# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-bentzien
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:25:06.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-bentzien"
name: "Hans Bentzien"
slug: "hans-bentzien"
description: "Hans Bentzien was a German writer and politician who served as the culture minister of East Germany from 1961 to 1966. Being a member of the ruling party Socialist Unity Party (SED), he held several political and public posts in East Germany."
tagline: "Functionary in the German Democratic Republic and, previously, member of the Nazi party"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B0522-0023-001%2C_Johannes-R.-Becher-Preis_f%C3%BCr_Franz_F%C3%BChmann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1927-01-04"
deathDate: "2015-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.23
  momentum:             0.7006369426751593
  historical:           4.812096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bentzien"
    title: "Hans Bentzien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bentzien"
    title: "Hans Bentzien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bentzien"
    title: "Hans Bentzien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bentzien"
    title: "Hans Bentzien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Бентцин, Ганс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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