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:
Total361
Searchable181
Targets180
Entity types:
People180
Positions1
Countries:
Germany181
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:2026-03-11 06:06:01 · v. 20260311060601-noj
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 entities386.64 KB
names.txtTarget names text file2.98 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format116 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON454.83 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV31.73 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
Britta MüllerPersonEast Germany · Germany
Detlef TabbertPersonGermany
Claus Ruhe MadsenPersonGermany · Denmark
Roman PoseckPersonGermany
Regina KraushaarPersonGermany
Nancy BöhningPersonGermany
Constanze GeiertPersonGermany
Dörte SchallPersonGermany
Diana StolzPersonGermany
Sarah Wedl-WilsonPersonGermany · United Kingdom
David LindemannPersonGermany
Jan RiedelPersonGermany
Thorsten BischoffPersonGermany
Mark RacklesPersonGermany
Melanie SchlotzhauerPersonGermany
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