# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-leich
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:08:37.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-leich"
name: "Werner Leich"
slug: "werner-leich"
description: "Werner Leich was a German Protestant theologian and pastor. From 1978 to 1992, he was the longest-serving Landesbischof of the Lutheran Church in Thuringia during the era of the German Democratic Republic, and led the state church’s independence from the regime."
tagline: "Evangelical Church bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-1123-036%2C_Gera%2C_Johanniskirche%2C_Friedensgebet_(Werner_Leich).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1927-01-31"
deathDate: "2022-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.85
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           4.604932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويرنير ليتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Leich"
    title: "Werner Leich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Leich"
    title: "Werner Leich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Leich"
    title: "Werner Leich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Leich"
    title: "Werner Leich"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108511"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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