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Michael Meister

Politician

Michael Meister 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	Michael Meister · Михаэль Майстер · Міхаель Майстер · مايكل ميستير · 미하엘 마이스터				[sources]
Other name	Meister, Michael · Michael Günther Meister · Майстер, Михаэль · Михаэль Майстер · 미하엘 귄터 마이스터				[sources]
Birth date	1961-06-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Lorsch				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Günther · Michael				[sources]
Last name	Meister				[sources]
Website	www.meister-schafft.de · de.wikipedia.org · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.meister-schafft.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q103523				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2002-2005) · Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Diplom (1985) · Technical University of Darmstadt · Technical University of Darmstadt (1980-1985) · doctor rerum naturalium (1988) · doctorate				[sources]
Religion	Protestant church				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	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 German Bundestag	2021-10-26	2025-03-25

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,013

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,883

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Wikidata · non-official source

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,536

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag).

Germany · Parlamentwatch e.V. · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions545,933

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,300

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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