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Hermann-Josef Scharf

Politician

Hermann-Josef Scharf 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	Hermann-Josef Scharf · هيرمان چوزيف ستشارف				[sources]
Alias	Hermann Scharf · Scharf!				[sources]
Birth date	1961-04-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Oberthal				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (current)				[sources]
First name	Hermann-Josef				[sources]
Last name	Scharf				[sources]
Political association	CDU · Christian Democratic Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1610434				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Mitglied des Ortsrats (1989-2005) · chief of the village (1994-2005) · district deputy (1994-2005) · member of municipal council (1984-) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Kaufmann				[sources]
Religion	römisch-katholisch				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de · www.landtag-saar.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	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 Landtag of Saarland	2022-03-27	2027-03-27
member of the Landtag of Saarland

Data sources

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,010

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,825

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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 Categories384,936

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,612

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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