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Holger Krestel

Politician

Holger Krestel 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	Holger Krestel · هولجير كريستيل				[sources]
Other name	Krastel · Krestel, Holger				[sources]
Weak alias	Krestel				[sources]
Birth date	1955-11-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Berlin				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Holger				[sources]
Last name	Krestel				[sources]
Political association	FDP				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1624554				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin · member of the German Bundestag (2010-2013)				[sources]
Education	Diplom-Politologe				[sources]
Religion	römisch-katholisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	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 Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin	-	-

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

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,375

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,089

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,945

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,947

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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