# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-handel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:45.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-handel"
name: "Thomas Händel"
slug: "thomas-handel"
description: "Thomas Händel is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament from Germany. He is a member of The Left, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left. He was appointed Chair of the European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Committee in July 2014."
tagline: "German politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_H%C3%A4ndel%2C_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.341901333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/thaendel"
    handle:    "thaendel"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H%C3%A4ndel"
    title: "Thomas Händel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "توماس هانديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H%C3%A4ndel"
    title: "Thomas Händel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H%C3%A4ndel"
    title: "Thomas Händel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H%C3%A4ndel"
    title: "Thomas Händel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H%C3%A4ndel"
    title: "Thomas Händel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H%C3%A4ndel"
    title: "Thomas Händel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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