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Ronald Pofalla

Politician

Ronald Pofalla 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	Ronald Pofalla · Рональд Пофалла · رونالد بوفالا · ローラント・ポファッラ · 罗纳德·波法拉 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Pofalla, Ronald · Ronaldus Pofalla · Пофалла, Рональд · Рональд Пофалла · رونالد بوفالا · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1959-05-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Weeze · Weeze / Krs. Kleve				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ronald				[sources]
Last name	Pofalla				[sources]
Political association	CDU				[sources]
Website	www.ronald-pofalla.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q61811				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2014) · Chancellery Chief of Staff (2009-2013) · Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (2009-2013) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Rechtsanwalt, Dipl.-Sozialpädagoge (FH) · University of Cologne				[sources]
Religion	Protestant church · evangelisch				[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	2005-10-18	2009-10-27

Data sources

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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Germany · German Bundestag

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,033

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,726

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,753

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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