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Karsten Klein

Politician

Karsten Klein 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	Karsten Klein · كارستن كلاين				[sources]
Other name	كارستن كلاين				[sources]
Birth date	1977-12-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Aschaffenburg				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Karsten				[sources]
Last name	Klein				[sources]
Political association	FDP				[sources]
Website	www.karsten-klein.de · www.karsten-klein.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1734454				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Member of the Landtag of Bavaria (2008-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (2017-2021) · member of the German Bundestag (2021-2025)				[sources]
Education	Dipl.-Kaufmann · Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium Hösbach (-1999)				[sources]
Religion	evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	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	2021-10-26	2025
member of the German Bundestag	2017-10-24

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories363,068

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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Wikidata335,609

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,777

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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