# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-matern
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:09.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-matern"
name: "Hermann Matern"
slug: "hermann-matern"
description: "Hermann Matern was a German communist politician and high ranking functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) in East Germany. From the nation's founding in 1949 until his death in 1971 he served as chairman of the Central Party Control Commission, deputy president of the Volkskammer, and leader of the SED in the Volkskammer, in addition to holding full membership in the party's Central Committee and Politburo."
tagline: "German politician (1893-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0000908_001_Portrait_Hermann_Materns.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-06-17"
deathDate: "1971-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.237332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "هيرمان ماتيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hermann Matern"
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    title: "Hermann Matern"
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    title: "Hermann Matern"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Matern"
    title: "Hermann Matern"
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    title: "Hermann Matern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Matern"
    title: "Hermann Matern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Матерн, Герман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Matern"
    title: "Hermann Matern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "赫尔曼·马特恩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump