# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bettina-stark-watzinger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:28:42.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bettina-stark-watzinger"
name: "Bettina Stark-Watzinger"
slug: "bettina-stark-watzinger"
description: "Bettina Stark-Watzinger is a German economist and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Minister of Education and Research in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet from 2021 to 2024. She was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2017 to 2025."
tagline: "German politician"
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1968-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump