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Gerhard Karner

PEP · Politician

Gerhard Karner 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	Gerhard Karner · Karner Gerhard, Mag. · Mag. Gerhard Karner · ゲアハルト・カルナー · 格哈德·卡纳				[sources]
Birth date	1967-11-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Melk · Melk (Niederösterreich)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Austria				[sources]
Citizenship	Austria				[sources]
Classification	Local government (past) · National government (current) · State government (past)				[sources]
Email	ministerbuero@bmi.gv.at				[sources]
First name	Gerhard				[sources]
Last name	Karner				[sources]
Phone	+431531260				[sources]
Political association	Austrian People's Party				[sources]
Title	Mag.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1511874				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Federal Minister of the Interior of Austria (2021-) · Member of the Landtag of Lower Austria (2003-2021) · Minister for the Interior · member of the National Council of Austria (2024-)				[sources]
Education	Vienna University of Economics and Business				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.meineabgeordneten.at · www.parlament.gv.at				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Austrian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Abgeordnete zum Nationalrat	2024-10-24	2025-03-06

Data sources

Austria Public Officials1,624

List of politicians and others officials from Austria.

Austria · Meine Abgeordneten · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,955

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,721

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Austrian Members of Parliament1,060

Current and historical Members of the Austrian National Council and Federal Council

Austria · Austrian Parliament

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,324

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,351

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-austria-gerhard-karner-minister-for-the-interior · at-meine-ab-gerhard-karner · at-parl-person-20445

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