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Rainer Spiering

Politician

Rainer Spiering 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	Rainer Spiering · راينير سپيرينج				[sources]
Alias	Spiering, Rainer				[sources]
Birth date	1956-01-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Dissen am Teutoburger Wald · Erpen (jetzt Dissen)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Rainer				[sources]
Last name	Spiering				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	www.rainer-spiering.de · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15813124				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag (2013-2017) · member of the German Bundestag (2017-2021)				[sources]
Education	Berufsschullehrer				[sources]
Religion	Lutheran Churches · evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	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 Bundestag	-	-
member of the German Bundestag	2017-10-24	2021-10-26

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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Germany · German Bundestag

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,168

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,903

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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