# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roland-koch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:10:02.648Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roland-koch"
name: "Roland Koch"
slug: "roland-koch"
description: "Roland Koch is a German jurist and former conservative politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 7th Minister President of Hesse from 7 April 1999, immediately becoming the 53rd President of the Bundesrat, completing the term begun by his predecessor as Minister President, Hans Eichel, until his resignation on 31 August 2010. During his time in office, Koch was widely regarded as one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's main rivals within the CDU."
tagline: "German jurist and former politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roland_Koch_03.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.roland-koch.de/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump