# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janusz-walus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:28:57.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janusz-walus"
name: "Janusz Waluś"
slug: "janusz-walus"
description: "Janusz Jakub Waluś is a Polish political assassin who was convicted of the 1993 assassination of Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He held dual Polish and South African citizenship from 1986 until his South African citizenship was revoked in 2017."
tagline: "Assassin of renowned anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JanuszWalus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-01-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.420777463444795
  historical:           10.69866666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 9140
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYz_Qxq-Z09ahV_swU_G-2g"
    handle:    "@janusz_walus"
    followers: 9140
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Walu%C5%9B"
    title: "Janusz Waluś"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "يانوش فالوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%8C"
    title: "Януш Валюсь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Walu%C5%9B_(Attent%C3%A4ter)"
    title: "Janusz Waluś (Attentäter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Walu%C5%9B"
    title: "Janusz Waluś"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Walu%C5%9B"
    title: "Janusz Waluś"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Walu%C5%9B"
    title: "Janusz Waluś"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A9_%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "יאנוש ולוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Walu%C5%9B"
    title: "Janusz Waluś"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Walu%C5%9B"
    title: "Janusz Waluś"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%8C"
    title: "Януш Валюсь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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