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Thomas Rachel

Politician

Thomas Rachel 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	Thomas Rachel · Томас Рахель · توماس راتشيل · توماس راشيل				[sources]
Alias	Rachel, Thomas · Thomas Walther Rachel				[sources]
Birth date	1962-05-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Birkesdorf · Düren				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Country of birth	Germany				[sources]
First name	Thomas				[sources]
Last name	Rachel				[sources]
Political association	CDU				[sources]
Website	www.thomas-rachel.de · facebook.com · www.thomas-rachel.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2426649				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Parliamentary Secretary in Germany · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Politikwissenschaftler				[sources]
Religion	Protestant church · evangelisch				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician (CDU)

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

Relationships

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

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · 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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,168

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,040

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

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

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,763

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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