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Saskia Esken

Politician

Saskia Esken 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	Saskia Esken · Saskia Eskenová · Заския Эскен · Саскиа Ескен · Саскія Ескен · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Esken, Saskia · Saskia Christina Esken · Saskia Christina Hofer · Saskia Hofer · Saskia Hoferová · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ザスキア・エスケン				[sources]
Birth date	1961-08-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Stuttgart				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Country of birth	Germany				[sources]
First name	Christina · Saskia				[sources]
Last name	Esken				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	www.saskiaesken.de · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.saskiaesken.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15813082				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · chairman of the Social Democratic Party (2019-2025) · member of the German Bundestag (2013-2017) · member of the German Bundestag (2017-2021) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Stuttgart · staatl. geprüfte Informatikerin				[sources]
Religion	konfessionslos				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Roland Esken Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
chairman of the Social Democratic Party	2019-12-06	2025-06-27

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,536

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag).

Germany · Parlamentwatch e.V. · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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

Wikidata · non-official source

German Members of the Bundestag1,926

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

Germany · German Bundestag

External databases

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Wikidata349,563

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,079

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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