# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/magnus-malan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:25.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/magnus-malan"
name: "Magnus Malan"
slug: "magnus-malan"
description: "General Magnus André de Mérindol Malan was a South African military figure and politician during the last years of apartheid in South Africa. He served as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha, Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), and Chief of the South African Army. Rising quickly through the lower ranks, he was appointed to strategic command positions. His tenure as chief of the defence force saw it increase in size, efficiency and capabilities."
tagline: "South African army general and Cabinet minister (1930-2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Magnus-malan.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-01-30"
deathDate: "2011-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4646017699115043
  historical:           9.071496
  currentAttention:     2.581120943952802
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "میگنس ملان"
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    title: "Magnus Malan"
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    title: "Magnus Malan"
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    title: "Magnus Malan"
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    title: "Magnus Malan"
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    title: "Մագնուս Մալան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Magnus Malan"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Malan"
    title: "Magnus Malan"
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    title: "Малан, Магнус"
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  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Malan"
    title: "Magnus Malan"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1563059"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump