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Thomas de Maizière

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Thomas de Maizière 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 Maizière · Thomas de Maizière · Tomas de Mezyer · Tomass de Mezjērs · Томас де Мезиер · 11 more...				[sources]
Alias	Karl Ernst Thomas de Maiziere · Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière · Karl de Maiziere · Karl de Maizière · Maiziere, Thomas de · 20 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	德梅齐埃 · 托马斯·德·迈齐埃 · 托马斯·德迈齐埃				[sources]
Birth date	1954-01-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Bonn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Thomas				[sources]
Last name	Maizière · de Maizière				[sources]
Political association	CDU · Christian Democratic Union				[sources]
Website	www.thomasdemaiziere.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57364				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Chancellery Chief of Staff (2005-2009) · Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal States of Germany (2009-2011) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Aloisiuskolleg · Bundesminister a. D., Jurist · University of Freiburg · University of Münster				[sources]
Religion	Lutheran Churches · evangelisch-lutherisch				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-21	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ulrich de Maizière Close Associate	father	-	-
Eva de Maizière Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2013-10-22	2017-10-24

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lothar de Maizière PEP	male first cousin · relative	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

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

Global · Wikidata · 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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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,544

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,787

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-e0a1b3a3-d4de-45c6-a74c-261d37922efd · de-btg-mdb-11004105

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