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Thomas Kossendey

Politician

Thomas Kossendey 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	Thomas Kossendey · توماس كوسيندى				[sources]
Other name	Kossendey, Thomas				[sources]
Birth date	1948-03-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Berlin				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Thomas				[sources]
Last name	Kossendey				[sources]
Political association	CDU				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1270747				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Parliamentary Secretary in Germany (2006-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (1987-1990) · member of the German Bundestag (1990-1994) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Jurist, RegDir. a. D. Parl. Staatssekretär				[sources]
Religion	römisch-katholisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German jurist and politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2005-10-18	2009-10-27

Data sources

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata335,609

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,777

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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