# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-eggerath
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:28:29.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-eggerath"
name: "Werner Eggerath"
slug: "werner-eggerath"
description: "Werner Eggerath was an East German author and communist politician. He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany  and its first secretary in Thuringia from 21 April 1946 to 1947, already having held that position in the Communist Party of Germany before its merger with the SPD, to create, in April 1946, the SED. After having been Minister of the Interior of Thuringia since May 1947, he became its Minister-President on 9 October 1947, which he stayed until 23 July 1952 when the state was abolished. Eggerath also served as Ambassador to Romania from 1954 to 1957 and as the State Secretary for Church Affairs."
tagline: "German politician (1900-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-19000-3828%2C_Werner_Eggerath.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1900-03-16"
deathDate: "1977-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.92
  momentum:             15.4390243902439
  historical:           6.141037333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Эггерат, Вернер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "فيرنر إيغرات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "فيرنر ايجرات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Eggerath"
    title: "Werner Eggerath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Eggerath"
    title: "Werner Eggerath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Eggerath"
    title: "Werner Eggerath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernerus_Eggerath"
    title: "Wernerus Eggerath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95861"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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