# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-joachim-von-merkatz
# Generated: 2026-08-17T01:53:22.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-joachim-von-merkatz"
name: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz"
slug: "hans-joachim-von-merkatz"
description: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz was a German politician. He was Federal Minister of Justice from 1956 to 1957. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1949 to 1961. He was a member of the German Party before joining the Christian Democrats in 1960."
tagline: "German politician (1905-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KAS-Merkatz%2C_Hans-Joachim_von-Bild-625-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1905-07-07"
deathDate: "1982-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.012132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_von_Merkatz"
    title: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "هانس چواكيم ڤون ميركاتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_von_Merkatz"
    title: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_von_Merkatz"
    title: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_von_Merkatz"
    title: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes-Ioachimus_de_Merkatz"
    title: "Ioannes-Ioachimus de Merkatz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_von_Merkatz"
    title: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_von_Merkatz"
    title: "Hans-Joachim von Merkatz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q566322"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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