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Brigitte Zypries

Politician

Brigitte Zypries 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	Brigitte Zypries · Brigitte Zypriesová · Бригитта Циприс · Брігітта Ципріс · Բրիգիտա Ցիպրիս · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Brigitta Zypries · Zypries, Brigitte · Циприс, Бригитта · בריגיטה ציפריס · بريغيته تسيبريس · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	布里吉特·居普里斯				[sources]
Birth date	1953-11-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Kassel				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Brigitte				[sources]
Last name	Zypries				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	www.brigitte-zypries.de · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q60872				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2017-2018) · Federal Minister of Justice (2002-2009) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Bundesministerin für Wirtschaft und Energie, Juristin · University of Giessen				[sources]
Religion	ohne Angaben				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Federal Minister of Justice	2002-10-22	2009-10-28

Data sources

German Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician57,897

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 Categories376,079

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,375

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,837

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,153

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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