# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kashtan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:55:41.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kashtan"
name: "William Kashtan"
slug: "william-kashtan"
description: "William Kashtan was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada for 23 years beginning in January 1965, several months following the death of Leslie Morris, until his retirement in 1988. The delay in his assuming of the position was due to the opposition of Tim Buck to his appointment."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Kashtan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "1992-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.675162666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·卡什坦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام كشتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kashtan"
    title: "William Kashtan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kashtan"
    title: "William Kashtan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kashtan"
    title: "William Kashtan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kashtan"
    title: "William Kashtan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ուիլյամ Կաշտան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Уильям Каштан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Каштан, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4218274"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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