# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-joachim-hoffmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:01:02.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-joachim-hoffmann"
name: "Hans-Joachim Hoffmann"
slug: "hans-joachim-hoffmann"
description: "Hans-Joachim \"Jochen\" Hoffmann was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). Hoffmann rose to become an influential culture policymaker during Erich Honecker's rule over East Germany, briefly serving as head of the SED Central Committee Culture Department and later minister of culture before having to step down during the Peaceful Revolution."
tagline: "German politician (1929–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M0210-0039%2C_Berlin%2C_Brecht-Ehrung%2C_Empfang_(Hans-Joachim_Hoffmann).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-10-10"
deathDate: "1994-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.25
  momentum:             1.718213058419244
  historical:           5.478942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Hans-Joachim Hoffmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Hoffmann"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Hoffmann"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Hoffmann"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Hoffmann"
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  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2739105"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Hoffmann"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Hoffmann"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81-%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Хофман, Ханс-Йоахим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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