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Michael Roth

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Michael Roth is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Michael Roth · Михаел Рот · Михаэль Рот · Міхаель Рот · Міхаэль Рот · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Michael Helmut Roth · Roth, Michael · Майкл Рот · Міхаэль Рот · ميخائيل روث · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	迈克尔·罗特				[sources]
Birth date	1970-08-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Heringen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany · European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	Roth				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	miro.hessenspd.net · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.michaelroth.eu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1929074				[sources]
Position	A Member of the German Bundestag · Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Dipl.-Politologe · Diplom (1997) · Goethe University Frankfurt (1991-1997)				[sources]
Religion	Protestant church · evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician, member of Bundestag

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2005-10-18	2009-10-27

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,139

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,954

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,828

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

Germany · German Bundestag

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,214

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: de-btg-mdb-11003213 · ir-san-95f3e413189d282539e44b63d7118fcf0caf803e · evpo-025b2af1-02aa-45a5-91e4-000287d4fcbf

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