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Rupert Scholz

PEP · Politician

Rupert Scholz 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	Rupert Scholz · Руперт Шольц · רופרט שולץ · روبرت شولتز · روپرت شولتس · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Шольц, Руперт · 루퍼트 숄츠				[sources]
Birth date	1937-05-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Berlin				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Rupert				[sources]
Last name	Scholz				[sources]
Political association	Christian Democratic Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q69112				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Federal Minister of Defence (1988-1989) · Senator of Berlin (1981-1988) · member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin · member of the German Bundestag (1990-1994) · member of the German Bundestag (1994-1998) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Freie Universität Berlin · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

German politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,823

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,077

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,422

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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