German Members of the Bundestag

Current and recent Members of the German Federal Parliament; mostly teachers and lawyers

Members of the German Bundestag (German: Deutscher Bundestag), the legislative body of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Parties must receive at least 5% of the second votes nationwide or win three direct constituency seats to enter the Bundestag, with exceptions for parties representing recognized national minorities.

The data is sourced from the official open data provided by the German Bundestag administration, containing comprehensive biographical and mandate information for all current members.

Data overview

Entities:
Total6,386
Searchable1,926
Targets1,925
Entity types:
People1,925
Positions1
Countries:
33 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:German Bundestag · Germany

The German Bundestag provides open data about its members on its official website. The Bundestag exercises legislative power, elects the Chancellor, approves the budget, and oversees the government.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:www.bundestag.de
Source data:www.bundestag.de · XML
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:2025-10-13 10:33:33 · v. 20251013103333-jue
Last change:

Bulk download

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 entities2.69 MB
names.txtTarget names text file30.65 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format1.17 MB
source.xmlSource data14.5 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON4.86 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV354.3 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
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Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Michael MeisterPersonGermany
Christian StettenPersonGermany
Carl-Eduard BismarckPersonGermany · Switzerland
Konstantin NotzPersonGermany
Beatrix StorchPersonGermany
Philip M. A. HoffmannPersonGermany
Joseph FischerPersonGermany
Michael MüllerPersonGermany
Jan AkenPersonGermany
Viola Cramon-TaubadelPersonGermany
Thomas MaizièrePersonGermany
Jörg PolheimPersonGermany
Kees VriesPersonGermany
Michael MüllerPersonGermany
Renate SchmidtPersonGermany
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