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Matthias Zimmer

Politician

Matthias Zimmer 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	Matthias Zimmer · Маттіас Ціммер · ماتياس زيمر				[sources]
Other name	Matthias Rainer Zimmer · Zimmer, Matthias · ماتياس زيمر				[sources]
Birth date	1961-05-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Marburg				[sources]
Death date	2023-07-18				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Matthias				[sources]
Last name	Zimmer				[sources]
Website	www.matthias-zimmer.de · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1565606				[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) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Trier University				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-15	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician (1961–2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-24

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2013-10-22	2017-10-24
member of the German Bundestag	2009-10-27

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,144

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Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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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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