# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-zaisser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:44.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-zaisser"
name: "Wilhelm Zaisser"
slug: "wilhelm-zaisser"
description: "Wilhelm Zaisser was a German communist politician and statesman who served as the founder and first Minister for State Security of the German Democratic Republic from 1950 to 1953."
tagline: "German politician (1893-1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_B_285_Bild-04246%2C_Berlin%2C_12._Volkskammersitzung%2C_Wilhelm_Zaisser.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-06-20"
deathDate: "1958-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             4.6413390010627
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump