# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-schirdewan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:42:10.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-schirdewan"
name: "Martin Schirdewan"
slug: "martin-schirdewan"
description: "Martin Simon Schirdewan is a German journalist and politician who served as co-chairman of The Left from June 2022 to October 2024. He has sat as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2017, and was elected co-chair of The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) parliamentary group in 2019."
tagline: "German journalist and politician (born 1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_Schirdewan%2C_Parteitag_Bonn_2019_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1975-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           11.57748
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "schirdewan"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
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    handle:    "schirdewanmartin"
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    handle:    "mschirdewan"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm10689475"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.martin-schirdewan.eu/"
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    title: "Martin Schirdewan"
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    title: "Martin Schirdewan"
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    title: "Martin Schirdewan"
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    title: "Martin Schirdewan"
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    title: "Martin Schirdewan"
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    title: "Martin Schirdewan"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump