politician (1910-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Govanmbekimugshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1910-07-09"
deathDate: "2001-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.59
  momentum:             9.790076335877863
  historical:           15.89216
  currentAttention:     54.38931297709924
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мбеки, Гован"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govan_Mbeki"
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    title: "Govan Mbeki"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396109"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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