# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/refilwe-mtsweni
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:11:23.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/refilwe-mtsweni"
name: "Refilwe Mtsweni"
slug: "refilwe-mtsweni"
description: "Refilwe Maria Mtsweni-Tsipane, also spelled Mtshweni-Tsipane, is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has been the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces since June 2024. Before that, she served as the fifth Premier of Mpumalanga between 2018 and 2024."
tagline: "South African politician, 5th Premier of Mpumalanga Province"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Refilwe_Mtsweni-Tsipane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1973-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.879272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Mpumalanga-Premier-Refilwe-Mtshweni-391979051210764"
    handle:    "Mpumalanga-Premier-Refilwe-Mtshweni-391979051210764"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%DB%92_%D9%85%D9%B9%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%92"
    title: "ریفلوے مٹسوینی-تسیپانے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refilwe_Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    title: "Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refilwe_Maria_Mtshweni-Tsipane"
    title: "Refilwe Maria Mtshweni-Tsipane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refilwe_Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    title: "Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refilwe_Mtsweni"
    title: "Refilwe Mtsweni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refilwe_Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    title: "Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refilwe_Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    title: "Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refilwe_Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    title: "Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52707425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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