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Katja Hessel

Politician

Katja Hessel 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	Katja Hessel · كاتچا هيسيل				[sources]
Birth date	1972-05-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Nuremberg · Nürnberg				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Katja				[sources]
Last name	Hessel				[sources]
Political association	FDP				[sources]
Website	www.katja-hessel.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1557103				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Member of the Landtag of Bavaria · member of the German Bundestag (2017-2021) · member of the German Bundestag (2021-)				[sources]
Education	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Rechtsanwältin, Steuerberaterin				[sources]
Religion	evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Landtag of Bavaria	-	-

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

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Wikidata · non-official source

German Members of the Bundestag1,926

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Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,079

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,418

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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