# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmar-altvater
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:49:32.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmar-altvater"
name: "Elmar Altvater"
slug: "elmar-altvater"
description: "Elmar Altvater was a German political scientist. He was professor of political science at the Otto-Suhr-Institut of the Free University of Berlin, before retiring on 30 September 2004. He continued to work at the institute, and published articles and books."
tagline: "German Marxist academic (1938-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elmaraltvater.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1938-08-24"
deathDate: "2018-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6976744186046511
  historical:           11.22178
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2820599/"
    handle:    "nm2820599"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmar_Altvater"
    title: "Elmar Altvater"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmar Altvater"
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    title: "Elmar Altvater"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmar Altvater"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Альтфатер, Эльмар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Elmar Altvater"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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