# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-merker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:47.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-merker"
name: "Paul Merker"
slug: "paul-merker"
description: "Paul Merker was a German trade unionist and politician of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) who later became a leading official of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)."
tagline: "East German politician (1894-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V08564%2C_Berlin-Treptow%2C_sowjetische_Ehrenmal%2C_Einweihung_cropped_to_highlight_PM_on_small_screens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1894-02-01"
deathDate: "1969-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.358533333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Меркер, Пауль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "پول ميركير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merker"
    title: "Paul Merker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merker"
    title: "Paul Merker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A8"
    title: "פאול מרקר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merker"
    title: "Paul Merker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merker"
    title: "Paul Merker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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