# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-kruger
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:05:08.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-kruger"
name: "Jimmy Kruger"
slug: "jimmy-kruger"
description: "James Thomas Kruger was a South African lawyer and politician of Welsh descent who was part of the conservative National Party government which championed apartheid. He rose to the position of Minister of Justice and the Police in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Vorster from 1974 to 1979. He was also President of the Senate from 1979 until 1980, when it was abolished."
tagline: "South African politician (1917-1987)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-12-20"
deathDate: "1987-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.49759066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "జిమ్మీ క్రుగర్"
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    title: "Jimmy Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چيمى كروجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Kruger"
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    title: "Jimmy Kruger"
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    title: "Jimmy Kruger"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kruger"
    title: "Jimmy Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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