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Matthias Heider

Politician

Matthias Heider 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	Matthias Heider · Маттіас Хайдер · ماتثياس هيدير				[sources]
Alias	Heider, Matthias				[sources]
Birth date	1966-05-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Lüdenscheid				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Matthias				[sources]
Last name	Heider				[sources]
Political association	CDU				[sources]
Website	www.matthias-heider.de · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1909956				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag				[sources]
Education	Rechtsanwalt · University of Bonn · doctorate				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church · katholisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	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	2009-10-27	2013-10-22

Data sources

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,582

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,613

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,955

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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