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Wolfgang Schäuble

Politician

Wolfgang Schäuble 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	Volfgangs Šeible · Wolfgang Schäuble · Βόλφγκανγκ Σόιμπλε · Волфганг Шојбле · Вольфганг Шойбле · 9 more...				[sources]
Other name	Schauble, Wolfgang · Schäuble, Wolfgang · Volfgangs Šeible · Volfgangus Schäuble · Wolfgang Schaeuble · 11 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1942-09-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Freiburg im Breisgau				[sources]
Death date	2023-12-26				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Wolfgang				[sources]
Last name	Schäuble				[sources]
Website	www.wolfgang-schaeuble.de · facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16019				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Chairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag fraction (1991-2000) · 22 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Freiburg · University of Hamburg · doctorate				[sources]
Religion	Protestant church				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-08

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Thomas Schäuble Politician	sibling · younger brother	-	-
Ingeborg Schäuble Close Associate	spouse	1969	2023-12-26

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2021-10-26	2023-12-26
member of the German Bundestag	2013-10-22

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,151

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata334,854

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,700

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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