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Alexander Gauland

Politician

Alexander Gauland 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	Alexander Gauland · Александер Гауланд · Александр Гауланд · Аляксандр Гаўланд · אלכסנדר גולנד · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Alexander Eberhardt Gauland · Eberhardt Alexander Gauland · Александер Гауланд · Аляксандар Гаўлянд · Аляксандр Гаўланд · 10 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	アレクサンダー・ガウランド · 亚历山大·高兰				[sources]
Birth date	1941-02-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Chemnitz				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	East Germany · Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Country of birth	Germany				[sources]
First name	Alexander · Eberhardt				[sources]
Last name	Gauland				[sources]
Political association	AfD				[sources]
Website	twitter.com · www.afd.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1670311				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag (2017-2021) · member of the German Bundestag (2021-) · member of the German Bundestag (2025-) · member of the Landtag of Brandenburg (2014-2017)				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Laws (1970) · Staatssekretär a. D., Publizist · University of Giessen · University of Marburg				[sources]
Religion	Lutheranism · evangelisch				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de · www.was-war-wann.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician, lawyer and journalist

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Carola Hein Close Associate	unmarried partner	-	-
Dorothea Gauland Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2025-03-25	2029-01-01
Member of the Bundestag	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,560

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,536

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag).

Germany · Parlamentwatch e.V. · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,631

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,036

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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