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Sönke Rix

Politician

Sönke Rix 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	Sönke Rix · سونك ريكس				[sources]
Alias	Rix, Sonke · Sonke Rix				[sources]
Birth date	1975-12-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Eckernförde				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Sönke				[sources]
Last name	Rix				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	www.soenke-rix.de · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.soenke-rix.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1651406				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag				[sources]
Education	Erzieher				[sources]
Religion	Protestant church · evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician (SPD)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2013-10-22	2017-10-24

Data sources

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,582

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,793

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata386,955

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,613

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-8c29cd2f-c869-439b-aaf2-0aedad25470c · de-btg-mdb-11003830

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