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Michael Luther

PEP · Politician

Michael Luther 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	Michael Luther · Майкл Лютер · مايكل لوثير				[sources]
Alias	Luther, Michael · Michael Andreas Luther · Майкл Лютер				[sources]
Birth date	1956-09-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Zwickau				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	East Germany · Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	Luther				[sources]
Political association	CDU · Christian Democratic Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1928491				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (1990-1994) · member of the German Bundestag (1994-1998) · member of the German Bundestag (1998-2002) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Dipl.-Ingenieur				[sources]
Religion	katholisch				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	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	2005-10-18	2009-10-27

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,825

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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Wikidata327,370

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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