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Hildegard Wester

Politician

Hildegard Wester 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	Hildegard Wester · هيلديجارد ويستير				[sources]
Alias	Wester!				[sources]
Birth date	1949-12-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Rheydt				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Hildegard				[sources]
Last name	Wester				[sources]
Political association	SPD · Social Democratic Party of Germany				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1404465				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · member of the German Bundestag (1990-1994) · member of the German Bundestag (1994-1998) · member of the German Bundestag (1998-2002) · member of the German Bundestag (2004-2005) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Pädagogin in der Erwachsenenbildung				[sources]
Religion	ohne Angaben				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2009-04-01	2009-10-27

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,825

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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