# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-hofner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:33:05.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernst-hofner"
name: "Ernst Höfner"
slug: "ernst-hofner"
description: "Ernst Höfner was Finance Minister of the German Democratic Republic. Born in Berlin, Höfner graduated with a degree in business. In the 1960s, he was a secretary in the finance ministry. From 1970 to 1976 he was deputy minister of finance. From 1976 to 1979 he was first secretary of SED's department for central bank and financial organs. And from 1979 to 1981 he was also first secretary of the national planning commission. From 1981 to 1989, after succeeding Werner Schmieder, he served as Finance Minister. As Finance Minister, he also belonged to the presidency of the cabinet council."
tagline: "German politician (1929-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1987-0626-021%2C_Ernst_H%C3%B6fner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-10-01"
deathDate: "2009-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.25
  momentum:             0.5369127516778524
  historical:           7.672318666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ارنسٹ ہوفنر (سیاست دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ارنست هوفنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_H%C3%B6fner_(Politiker)"
    title: "Ernst Höfner (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_H%C3%B6fner_(politician)"
    title: "Ernst Höfner (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_H%C3%B6fner"
    title: "Ernst Höfner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "ارنست هوفنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_H%C3%B6fner"
    title: "Ernst Höfner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_H%C3%B6fner"
    title: "Ernst Höfner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%91%D1%84%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Хёфнер, Эрнст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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