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Christian Schmidt

Politician

Christian Schmidt 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	Christian Schmidt · Κρίστιαν Σμιτ · Кристиан Шмидт · Кристијан Шмит · Крістіан Шмідт · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Christianus Schmidt · Hans Christian Friedrich Schmidt · Schmidt, Christian! · Кристиан Шмидт · Шмидт, Кристиан · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1957-08-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Obernzenn · Obernzenn, Landkrs. Neustadt/Aisch-Bad Windsheim				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina · Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	International organization (unknown status) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Christian · Friedrich · Hans				[sources]
Last name	Schmidt				[sources]
Political association	CSU				[sources]
Website	www.christian-schmidt.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q107018				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Federal Minister for Transport (2017-2018) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	Bundesminister a. D., Rechtsanwalt · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (1977-1982) · Georg-Wilhelm-Steller-Gymnasium (-1976)				[sources]
Religion	Lutheran Churches · evangelisch-lutherisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-19

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Federal Minister for Transport	2017-10-24	2018-03-14

Data sources

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

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,663

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,212

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,659

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,059

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-182032c5-dddd-4e42-baa0-e54f04a1592b · de-btg-mdb-11002003

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