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Gregor Gysi

Politician

Gregor Gysi 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	Gregor Gysi · Γκρέγκορ Γκίζι · Грегор Гизи · Грегор Гізі · Грэгар Гізі · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Gregor Florian Gysi · Gregorius Gysi · Gysi, Gregor · IM Notar · Γκρέγκορ Γκίζι · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Gysi · گیزی				[sources]
Birth date	1948-01-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Berlin				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	East Germany · Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Country of birth	Germany				[sources]
First name	Florian · Gregor				[sources]
Last name	Gysi				[sources]
Political association	DIE LINKE.				[sources]
Website	www.gregorgysi.de · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.dielinkebt.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q65126				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Laws (1976-) · Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium (1962-1966) · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1966-1970) · Rechtsanwalt				[sources]
Religion	konfessionslos				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de · www.linksfraktion.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German lawyer and left-wing politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Andrea Gysi Politician	spouse	1996	2013
Irene Gysi Politician	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin	-	-

Data sources

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,536

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

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories379,505

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician57,893

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 Politically Exposed Persons276,144

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,777

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata336,846

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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