Germany Members of the Bundesrat

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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:
2026-07-11 06:06:02 · v. 20260711060602-cfg
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities392.66 KB
names.txtTarget names text file3.01 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format116.56 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON465.09 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV31.89 KB

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Recent additions 

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Achim SchwickertPersonGermany
Nancy BöhningPersonGermany
Martina KlementPersonGermany
Claus Ruhe MadsenPersonGermany · Denmark
Roman PoseckPersonGermany
Regina KraushaarPersonGermany
Constanze GeiertPersonGermany
Diana StolzPersonGermany
David LindemannPersonGermany
Jan RiedelPersonGermany
Mark RacklesPersonGermany
Thorsten BischoffPersonGermany
Melanie SchlotzhauerPersonGermany
Dr. Wolfgang BlankPersonGermany
Magdalena FinkePersonGermany
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