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Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen

PEP · Politician

Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen 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	Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen · بورخاردت مولير سونكسين				[sources]
Alias	Mullersonksen, Burkhardt				[sources]
Weak alias	Müller-Sönksen				[sources]
Birth date	1959-08-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Otterndorf				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Burkhardt				[sources]
Last name	Müller · Müller-Sönksen				[sources]
Political association	FDP · Free Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1016541				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (2005-2009) · member of the German Bundestag (2009-2013) · member of the Hamburg Parliament · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Rechtsanwalt				[sources]
Religion	ohne Angaben				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-24	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2009-10-27	2013-10-22

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,825

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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Wikidata328,139

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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