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Josef Oster

Politician

Josef Oster 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	Josef Oster · Йозеф Остер				[sources]
Birth date	1971-01-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Zell (Mosel)				[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	Josef				[sources]
Last name	Oster				[sources]
Political association	CDU				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · josef-oster.de · www.josef-oster.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q40999127				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag (2017-2021) · member of the German Bundestag (2021-) · member of the German Bundestag (2025-)				[sources]
Education	Dipl.-Verwaltungswirt (FH), Bürgermeister a. D.				[sources]
Religion	römisch-katholisch				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,222

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,532

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag).

Germany · Parlamentwatch e.V. · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,916

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

External databases

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Wikidata351,728

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,508

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-95c2ebf3-1529-401e-9b46-d82146877229 · de-btg-mdb-11004845

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