# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rainer-wieland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:00:52.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rainer-wieland"
name: "Rainer Wieland"
slug: "rainer-wieland"
description: "Rainer Wieland is a German politician who served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany from 1997 to 2024. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. He was also one of the Parliament's vice-presidents from 2009. His area of responsibility as an MEP included the Stuttgart administrative district. From 2011 to 2025, Wieland was likewise president of the non-partisan Europa-Union Deutschland."
tagline: "German politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rainer_Wieland_2018_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-02-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.28459466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/wieland.mdep"
    handle:    "wieland.mdep"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mdep.de/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "راينر فيلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "راينر فيلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Wieland"
    title: "Rainer Wieland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85543"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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