# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-modise
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:59:02.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-modise"
name: "Joe Modise"
slug: "joe-modise"
description: "Johannes \"Joe\" Modise was a South African political figure. He helped to found uMkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its longest serving Commander in Chief, deputised at different points in time by Joe Slovo and Chris Hani. Modise headed MK for a 25-year period, from 1965 to 1990. He served as South Africa's first black Minister of Defence from 1994 to 1999 and led the formation of the post-independence defence force."
tagline: "South African politician (1929-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1997_Joe_Modise_South_Africa_defense_minister_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-05-23"
deathDate: "2001-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.357741333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جو موديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Modise"
    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Modise"
    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Modise"
    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Modise"
    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Модисе, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Modise"
    title: "Joe Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691536"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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