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Ina Brandes

Politician

Ina Brandes 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	Ina Brandes · 이나 브란데스				[sources]
Birth date	1977-09-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Dortmund				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	State government (current)				[sources]
Description	Geboren am 29.09.1977 in Dortmund, verwitwet. 1997 bis 2004 Studium der Politikwissenschaften, Geschichte und Englischen Philologie in Göttingen und Rom, Abschluss Magister Artium. 2004 bis 2005 Tätigkeit als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Göttingen. 2005 Tätigkeit als Referentin in der niedersächsischen CDU-Landtagsfraktion für die Enquête-Kommission „Demografischer Wandel“. 2006 bis 2021 verschiedene Tätigkeiten in der Grontmij GmbH, ab 2016 Sweco GmbH, 2011 bis 2020 als Sprecherin der Geschäftsführung. 2012 bis 2020 Mitglied des Beirates des House of Logistics and Mobility, Frankfurt am Main. 2021 Mitglied des Aufsichtsrates der GOPA Group, Bad Homburg. Mitglied der CDU. 2006 bis 2011 Kreistagsabgeordnete des Landkreises Holzminden. 2021 bis 2022 Ministerin für Verkehr, seit 29.06.2022 Ministerin für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Stellvertretendes Mitglied des Bundesrates seit 28.10.2021.				[sources]
First name	Ina				[sources]
Last name	Brandes				[sources]
Political association	CDU · Christian Democratic Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q109295609				[sources]
Position	Minister of Environment and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia (2021-2022) · Ministerin für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen · Mitglied des Ausschusses für Kulturfragen · Stellvertretendes Mitglied des Bundesrates für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen · deputy member of the Bundesrat of Germany (2021-) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Magister Artium · University of Göttingen (1997-2004)				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de · www.bundesrat.de				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

German politician (born 1977)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-15

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Environment and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia	2021-10-28	2022-06-29

Data sources

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,535

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

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,820

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,316

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundesrat182

Current members of the German Bundesrat, the federal legislative body representing Germany’s 16 states (Länder).

Germany · German Bundesrat

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Wikidata334,608

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,062

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: de-aw-3c8be5133d013c5eb4512b352bd32a0573da1954 · de-brt-86a70d6b82ad7adc455f403004a96bfd5863e2b1

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