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Paul Schäfer

Politician

Paul Schäfer is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Paul Schäfer · Пауль Шефер · باول شيفر				[sources]
Other name	Schafer, Paul · باول شيفر				[sources]
Birth date	1949-01-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Mainz				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Belgium · Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Paul				[sources]
Last name	Schäfer				[sources]
Political association	DIE LINKE.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q100255				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly · member of the German Bundestag (2005-2009) · member of the German Bundestag (2009-2013) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Diplom-Soziologe				[sources]
Religion	ohne Angaben				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,663

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,493

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,059

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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