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Rita Sussmuth

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Rita Sussmuth is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Rita Sussmuth · Rita Süssmuth · Rita Süssmuthová · Рита Зюсмут · ריטה זיסמוט · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Prof. Dr. Rita Sussmuth · Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth · Rita Kickuth · Rita Suessmuth · Rita Sussmuth · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	丽塔·叙斯穆特 · 莉塔·蘇斯慕特				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Place of birth	Wuppertal				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
First name	Rita				[sources]
Last name	Süssmuth				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q66286				[sources]
Position	Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth · Former President of the German Bundestag · President of the Bundestag · member of the German Bundestag · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe				[sources]
Education	Dr. phil. · Emsland Gymnasium · Staatsexamen · University of Münster · University of Tübingen · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-02	First seen	2024-06-04

Descriptions

German politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-08-23

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hans Süssmuth Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Bundestag	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,585

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

External databases

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Wikidata357,112

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-27753e7a4d92daeacde0d658a4cfd9d53c0f5d96

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