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Guido Westerwelle

Politician

Guido Westerwelle 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	Guido Westerwelle · Qido Vestervelle · Γκίντο Βεστερβέλε · Гидо Вестервеле · Гидо Вестервелле · 10 more...				[sources]
Alias	Westerwelle, Guido · Γκίντο Βεστερβέλε · Вестервелле Г. · Вестервелле Гидо · Гвидо Вестервеле · 18 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Westerwelle · 吉多·韦斯特韦勒 · 威斯特威勒 · 韦斯特韦勒				[sources]
Birth date	1961-12-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Bad Honnef				[sources]
Death date	2016-03-18				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Guido				[sources]
Last name	Westerwelle				[sources]
Political association	Free Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.guido-westerwelle.de · facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q58284				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (2009-2013) · Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party (1994-2001) · Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2009-2011) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium (1977-1980) · FernUniversität in Hagen (-1994) · University of Bonn (-1987)				[sources]
Religion	Evangelical Church in the Rhineland				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany (1961-2016)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Michael Mronz Close Associate	spouse · unmarried partner	2003	-

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

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,653

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata334,608

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,353

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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