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Heinz Fassmann

PEP · Politician

Heinz Fassmann 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	Heinz Fassmann · هينز فاسمان · 하인츠 파스만				[sources]
Alias	Dr. Heinz Faßmann · Heinz Faßmann				[sources]
Birth date	1955-08-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Düsseldorf				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	Austria · Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Heinz				[sources]
Political association	independent politician				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1600191				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research (2017-2019) · Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research (2020-2021)				[sources]
Education	University of Vienna (1975-1980)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-08	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Austrian university teacher and minister of education (independent)

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,170

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,191

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Wikidata330,507

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,929

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