Germany Members of the Bundesrat

Current members of the German Bundesrat, the federal legislative body representing Germany’s 16 states (Länder).

The German Bundesrat (Federal Council) is the legislative body that represents the 16 federal states (Länder) at the federal level. Its members are appointed by state governments, while the Bundestag is composed of representatives directly elected by the German people.

This dataset is sourced from the official German Bundesrat website and provides biographical and mandate information for all current members.

Data overview

Entities:
Total363
Searchable182
Targets181
Entity types:
People181
Positions1
Countries:
Germany182
Publisher:German Bundesrat · Germany

The German Bundesrat provides information about its members on its official website. As the federal body, it participates in the legislative process, reviewing and approving federal laws.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:www.bundesrat.de
Source data:www.bundesrat.de · HTML
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:2025-12-17 19:44:47 · v. 20251217194447-nmb
Last change:

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Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities392.06 KB
names.txtTarget names text file2.99 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format117.88 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON460.63 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV32.31 KB

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Using the API

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Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Claus Ruhe MadsenPersonGermany · Denmark
Regina KraushaarPersonGermany
Britta MüllerPersonGermany · East Germany
Nancy BöhningPersonGermany
Roman PoseckPersonGermany
Dörte SchallPersonGermany
Diana StolzPersonGermany
Detlef TabbertPersonGermany
David LindemannPersonGermany
Thorsten BischoffPersonGermany
Mark RacklesPersonGermany
Melanie SchlotzhauerPersonGermany
Dr. Wolfgang BlankPersonGermany
Prof. Constanze GeiertPersonGermany
Jan RiedelPersonGermany
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