# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-helms
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:01:14.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-helms"
name: "Wilhelm Helms"
slug: "wilhelm-helms"
description: "Wilhelm Helms was a German politician. He served as a member of the Bundestag from 1969 to 1972. Helms was notable for his 1972 party switch that threatened to collapse the government of Chancellor Willy Brandt."
tagline: "German politician (1923-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KAS-Helms%2C_Wilhelm-Bild-13985-1_(crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-12-19"
deathDate: "2019-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.86
  momentum:             4.285714285714286
  historical:           7.003312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wilhelm Helms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ويلهلم هيلمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلهيلم هيلمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Helms"
    title: "Wilhelm Helms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Helms"
    title: "Wilhelm Helms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Helms"
    title: "Wilhelm Helms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Helms"
    title: "Wilhelm Helms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Хельмс, Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1226533"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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