# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hendrik-wust
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:36:22.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hendrik-wust"
name: "Hendrik Wüst"
slug: "hendrik-wust"
description: "Hendrik Josef Wüst is a German politician serving as Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2021. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In October 2021, he succeeded Armin Laschet as state chairman of his party. Under Wüst's leadership, his party won the highest vote share in the 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election."
tagline: "German politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kohtumine_NRW_liidumaa_peaministri_Hendrik_W%C3%BCstiga_18.02.2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1975-07-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.65
  momentum:             18.52070846158
  historical:           14.43473733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/HendrikWuest"
    handle:    "HendrikWuest"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hendrik.wuest/"
    handle:    "hendrik.wuest"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13000396/"
    handle:    "nm13000396"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hendrik-wuest.de/"
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    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيندريك وست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_W%C3%BCst"
    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_W%C3%BCst"
    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_W%C3%BCst"
    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_W%C3%BCst"
    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "הנדריק ויסט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヘンドリック・ブスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_W%C3%BCst"
    title: "Hendrik Wüst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Вюст, Хендрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%92%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Гендрік Вюст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "亨德里克·维斯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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