# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-botsch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:39:25.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-botsch"
name: "Wolfgang Bötsch"
slug: "wolfgang-botsch"
description: "Wolfgang Bötsch was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). Between 1974 and 1976 he represented the Landtag of Bavaria. From 1976 to 2005 he was a member of the Bundestag, and between 1993 and 1997 he was the last Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications. Bötsch died on 14 October 2017 at the age of 79."
tagline: "German politician (1938-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F086559-0017%2C_Bonn%2C_Pressekonferenz%2C_B%C3%B6tsch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-09-08"
deathDate: "2017-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.680310666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6tsch"
    title: "Wolfgang Bötsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "ولفجانج بوتستش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6tsch"
    title: "Wolfgang Bötsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6tsch"
    title: "Wolfgang Bötsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6tsch"
    title: "Wolfgang Bötsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volfgangus_B%C3%B6tsch"
    title: "Volfgangus Bötsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6tsch"
    title: "Wolfgang Bötsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%87%2C_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Бёч, Вольфганг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6tsch"
    title: "Wolfgang Bötsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85844"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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