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Bijan Djir-Sarai

Politician

Bijan Djir-Sarai 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	Bijan Djir-Sarai · Биджан Джир-Сарай · بيجان جير-ساراي · بيچان دچير ساراى · بیژن جیرسرایی				[sources]
Other name	Djirsarai, Bijan · بیژن جیرسرایی				[sources]
Weak alias	Djir-Sarai				[sources]
Birth date	1976-06-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Teheran/Iran · Tehran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bijan				[sources]
Last name	Djir-Sarai				[sources]
Political association	FDP				[sources]
Website	www.bijan-sarai.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q106033				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag (2009-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (2017-2021) · member of the German Bundestag (2021-)				[sources]
Education	Diplom-Kaufmann · Diploma of Business Administration · Doctor (2008-2012) · University of Cologne				[sources]
Religion	evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German-Iranian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2017-10-24	2021-10-26

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,430

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,059

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

German Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,162

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: de-btg-mdb-11004029 · evpo-3dbc34bc-c7db-4700-ae7b-243958ca9756

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