# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burkhard-balz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:41:28.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burkhard-balz"
name: "Burkhard Balz"
slug: "burkhard-balz"
description: "Burkhard Balz is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, part of the European People's Party. From 2009 until 2018, he served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany."
tagline: "German politician and Member of the European Parliament"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balz%2C_Burkhard-1466.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.51
  momentum:             24.25149700598802
  historical:           5.689814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/burkhardbalz"
    handle:    "burkhardbalz"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BurkhardBalzMdEP"
    handle:    "BurkhardBalzMdEP"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.burkhard-balz.eu/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Balz"
    title: "Burkhard Balz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "بورخارد بالز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Balz"
    title: "Burkhard Balz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Balz"
    title: "Burkhard Balz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Balz"
    title: "Burkhard Balz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Balz"
    title: "Burkhard Balz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85342"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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