# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thandi-modise
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:10:33.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thandi-modise"
name: "Thandi Modise"
slug: "thandi-modise"
description: "Thandi Ruth Modise is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from 2021 to 2024. She was previously the Premier of the North West from 2010 to 2014, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2019, and Speaker of the National Assembly from 2019 to 2021."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spotkanie_premier_Beaty_Szyd%C5%82o_z_Thandi_Modise_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-12-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.29
  momentum:             0.7086614173228347
  historical:           9.487042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1098774/"
    handle:    "nm1098774"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%92"
    title: "تھانڈی موڈیسے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandi_Modise"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1625605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89304"
    title: "Thandi Modise"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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