# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-hanan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:27:49.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-hanan"
name: "Ralph Hanan"
slug: "ralph-hanan"
description: "Josiah Ralph Hanan, known as Ralph Hanan, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was Mayor of Invercargill and then represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament, following in his uncle Josiah Hanan's footsteps. He served in World War II and his injuries ultimately caused his death at age 60. He is best remembered for the abolition of the death penalty, which had been suspended by the Labour Party, but which National was to reintroduce. As Minister of Justice, it was Hanan's role to introduce the legislation to Parliament, but he convinced enough of his party colleagues to vote with the opposition and thus abolished the death penalty in New Zealand."
tagline: "New Zealand politician (1909-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josiah_Ralph_Hanan%2C_ca_1946.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909-06-13"
deathDate: "1969-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.78
  momentum:             4.5
  historical:           4.80342
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "رالف حنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "رالف هانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hanan"
    title: "Ralph Hanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hanan"
    title: "Ralph Hanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hanan"
    title: "Ralph Hanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3418260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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