# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rainer-eppelmann
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:04:26.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rainer-eppelmann"
name: "Rainer Eppelmann"
slug: "rainer-eppelmann"
description: "Rainer Eppelmann, is a German politician. Known for his opposition in the German Democratic Republic, he became Minister for Disarmament and Defense in the last cabinet. He is now a member of the CDU."
tagline: "German politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rainer_Eppelmann_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.798277333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Эппельман, Райнер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راينير اپيلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Eppelmann"
    title: "Rainer Eppelmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Eppelmann"
    title: "Rainer Eppelmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Eppelmann"
    title: "Rainer Eppelmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "راینر اپلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Eppelmann"
    title: "Rainer Eppelmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ライナー・エッペルマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Eppelmann"
    title: "Rainer Eppelmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Eppelmann"
    title: "Rainer Eppelmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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