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Herbert Behrens

Politician

Herbert Behrens 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	Herbert Behrens · هربرت بيرنس				[sources]
Other name	Behrens, Herbert · Herbertus Behrens · هربرت بيرنس				[sources]
Birth date	1954-05-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Osterholz-Scharmbeck				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Herbert				[sources]
Last name	Behrens				[sources]
Political association	DIE LINKE.				[sources]
Website	herbert-behrens.de · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1608045				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · member of the German Bundestag (2009-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (2013-2017)				[sources]
Education	Schriftsetzer, Dipl.-Sozialwissenschaftler				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-17	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 German Bundestag	2009-10-27	2013-10-22

Data sources

German Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician57,897

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,240

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,837

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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