# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thandiwe-banda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:07:48.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thandiwe-banda"
name: "Thandiwe Banda"
slug: "thandiwe-banda"
description: "Thandiwe Banda is a Zambian political science teacher who served as the First Lady of Zambia from June 2008 until September 2011. Banda, who was in her 30s when she took over the position in 2008, was the youngest First Lady in Zambia's history. She was the second wife of former President Rupiah Banda until his death in March 2022."
tagline: "Zambian politician"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1988"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.43
  momentum:             0.2551020408163265
  historical:           6.807236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thandiwe_Banda"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ثانديوي باندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiwe_Banda"
    title: "Thandiwe Banda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiwe_Banda"
    title: "Thandiwe Banda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5"
    title: "Банда, Тандиве"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiwe_Banda"
    title: "Thandiwe Banda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiwe_Banda"
    title: "Thandiwe Banda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiwe_Banda"
    title: "Thandiwe Banda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26923364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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