# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joachim-van-plettenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:09:20.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joachim-van-plettenberg"
name: "Joachim van Plettenberg"
slug: "joachim-van-plettenberg"
description: "Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg was the governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 11 August 1771 to 14 February 1785. Plettenberg was presiding governor after Ryk Tulbagh's death. On 18 May 1774 he was permanently appointed as governor."
tagline: "Dutch colonial governor of the Cape of Good Hope (1739-1793)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joachim_van_Plettenberg_(1739-1793).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1739-03-08"
deathDate: "1793-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.15
  momentum:             7.312994350282485
  historical:           5.479554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_van_Plettenberg"
    title: "Joachim van Plettenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_van_Plettenberg"
    title: "Joachim van Plettenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_van_Plettenberg"
    title: "Joachim van Plettenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_van_Plettenberg"
    title: "Joachim van Plettenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_van_Plettenberg"
    title: "Joachim van Plettenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_van_Plettenberg"
    title: "Joachim van Plettenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380945"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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