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Josef Rief

Politician

Josef Rief 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	Josef Rief · Йозеф Ріф · چوزيف ريف · 요제프 리프				[sources]
Other name	Rief, Josef				[sources]
Birth date	1960-04-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Illertissen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Josef				[sources]
Last name	Rief				[sources]
Political association	CDU				[sources]
Website	www.josef-rief.de · facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1321994				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag (2009-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (2013-2017) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Landwirtschaftsmeister				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church · römisch-katholisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician (CDU)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2009-10-27	2013-10-22

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,153

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,573

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,828

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 OpenSanctions551,775

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata335,468

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: de-btg-mdb-11004136 · evpo-116bd47e-a3ce-419a-909d-1eb0e8b3829e

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