# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-wagner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:28:22.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-wagner"
name: "Ruth Wagner"
slug: "ruth-wagner"
description: "Ruth Wagner was a German politician for the Free Democratic Party (FDP). She was a member of the Landtag of Hesse from 1978 to 1999, serving as vice president of the state parliament twice. She was Hessian minister of culture from 1999 to 2003, promoting education, especially independent universities, and the arts. She also worked as city counselor of Darmstadt and on the board of the federal FDP. Wagner held leading positions in several cultural institutions, a co-founder of the Rheingau Musik Festival, president of art associations and a commission for the history of the Jews in Hesse. She was nicknamed Mother Courage of Hesse."
tagline: "German politician (1940–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Wagner_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-10-18"
deathDate: "2025-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.78
  momentum:             3.235294117647059
  historical:           5.478006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Wagner"
    title: "Ruth Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "روث فاجنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Wagner"
    title: "Ruth Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Wagner"
    title: "Ruth Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Wagner"
    title: "Ruth Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Wagner"
    title: "Ruth Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2177787"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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