# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/winkie-direko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:44.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/winkie-direko"
name: "Winkie Direko"
slug: "winkie-direko"
description: "Isabella Winkie Direko was a South African politician born in the Free State province of South Africa. She was a member of the African National Congress and served as Premier of the Free State from 1999 to 2004."
tagline: "South African politician (1929–2012)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-11-27"
deathDate: "2012-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.6
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.338445333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkie_Direko"
    title: "Winkie Direko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkie_Direko"
    title: "Winkie Direko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkie_Direko"
    title: "Winkie Direko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkie_Direko"
    title: "Winkie Direko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkie_Direko"
    title: "Winkie Direko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Диреко, Винки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkie_Direko"
    title: "Winkie Direko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2584614"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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