# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-teske
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:41:28.293Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-teske"
name: "Werner Teske"
slug: "werner-teske"
description: "Werner Teske was an East German Hauptmann (Captain) of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi). Teske was a senior intelligence officer in the Stasi's economic espionage division when he was accused of plotting to defect to West Germany with sensitive information and embezzled money. In the one-day trial, Teske was found guilty of espionage and desertion. He was sentenced to death and subsequently executed in June 1981."
tagline: "Stasi colonel, executed for treason (1942–1981)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Werner_Teske_MfS.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1942-04-24"
deathDate: "1981-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.68191066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Werner Teske"
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    title: "Werner Teske"
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    title: "Werner Teske"
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    title: "Werner Teske"
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    title: "Werner Teske"
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    title: "Werner Teske"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump